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Beautiful Widgets Update to Version 5.6 Brings New Widgets

Tim March 18, 2014 29

An update to Beautiful Widgets, one of the longest running widget apps available for Android, has an update to version 5.6 this morning. In the update, users will be happy to see a new selection of widgets, which focus more on looks than adding any type of "...

CyanogenMod’s cLock Widget Makes Its Way to Google Play as Chronus

Tim September 27, 2013 37

The CyanogenMod ROM has a few great aspects to it, thanks to all of the hard work that third-party developers submit to it. One of the neat apps that gets baked into the custom ROM is a widget by the name of cLock aka Chronus. The widget looks like your...

Icons and UCCW Episode 4: Minimal UI, Tondo, Flatshade, PushOn and More

Kellen August 27, 2013 85

So, we decided to start labeling these to keep better track of them going forward. Welcome to the "Icons and UCCW" series that will hopefully continue to become a regular feature here at Droid Life. We casually tossed out a handful of icon packs and UCCW clock...

reClock Text Widget, Bringing the Minimal Back to Our Homescreens

Tim June 11, 2013 20

Here is a simple text widget called reClock that can give any device a sense of minimalism, while also making sure you remain punctual. Once applied, users can choose between which configuration of text they would like to see, color of the font and then...

Beautiful Widgets Launches Free Version With In-App Purchases

Kellen May 2, 2013 12

One of the most popular Android widget applications of all time, Beautiful Widgets, is now available as a free app on Google Play. This new free version is a bare-bones edition that allows you to pick and choose the options or themes you want. As you find...

How to: Use Lock Screen Widgets on the Samsung Galaxy S4

Kellen April 25, 2013 60

Lock screen widgets, one of our favorite features of Android 4.2, are indeed included on the Samsung Galaxy S4. Yes, that means all the DashClock you can handle on Sammy's latest flagship device. Unfortunately, the process of getting them setup isn't the...

Colourform by HD Widgets Leaves Beta, Available on Google Play

Kellen April 2, 2013 33

The Colourform theme pack that HD Widgets first introduced back in February is now finished, out of beta and available on Google Play. The theme pack features over 50 different widgets, all of which look like they were built specifically for Jelly Bean and...

Friday Poll: How Many Widgets Do You Use?

Kellen March 1, 2013 153

In a post on HTC's official blog that described the new Sense 5 experience, the company made an interesting claim involving Android and widgets. According to their research, widgets aren't actually widely used by most. In fact, their study shows that if they...