Google announced today that the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 release will bring lock screen widget support to phones. Android 16 QPR1 isn’t expected to roll out until September, but we managed to activate ...

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Google is bringing back lock screen widgets to Android phones this summer. The company announced on its Android Developer Blog on Thursday that lock screen widgets will return to Android 16, ...

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We got a preview on Pixel tablets last year, but lock screen widgets have otherwise been MIA on smartphones since Android 5.0 (Lollipop). After a 10-year hiatus, lock screen widgets are set to make a ...

Lock screen widgets are officially a part of Android 16 in the latest QPR2 Beta 1 release. The new feature adds a second page to the lock screen that houses proprietary and third-party widgets. Just ...

Using widgets on your Android phone's home screen is a great way to view important information at a glance without opening apps. But did you know you can also add most of these widgets on your Android ...

Android will soon let you resize the widgets you’ve added to the lock screen. When Google introduced lock screen widgets support in Android 15 QPR1, the company didn’t allow you to resize widgets, ...

Your Android phone may seem entirely secure when it’s locked, but that’s not necessarily true. Unless you adjust the right settings, the lock screen can allow access to messages, controls, and even ...

FIRST LOOK: Lock screen widgets on phones in Android 16 QPR1 Android 16 is due to release in June this year and its first quarterly update will include lock screen widgets. Expected in late summer, ...

Currently, lock screen notifications are intrusive in Android 15, taking up a lot of space and obscuring your wallpaper. Activated code strings in Android 15 QPR2 introduce a new "Lock screen ...

The Android 15 QPR2 update, with the stable version expected to roll out in March 2025, introduces an interesting feature aimed at decluttering lock screen notifications. Reportedly, the new update ...