Years ago, I remember loving lock screen widgets on Android. But after the feature was removed, I also didn’t really miss it. But, since everything in tech seems to cycle back on itself eventually, ...

Lock screen widgets were initially introduced with Android 5.0 Lollipop but were removed approximately a decade ago due to security concerns. The feature made its return on tablets with Android 15 ...

Apple introduced lock screen widgets for the iPhone in iOS 16. Suddenly, this old feature was cool again, and it was only a ...

Google dropped the feature nearly 11 years ago, but Apple recently brought it back into the spotlight with its own version.

Google has confirmed that lock screen widgets are coming to AOSP for tablets and smartphones after Android 16 QPR1.