It looks like Android is bringing back lock screen widgets with the launch of Android 15. It’s been a while since Android had them, with the feature being killed off back when Android 5.0 Lollipop was ...

The same thing happened to lock screen widgets, so I hope the second time’s the charm. And seeing how enthusiastically users received lock screen widgets on iOS, Android’s implementation could ...

Then, in 2022, Apple introduced lock screen widgets for the iPhone in iOS 16. Suddenly, this old feature was cool again, and it was only a matter of time before Android followed suit.

Lock Screen Widgets on Android 16 QPR1 Google first brought back lock screen widgets with Android 15 QPR1, launching a dedicated “Glanceable Hub”. This hub, accessed by swiping inward from the ...

Android 16 is scheduled for an official release in the second quarter of this year. Its second beta, released last month, didn't include lock screen widgets, but Android Authority got early access.

Google’s much-hyped Material 3 Expressive design may soon find its way to more UI elements. The Android lock screen widgets could get a slick background blur effect. This change will make it ...

The Pixel Tablet’s lock screen widgets support using basically anything, and it seems the same will be true of this implementation on mobile devices. But, at the same time, I don’t really know ...

Android 16 is due to release in June this year and its first quarterly update will include lock screen widgets. Expected in late summer, the update will bring the lock screen widgets already ...

Lock screen widgets are available already on the Pixel Tablet, but they’ll come to phones and other tablets later this year in Android 16’s QPR1 update.

While lock screen widgets returned on the Pixel Tablet with Android 15 last fall, smartphones didn’t get the feature. I’m excited now that Google has announced it will bring lock screen ...

Google is giving the lock screen widgets page a Material 3 Expressive makeover. In the Android Canary, it now uses a background blur effect.