Android finally lets you add widgets to the lock screen again. This feature is available for tablets running the latest Android 15 QPR1 beta release. There’s no indication on when or if this feature ...

A couple of years ago, Google added a feature for the Play Store called Collections. With this feature, similar apps are ...

When it comes to our Android home screens, we all have our own personal preferences. The nice thing about Android is it offers a lot of customization options, so each of us can make it our own. For ...

Thanks to Android being open-source, there's a myriad of widgets available on the Google Play Store. Widgets are small tools or applications that can be added to your Home screen to perform certain ...

Getting specific information at a glance is key to how I use my smartphone.

You can place the Settings app — or a shortcut to any specific setting — directly on your Android home screen so it opens in a single tap. The exact method ...

Nida is a tech and telecom journalist with more than five years of writing experience. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in journalism. Widgets allow you to view and access apps ...

Don’t you hate it when you don’t have enough space on one screen for all of your widgets? This is where stackable widgets come in. They allow you to combine your widgets into folders like you can with ...

Google dropped the feature nearly 11 years ago, but Apple recently brought it back into the spotlight with its own version. Samantha Kelly is a freelance writer with a focus on consumer technology, AI ...

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 ...

Google is aware of, and working to correct, a bug in Android 17 that's been disappearing some users' home screen widgets.