Looking for some widget recommendations outside of the usual Google-made suspects? Here are a few of my personal favorites.

In my past life, I ran Android home screens with an abundance of widgets with quirky use cases. Think history lessons, sun and moon times, word-of-the-day, and countdown timers. More recently, given ...

For better or worse, widgets have become a ubiquitous part of the Android ecosystem, often landing on your phone's home screen whether you want them or not. What started as relatively unobtrusive ...

Widgets have long been a useful part of the Android homescreen and, for many, they’ve solidified their spot and functionality for years. That’s why it’s pretty frustrating that, for some Google Pixel ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Android 17 has a bug related to widgets that prevents users from placing widgets back on their homescreen if removed. There is reportedly a fix on the way with Google’s official acknowledgement of the ...

Android 17 is rolling out to supported Pixel devices first, while non-Pixel users and IT teams face separate OEM timelines, beta programs, and app-testing considerations. Android 17 is now rolling out ...

iOS 27 comes with several hints about the upcoming iPhone Ultra, one of which is the array of new extra-large widgets that will be especially useful on the larger iPhone display. Here’s the full list ...

The browser’s new tabs can have a built-in checklist and customizable focus timer. The browser’s new tabs can have a built-in checklist and customizable focus timer. is a news writer covering all ...

If Windows Widgets have been stressing you out with too much information to handle, all those red badges, random pop-ups, and a panel that opens every time your cursor drifts close to the taskbar, ...

The Mac lock screen has always felt a little underused. You see the time, your wallpaper, and not much else. macOS already supports desktop widgets, but once your Mac is locked, that extra information ...

You could always pick up the latest New York Times bestseller, but sometimes the most compelling stories are written much closer to home. In this new Arts & Culture Lab column, we spotlight five books ...