Since the early days of the OS, widgets for Android have allowed users to engage with their favourite apps, from the comfort of their homescreen. So how do you create an Android widget? For the ...

Android boasts arguably the most storied widget support in the computing industry. Consider third-party launchers or the KWGT app for a customizable home screen widget experience. If your phone ...

Android owners have a seemingly endless supply of weather apps to choose from. Unfortunately, most are either too basic and come preloaded on the phone or are free, ad-supported apps. Then, there's ...

You can add widgets on an Android with a few taps on the device. Widgets provide easy access to an app's functionality or information, and some widgets can be resized. Visit Business Insider's ...

Happy Google I/O week, my fellow Android-appreciating animal! While we wait for El Googlenheim to drop all sorts of interesting new goodies on our suspiciously greasy domes, I’ve got a trio of ...

Most of the home-screen widgets you’ll find for Android devices are little more than glorified shortcuts to your various apps—or, if you’re lucky, they’ll offer up recent (but often useless) headlines ...

A good Android widget can make your home screen attractive, effective, and extra-useful as a starting point for all your mobile productivity needs. (The same applies for your mobile procrastination ...

Android 15 adds support for placing widgets on the lock screen, but only on tablets. Despite that, the lock screen widgets feature actually works quite well on smartphones. We recorded a video that ...

Back in the way earlier days of Android, Google supported the ability to run widgets on the lockscreen, but the functionality faded away in later releases. Now, Android seems to be reviving lockscreen ...