A lot of great Android apps have widgets, but they're definitely not all created equal. In fact, a surprising number of really popular and otherwise excellent Android apps have widgets that seem like ...

iPhone widgets are used to quickly glance at information from frequently-used apps—here’s how to add them to both a lock screen and home screen, stack them and troubleshoot them. iPhone widgets ...

Apple is pushing widgets hard on all of its operating systems. Widgets are like mini-apps or shortcuts that you can add to your iPhone’s home screen to get quick information without opening an app.

You can build Android widgets easily using third-party apps. KWGT and WidgetClub make it simple to design custom tools that ...

When iOS 14 debuted, iPhone owners everywhere were blessed with widgets. But of course, widgets weren't perfect – in fact, there weren't that many widgets even available! The iPhone has widgets ...

Fresh options in Windows 11 25H2 let you get fancy with the screen that appears before you log in to your PC and after you ...

For many desktop and mobile users, widgets are essential. I've avoided them for the longest time… until Apple changed my mind.

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 ...

Q: What exactly are smartphone “widgets,” and how do I use them? Our smartphones have become the center of our communication universe and apps have a great deal to do with this seismic shift. By ...

When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found with his own camera in hand or behind his drums or eating his stash of home-cooked food -- sometimes all at once.

The new iOS 14 widgets are bigger, brighter, and more useful than before, but they take up a lot of room — unless you use widget stacks, and Smart Stacks. It's the most visible difference between iOS ...

The way you find and set up widgets hasn't changed in iOS 15, but what there are, and what they can do, has. Widgets in iOS 15 remain quick and visual, showing us useful information, and then taking ...