How To Add Lock Screen Widgets On Any Android Phone If your Android phone doesn't natively support lock screen widgets, you ...

The upcoming Android 15 update, however, will let you add widgets to the lock screen, but there’s a significant catch. Earlier this year, I revealed that Google is working on bringing back lock ...

I say “comeback” because Android, at one point, actually did support adding widgets to the lock screen. Lock screen widget support was touted as a key feature of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean before ...

Years ago, I remember loving lock screen widgets on Android. But after the feature was removed, I also didn’t really miss it. But, since everything in tech seems to cycle back on itself ...

Android 14 (or more likely Android 15) could let you add widgets to your lock screen, according to a deep dive into the code of the latest Android 14 beta by expert Android dissector Mishaal ...

However, lock screen widgets won't automatically appear when running Android 16. It will be up to phone manufacturers, such ...

Lock screen widgets are already available on Pixel Tablets. Again, this is a bit confusing because Android 16 will drop in Q2 (we’re guessing at Google I/O in May), with Android 16 QPR1 in beta ...

Lock screen widgets are available already on the Pixel Tablet, but they’ll come to phones and other tablets later this year in Android 16’s QPR1 update.

Unfortunately, while lock screen widgets are seemingly set to make a comeback in the next Android update, they may not be coming to every device. At least not right away.

If your Android phone doesn't natively support lock screen widgets, you can still get this feature using a third-party app called "Lockscreen Widgets and Drawer," available for $1.49.

However, lock screen widgets won't automatically appear when running Android 16. It will be up to phone manufacturers, such as Samsung, to add the functionality through an update.