Google is giving the lock screen widgets page a Material 3 Expressive makeover. In the Android Canary, it now uses a ...

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I say “comeback” because Android, at one point, actually did support adding widgets to the lock screen. Lock screen widget support was touted as a key feature of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean before ...

After a 10-year hiatus, lock screen widgets are set to make a comeback on Android phones. They'll arrive with an update to Android 16 in late summer, Google confirms.. All widgets in the Android ...

Actually, as some of you may remember, Android 4.2 did introduce Lock Screen Widgets a decade (yes, a decade) ago. But it was somehow removed without much fanfare by the time Android 5.0 came around.

As Rahman points out, lock screen widgets are actually a feature that Android used to support many years ago, between Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and Android 5 Lollipop.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean brings a few new features to the table from the earlier version of Android, Android 4.1 Jelly Bea. One of those features are the new lock screen widgets that now dominate ...

With Android 4.1, certain widgets — like those for the stock Play Music app and other audio programs — would automatically appear on your lock screen when they were relevant.

According to Mishaal Rahman, lock screen widgets will be available for Android tablet users in Android 15 using devices like the Pixel Tablet. Presumably with the final rollout coming later this year.

Lock screen widgets could be set to make a return in the next big Android OS update – Android 15 – based on hidden features discovered in the latest Android 14 beta. The tool is clearly ...

Lock screen widgets could be set to make a return in the next big Android OS update – Android 15 – based on hidden features discovered in the latest Android 14 beta. The tool is clearly ...