The Google widget for your Android home screen has a new hidden feature that's disabled by default. In its latest update, the ...

The Google Search widget on Android could soon get a third, customizable shortcut. It will let you add a shortcut to quickly launch Translate (text), Song Search, Weather, Translate (camera), or ...

Google is rolling out a redesigned Search widget for the Google app on Android, giving the customizable shortcut a more prominent circular placement on the right side of the widget. The update, ...

In iOS 14, Apple overhauled widgets and introduced an option for adding widgets to the Home Screen, but in the process, a well-loved Favorites widget that existed in iOS 13 was removed. The Favorites ...

You can fit two shortcuts into one small widget in iOS 17, a significant change for power users of Apple’s time-saving Shortcuts app. A lot of shortcuts I make are in pairs — and now, you can put two ...

Google has been testing new shortcuts for its home screen Search widget since last year. With the latest Google app update, you finally have the ability to choose a shortcut to add. Options include ...

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 ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Rarely do we see updates to apps that add minor changes that turn out to be a big deal, but I think we may ...

Yesterday, I covered Widgetsmith, which among many other things, can display whatever text you’d like in an iOS 16 Lock Screen widget. Lock Screen One is a new app from Sindre Sorhus, the maker of ...

On Sept. 16, Apple released the iPhone's latest operating system, iOS 14. The upgrade has a few features that make life easier, like direct replies in group chats and a new translation app, but one ...