Android app widgets may look pretty simple – essentially, they’re just small windows that users embed in an App Widget Host, typically their device’s homescreen – but your average application widget ...

Android’s upcoming lock screen widgets feature now has introductory text and tips in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1. This suggests the feature is nearing launch. When the feature launches, it’ll only be ...

Android boasts arguably the most storied widget support in the computing industry. Consider third-party launchers or the KWGT app for a customizable home screen widget experience. If your phone ...

Back in the way earlier days of Android, Google supported the ability to run widgets on the lockscreen, but the functionality faded away in later releases. Now, Android seems to be reviving lockscreen ...

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...

Many great widgets are available for Android phones and tablets, but which are the best? From the widgets that came preinstalled to unexpected widgets installed alongside my favorite apps, I've used ...

One of the more interesting upcoming features of Android 12, teased in leaked mockups, is “People Space” which puts your friends and family on your home screen. With the second pre-release of Android ...

Widgets are a classic example of where Android can go right and wrong. Pick some great widgets, and your phone transforms into a more powerful tool. Pick bad ones, and your home screen becomes an ...

Most of the home-screen widgets you’ll find for Android devices are little more than glorified shortcuts to your various apps—or, if you’re lucky, they’ll offer up recent (but often useless) headlines ...

The Android team has acknowledged user requests for stackable widgets and confirmed they are "looking into" the feature for potential inclusion in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). While Google ...

After a 10-year hiatus, lock screen widgets are set to make a comeback on Android phones. They'll arrive with an update to Android 16 in late summer, Google confirms. All widgets in the Android ...