Looking for some widget recommendations outside of the usual Google-made suspects? Here are a few of my personal favorites.

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 ...

Android’s hidden Developer Options can supercharge your phone with features like faster animations, improved Bluetooth audio, file transfer defaults, fake GPS location, background app limits, and ...

Over the years, and more so recently, I've tried more Android weather apps and widgets than I care to admit. After my favorite app was no longer supported, I spent months looking for a replacement and ...

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 ...

To round out the Widgets Spotlight Week, the Android team yesterday hosted a YouTube Q&A session. We learned about the status of stackable widgets and whether they are coming to Android XR.

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 ...

Most people use their Android home screen the same way they always have — have a row of icons, maybe a clock widget, and not much else. Many don't even bother changing the wallpaper on their phone.

Google has announced a major overhaul for Android, wearable, and car dashboard widgets by introducing a new underlying rendering engine in Jetpack Glance called Remote Compose. The upgrade eliminates ...