Google is testing a redesigned Search widget on Android. The refreshed widget adds support for Dynamic Color, but it no longer offers logo and shape customizations. The widget design refresh is still ...

Back in August, the Google Search bar widget was updated with Dynamic Color, and it’s now bringing back “Custom” colors. When Google redesigned the Customize interface for the Search bar widget, the ...

Home screen widgets have been a part of Android from the very beginning and the first T-Mobile G1 in 2008. And for a long time, widgets were one of the first answers when you asked an avid Android ...

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 ...

The Android team has long offered quality tiers for apps on Wear OS, Large Screen, and other form factors. As part of this week’s push, Google is highlighting the Android Widget Quality Tiers. These ...

A major update overhauls the Wikipedia app for Android. The application widgets left unchanged for years and years have now got a fresh look, as touted by 9to5Google. With its modern design, the new ...

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 ...

Over the years, and more so recently, I've tried more Android weather apps and widgets than I care to admit. After my favorite app was no longer supported, I spent months looking for a replacement and ...

Thanks to Android being open-source, there's a myriad of widgets available on the Google Play Store. Widgets are small tools or applications that can be added to your Home screen to perform certain ...