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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google’s widget week for developers continues with the announcement that they are coming to phone lockscreens with Android 16 QPR1. Following the launch on Pixel Tablet with Android 15 QPR1 in ...

Grok for Android rolled out a new home screen widget, giving users one-tap access to Chat, Imagine, and Voice features. Confirmed by xAI developers, the Google-like widget significantly enhances ...

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 ...

When you buy a new Pixel phone, you are likely — or even pushed — to install and/or use preinstalled Google apps and widgets. However, there are several widgets that I use nearly every day that are ...

Home Assistant is one of the most customizable pieces of software you'll find, and if you've spent any time working with its companion app on Android, you've probably scrolled past its Template widget ...