My mom needed a phone to stay connected in her new assisted living apartment, but most smartphones were too complex for her.

The new Locket Widget app has an Android version after iOS users were able to use Locket Widget on iPhone before.

Google is preparing to add messaging abilities to the Contacts widget on Android. The homescreen widget will show the last message from your contacts and let you open the conversation with a single ...

Although I love the abundance of unique widgets Android affords me, that affection is getting out of hand. I admit, I probably don’t need the dozens of widgets on my device, even though I’ve grown to ...

In addition to A/B testing a change to how you add a new contact, Google Contacts is rolling out the ability to see notifications on widgets. We first saw signs of this capability in late February.