Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...

Gemini for Android is getting easier to use, as it should've been all along. To date, saying, "Hey, Google" to a locked phone only allowed Gemini to handle a few basic tasks like setting alarms and ...

Google is inching closer to a built-in app lock feature in Android 17. New findings from early builds suggest how locked apps ...

Your phone’s lock screen displays notifications and alerts without unlocking it. You can also access some features directly ...

Years after they were introduced and then removed from previous versions of Android, the latest beta for Android 15 QPR1 has arrived and brings back lock screen widget support, at least for tablets.

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, ...

Google could be reintroducing “Lock Screen Widgets” in Android 15. However, these “widgets” may resemble the Live Actions feature in Apple’s iOS for iPhone. Android widgets are one of the most useful ...

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Lock screen widgets on Android may soon get the slick background blur effect. The visual change was spotted in the new Android Canary build and should align it with Google’s new Material Expressive 3 ...

The future for Pixel users and lock screen personalization is about to get a new definition with the Android 15 update by Google. As a follow-up to what was introduced with Android 14, the beta ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google brought back lock screen widgets to the Pixel Tablet as a part of the December Pixel Feature Drop when ...