Most of the home-screen widgets you’ll find for Android devices are little more than glorified shortcuts to your various apps—or, if you’re lucky, they’ll offer up recent (but often ...

The Android home screen is great for anyone seeking to personalize their mobile experience, as it can host a multitude of apps and offer unique customization opportunities. Widgets are a key part ...

CIO.com's mobile maestro Al Sacco handpicks 19 must-have Android widgets. With these apps you can put just the data you want onto your Android device's home screen. And most are free. One thing ...

Weather widgets are indispensable home screen tools, and they've proven extremely popular with Android users. Depending on where you live, being able to easily glance at upcoming weather ...

Over a decade ago, widgets were a part of the Android lock screen. Google introduced them back in 2012, but they never stayed around for long. The company scrapped the feature as Android 5.0 ...

potentially allowing for more customization on the home screen and lock screen. Widgets were a big factor in Android earning its reputation of being more customizable than iOS, but recently ...

Please verify your email address. Home screen widgets are a staple of the Android operating system. Adding widgets is a fairly simple process once you know where they're located. The Google Play ...

Jack Wallen illustrates how to easily create a contact widget on your Android home screen for easy dialing, messaging, emailing, and editing of your contacts. Android is, without a doubt ...