Widgets have been a crucial Android feature for more than a decade, but they've lost a lot of their appeal and usefulness over the years.

Google is implementing a big redesign of Android with Material 3 Expressive. This updated design language will spread across apps and Android itself with the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 update. And ...

Google has updated Gmail for Android’s homescreen widget with Material 3 Expressive tweaks. The primary change is how the FAB (floating action button) for composing an email in the top-right corner is ...

The latest Google Gemini app update brings a resizable Android homescreen widget. The Android widget is supercharged with Material You design. Two new iOS widgets are included in the latest app update ...

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Google has decided to slightly redesign its Search widget on Android. Material 3 influence is palpable here, though it’s not a huge change from what we’ve had before. It’s taller and has containers ...

The latest Pixel launcher comes with many great wallpaper choices, but if you want a recommendation for a third-party wallpaper solution with plenty of Material Design-inspired choices, we recommend ...

At the start of March, Google discussed the latest in widgets, including what a high-quality design looks like. Google Keep is now redesigning and modernizing one of its Android widgets. The current ...

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...

Using widgets on your Android phone's home screen is a great way to view important information at a glance without opening apps. But did you know you can also add most of these widgets on your Android ...

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