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Unless you're a minimalist who hates screen clutter, you likely have at least one or two widgets on your Android phone. These little applets are fantastic time-savers, providing you quick access to ...

Unlock the full potential of your Android device with the best Android widgets. These small, interactive applications are like mini-apps on your home screen, providing at-a-glance information and ...

Since the rebirth of Android with Material You, Google has been working on tons of first-party app widgets and we wanted to share some of the best. In the early days, one of the biggest selling points ...

Android used to let you place widgets on the lock screen, but this feature was killed off in Android 5.0 Lollipop. Code within the latest Android 14 QPR2 beta suggests that this feature might return ...

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...

Years after they were introduced and then removed from previous versions of Android, the latest beta for Android 15 QPR1 has arrived and brings back lock screen widget support, at least for tablets.

CarPlay recently started adding more widget support with the release of iOS 26, and it looks like Android might follow suit in the weeks ahead, at least according to a new APK teardown of a beta ...