How many widgets can you really put on a home screen?

These are exceptional widgets I use on my Pixel that weren't built by Google.

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

Widgets were one of the reasons I was attracted to Android back in 2010. I was looking for my next mobile OS after the slow decline of Nokia’s Symbian, and Android appealed to me for many reasons, ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

Google is bringing lock screen widgets to Android phones, expanding a feature it reintroduced for tablets in a recent Pixel Feature Drop. While it was initially limited to Android tablets, Google has ...

Ever since the first release of Android in 2008, widgets have been an integral part of the operating system. These home-screen applets offer you some of the functionality of your apps, but in a ...

The Android team this week is putting a “Spotlight” for developers on widgets, especially “high-quality” ones. Meanwhile, Android users will benefit from a new Play Store “Widgets” filter. The Play ...

Google brought back lock screen widgets to the Pixel Tablet as a part of the December Pixel Feature Drop when it released Android 15 QPR2. From the moment lock screen widgets first arrived on the ...

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Google dropped the feature nearly 11 years ago, but Apple recently brought it back into the spotlight with its own version. Google is bringing back lock screen widgets to Android phones this summer.