Widgets allow you to view and access apps with the touch of a button. There are countless options on Android devices: time management widgets, social media widgets, music widgets, and everything in ...

After years of stagnation, Android 12 brought renewed attention to widgets on the OS. Google introduced a number of new tools for developers and revamped its first-party offerings. With all these ...

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 ...

Although there are many people who are dedicated iPhone users, plenty of people are also ardent supporters of Android. The mobile operating system has long been praised for its customization options ...

Home screen widgets have been a part of Android from the very beginning and the first T-Mobile G1 in 2008. And for a long time, widgets were one of the first answers when you asked an avid Android ...

For a long time, Google let widgets for its apps languish, but ever since Apple introduced the concept to iOS, Google suddenly rediscovered the homescreen-decorating elements. It has redesigned the ...

Warning: You've never seen Android widgets like this — and once you do, you'll never think about 'em the same again. When we Androidians think about widgets, we tend to think about our humble home ...

A lot of great Android apps have widgets, but they're definitely not all created equal. In fact, a surprising number of really popular and otherwise excellent Android apps have widgets that seem like ...

Although it is often criticized for copying every new Apple innovation, there have been times when Android actually demonstrated new features that would eventually become commonplace in the mobile ...

Widgets, widgets, widgets. Has there ever been an Android feature so full of promise that went unloved by Google for so very long? Google may have given up on widgets for a while, but the good news is ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...