The lock screen is evolving with iOS 26 and Android 16, so I put them to the test to see which one does it better.

Open the app up and make your way through its welcome screens. When the app prompts you to authorize it as an Android ...

Google is giving the lock screen widgets page a Material 3 Expressive makeover. In the Android Canary, it now uses a background blur effect.

Google's decision to give users the option to move their Chrome address bar to the bottom of their screen comes about four years after Apple introduced a similar layout on Safari back in 2021.

In the current stable Android 16 build, there's only one trigger for the screen saver: when the device is charging. The new granular controls in the Canary build add some much-needed flexibility.

This gives users an alternative to the lockscreen. Now, it looks like Google is bringing a similar-ish feature in the form of a screen saver to Android phones with Qi2.

The official Android 16 rollout got underway last month, with the best Pixel phones first in line for the update – but it appears that the software is causing lock-screen issues for a ...

With Android 4.1, certain widgets — like those for the stock Play Music app and other audio programs — would automatically appear on your lock screen when they were relevant.