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Your Android Phone's Lock Screen Is a Hacker's Dream: Fix These 9 Issues Now

Your Android phone may seem entirely secure when it’s locked, but that’s not necessarily true. Unless you adjust the right settings, the lock screen can allow access to messages, controls, and even ...
Android Authority

Android 15 QPR2 could fix this lock screen widget oversight

Android will soon let you resize the widgets you’ve added to the lock screen. When Google introduced lock screen widgets support in Android 15 QPR1, the company didn’t allow you to resize widgets, ...
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Android 16's reworked lock screen enables my terrible notification hygiene in the best way

Android 16's initial release is available on Pixel phones right now, but it's pretty light on new user-facing features. The big changes are coming with Android 16 QPR1, which is currently in beta. One ...
ZDNet

You can try Android 16's new lock screen widgets - if you have one of these phones

Lock screen widgets are returning to Android The feature is available now in beta for Pixel owners A public rollout is expected in December The latest Android beta is here, and it quietly dropped a ...
SlashGear

Lock Screen Widgets For Android: You Can Enable Them, But Not For Free

Using widgets on your Android phone's home screen is a great way to view important information at a glance without opening apps. But did you know you can also add most of these widgets on your Android ...
Android Authority

Lock screen widgets are coming to phones in Android 16 QPR1: Here's a first look

Google announced today that the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 release will bring lock screen widget support to phones. Android 16 QPR1 isn’t expected to roll out until September, but we managed to activate ...
Android Police

My Pixel's lock screen was telling everyone my business until I tweaked this setting

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Digital Trends

Android 16 will make your phone’s lock screen more powerful this summer

FIRST LOOK: Lock screen widgets on phones in Android 16 QPR1 Android 16 is due to release in June this year and its first quarterly update will include lock screen widgets. Expected in late summer, ...
Droid Life

Lock Screen Widgets Return to Android Phones With Android 16

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google brought back lock screen widgets to the Pixel Tablet as a part of the December Pixel Feature Drop when ...
Android Police

The Android apps I used to take control of my lock screen

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...
CNET

Lock Screen Widgets Will Return to Android Phones

Google is bringing back lock screen widgets to Android phones this summer. The company announced on its Android Developer Blog on Thursday that lock screen widgets will return to Android 16, ...