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Widgets on Lock Screens Could Happen Again in Android 15

Kellen January 12, 2024 2

Lock screen widgets are a big iOS feature, if you can believe that. You may think that sounds like the silliest of ideas knowing that Google already added and then removed lock screen widgets from Android years ago, but yes, users of Apple devices find them to...

Google Keep Gets Its Single Note Widget

Kellen March 9, 2023 10

Google Keep has turned into a really solid note and list keeping app over the years. Google has expanded its feature set to make it one of the best free cross-platform note apps around. A little over a week, Google announced an incoming feature that has...

YouTube Widgets Updated With Material You Hotness

Tim December 12, 2022 1

YouTube is rolling out a freshly updated look for its Android widgets to all users, one that has been floating around on and off again since at least November. This week, the updated widgets are officially here for those of you running an Android 13-powered...

December’s Android Feature Drop Adds 11 New Features to Your Phone

Kellen December 1, 2022 20

We should see a Pixel Feature Drop with next week's update on Pixel phones, but before we get there, Google is gifting all Android phones 11 new features to be on the lookout for. From Wear OS to digital car keys to Google Photos and YouTube, there's plenty in...

Google Shows Off All Its New iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets and That’s Weird to Say

Kellen September 12, 2022 23

Apple released iOS 16 today to its still-supported line-up of iPhones and that means Google was ready with an announcement about its plans for the new update. That may read in a weird way, but you have to understand that a new version of Apple's mobile OS also...

New Nearby Traffic Widget Coming to Google Maps

Tim June 15, 2022 6

Google detailed this week that Google Maps is getting a slick new Nearby Traffic widget, perfect for seeing how the roads are looking around you without having to dive directly into the app. That's pretty handy, I must say. Noted to be available in the coming...

This Is One of the Best Android 12 Clock Widget Apps You Can Get

Tim February 15, 2022 6

Android 12 introduced a handful of updated clock widgets, designed to not just look good, but take advantage of Material You's color theming. While nice, the stock Clock app only offers a few widgets and there's no way to customize them further than what the...

At Least Google is Taking Material You Widgets Seriously, For Now

Kellen October 28, 2021 9

The big reveal of Material You at Google I/O showed us a lot of very pretty UI elements for Android 12, all of which we hope to one day see on a phone. There were wallpaper themes and app redesigns and new buttons and fatter, more colorful sliders and a lot of...