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.

To recap, Google reintroduced lock screen widgets in the first quarterly release of Android 15, i.e. Android 15 QPR1. The company created a dedicated page for widgets called the “glanceable hub ...

Other Android tablets, and all Android phones, were left to indefinitely manage without. Thankfully though, it seems Google is making up for all this and finally bringing the feature back after ...

However, lock screen widgets won't automatically appear when running Android 16. It will be up to phone manufacturers, such as Samsung, to add the functionality through an update.

The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature lets you unlock your Pixel phone even when its screen is off. It was first introduced in Android 16 DP2 but only worked on the Pixel 9 series.

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Your phone’s lock screen displays notifications and alerts without unlocking it. You can also access some features directly from the lock screen. Lock screen notifications are turned on by ...

This gives users an alternative to the lockscreen. Now, it looks like Google is bringing a similar-ish feature in the form of a screen saver to Android phones with Qi2.