Lock screen widgets were very quickly and quietly phased out of stock Android devices, but you may still be able to use them on some devices with workarounds.

Google is re-implementing lock screen widgets as part of Android 16, but the company should have never ripped the feature out of the OS to begin with.

The next Android 15 quarterly release may let you resize lock screen widgets, and we have a first look at how it'll work. Check it out!

The options allow more granular customization for the Android lock screen clock. There’s only a partial implementation, so the options aren’t available by default.

Over a decade ago, widgets were a part of the Android lock screen. Google introduced them back in 2012, but they never stayed around for long. The company scrapped the feature as Android 5.0 ...

Google may add more granular controls for the size of the clock on the lock screen. These controls could arrive in Android 15 QPR2.

We got a preview on Pixel tablets last year, but lock screen widgets have otherwise been MIA on smartphones since Android 5.0 (Lollipop).

The Android lock screen widget's blur effect may soon become a reality. The feature has been spotted in the new Android Canary build.

The feature is enabled by default on Android devices, but as with any other feature, not everybody wants to get lock screen navigation when the phone is locked.