Building your own Android widget is easier than you think. Here's a guide to the best apps, setup process, and tips to kick ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

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 ...

We have a very early hands-on of lock screen widget support in the first Android 15 beta. Android used to let you add widgets to the lock screen until Android 5.0 Lollipop was released nearly a decade ...

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.

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 ...

Android used to let you place widgets on the lock screen, but this feature was killed off in Android 5.0 Lollipop. Code within the latest Android 14 QPR2 beta suggests that this feature might return ...

Google has announced new Android development tools, APIs and platform updates at Android Dev Summit. The announcements cover ...

At the 2026 Android Dev Summit, Google has announced some interesting features coming to both Android XR and Android CLI. Developers can now build and test apps for smart glasses without owning the ...