MicButton vs XL Widgets

MicButton is your physical mute button for working by voice. It lets you mute or unmute your Mac’s system microphone from your Apple Watch or iPhone Action Button without leaving a ChatGPT Voice or Codex conversation. Whether you're stepping away for a quick side conversation during a video call or working alongside a voice assistant that shouldn't hear you talking to someone else, MicButton lets you mute in an instant — right from your wrist or phone. It’s a master mute switch. MicButton mutes your Mac’s system microphone itself rather than muting inside a single app — so when it’s off, nothing running on your Mac is listening: not a call, not a browser tab, not an assistant. Your mic is off because you turned it off, and you can confirm it from your wrist without walking back to your desk. FEATURES • One-tap mute/unmute from Apple Watch • iPhone Action Button and Lock Screen control support • Live mute status shown in the Dynamic Island • Mutes the Mac’s system microphone at the source, not inside a single app • Works entirely over your local network — no internet connection required, and no audio ever leaves your devices • Lightweight menu bar app that stays out of your way MicButton is built for anyone who works from a Mac and wants mute control without breaking their flow.

XL Widgets is built for the brand-new extra-large widget in iOS 27, the 4x6 tile that fills most of your Home Screen. Turn one page into a photo frame, a countdown, a calendar, or a giant clock. Every widget comes in four sizes, small, medium, large, and extra-large, so you can mix a tiny CarPlay-ready dial with a full-page XL centerpiece. The five widgets: Photo Pick one or more photo sets from your library. The widget rotates through them on your Home Screen. At extra-large size it becomes a full-page picture frame. Countdown Track the days to a trip, a birthday, a deadline, or any date that matters. The XL size turns a countdown into a bold, glance-and-go number. Calendar See your upcoming events at a glance, from a quick agenda strip at small size to a full week view at extra-large. Daily Note A single line for today, written on-device by Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones. On other iPhones you get a curated quote instead. Either way, it is a fresh line worth a glance every morning. Clock and Date A big, typographic clock and date. At extra-large size it becomes a striking Home Screen centerpiece; at small size it doubles as a clean CarPlay dashboard widget. How it works Long-press your Home Screen, tap the plus button, choose XL Widgets, and pick a widget and size. Small widgets also show up on your CarPlay dashboard automatically. Privacy XL Widgets has no accounts, no sign-in, and no servers. Your photos, events, and notes are read and processed entirely on your iPhone and never leave the device. There is no analytics and no tracking of any kind. FREE TO TRY XL Widgets is free: Clock & Date, Daily Note, one countdown and one photo set. XL Widgets Pro — an optional one-time purchase ($2.99, once — never a subscription) — adds the Calendar widget, unlimited countdowns and unlimited photo sets. No ads, ever.