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 ...

A future Android update will give the lock screen widget page a blurred wallpaper background, aligning it with the Material 3 Expressive design language. This visual change, which replaces the current ...

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 on Android may soon get the slick background blur effect. The visual change was spotted in the new Android Canary build and should align it with Google’s new Material Expressive 3 ...

Apple spent a great deal of time taking the best parts of Android, like its rich home and lock screen customizations, and integrating them slowly into its phone software. Remember how Android offered ...

The Pixel Tablet already has them, and phones will too after Android 16’s first quarterly update. The Pixel Tablet already has them, and phones will too after Android 16’s first quarterly update. is a ...

Among the many updates in Android 16 QPR1’s big redesign is a new look for notifications which includes more prominent shortcuts for settings, history, and also an updated lock screen layout too.

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google brought back lock screen widgets to the Pixel Tablet as a part of the December Pixel Feature Drop when ...

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, ...