Just before the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro event last week, the latest Google app beta introduced Material You weather widgets on Android 12. Google has now updated the widgets with more size configurations ...

With Android 12, Google is introducing homescreen widgets for the weather app. We first saw the new widgets in action last month. A beta update for the Google app earlier this month introduced the ...

With the launch of Android 12, Google is massively improving widgets on phones after several years of many interactive homescreen objects remaining unchanged. Here are the best widgets worth trying on ...

Although it is often criticized for copying every new Apple innovation, there have been times when Android actually demonstrated new features that would eventually become commonplace in the mobile ...

With the arrival of Android 12 and Material You theming, it’s time to take a look at how to add and customize widgets once again. No, it’s not that the process has necessarily changed an awful lot. In ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Android 12 introduced a handful of updated clock widgets, designed to not just look good, but take advantage ...

Meanwhile, the publication has also uncovered references to a feature codenamed “Earth,” which will allow users to add ...

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Android Auto has been missing the home screen widgets feature for a long time now, but it seems Google is prepping it behind ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Home screen widgets have been a part of Android from the very beginning and the first T-Mobile G1 in 2008. And for a long time, widgets were one of the first answers when you asked an avid Android ...