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Android Finally Has Lock Screen Widgets Again—Here’s How They Work

Android 16 brings lock-screen widgets in a swipeable widgets panel for quick glance info. Hub mode auto-shows widgets when charging, upright while charging, or only on wireless charging. Widgets are ...
ZDNet

You can try Android 16's new lock screen widgets - if you have one of these phones

Lock screen widgets are returning to Android The feature is available now in beta for Pixel owners A public rollout is expected in December The latest Android beta is here, and it quietly dropped a ...
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Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 debuts lock screen widgets for phones with new ‘hub mode’

Lock screen widgets are officially a part of Android 16 in the latest QPR2 Beta 1 release. The new feature adds a second page to the lock screen that houses proprietary and third-party widgets. Just ...
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Android should have never turned its back on lock screen widgets

Google first introduced lock screen widgets into the Android OS starting in version 4.2 Jelly Bean, only to remove them shortly after in 5.0 Lollipop. Google has since brought lock screen widgets back ...
CNET

Lock Screen Widgets Will Return to Android Phones

Google is bringing back lock screen widgets to Android phones this summer. The company announced on its Android Developer Blog on Thursday that lock screen widgets will return to Android 16, ...