One of the best ways you can customize your Android phone or tablet is by adding a widget to the home screen. Android widgets have been around for a very long time, but in most flavors of the OS ...

Android finally lets you add widgets to the lock screen again, but only on tablets running the latest Android 15 QPR1 beta. Here's how.

Before we get to the list, let's explore how to get started with widgets. 1. Google Calendar Show the entire month or day. I use Google Calendar daily and depend on it to keep my busy life a bit ...

It's not just limited to Google's widgets—there's support for a wide range of Android widgets too. To get lock screen widgets on your Pixel Tablet, first upgrade to Android 15 QPR1 Beta 2 .

These are my favorite Android widgets, the ones I use every day through work and play. ... these are the top six I recommend if you want to make your Android phone or tablet more useful. 0:39.

Android 15's QPR beta 1 is here, and it finally has evidence that lockscreen widgets are making a comeback — but you won't be able to use them yet.

Google is continuing its Android tablet push with widgets optimized for large screens. The first tablet widgets are coming from Google Drive and Keep. The company says a “larger screen size ...

Lock screen widgets are available already on the Pixel Tablet, but they’ll come to phones and other tablets later this year in Android 16’s QPR1 update.

If your Android phone doesn't natively support lock screen widgets, you can still get this feature using a third-party app called "Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer," available for $1.49.

Lock screen widgets will be available in AOSP for tablets and mobile starting with the release after Android 16 (QPR1). This update is scheduled to be pushed to AOSP in late Summer 2025.