It's possible to add widgets on an Android to provide easy access to an app's functionality or information.

Discover the best Android customization apps to personalize your device with widgets, icon packs, wallpapers, and launchers.

After months running Niagara Launcher, I wanted a change. Little did I know that the widget-heavy AIO Launcher would be my ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Widgets will arrive on the lock screen for Android phones and tablets later this year with Android 16 QPR1. Google brought ...

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We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Lock screen widgets are a big iOS feature, if you can believe that. You may think that sounds like the ...