Lock screen widgets are coming with Android 16

07 March 2025
Lock screen widgets will have different implementations depending on the smartphone manufacturer.

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Anonymous, 10 Mar 2025Material You UI elements look literally like ass: large, ro... moreI mean yeah, that's fair.

I like the concept of Material You, but there are also many complaints I have, including the ones you mentioned. Lots of inconsistency between the UI elements. The monet color palette isn't always accurate. The animations, although more fancy, still lack the finesse from the likes of iOS or other Android skins.

I was hoping Google would make Material You more coherent and refined in A15, but looks like they barely did anything.

Still, I do like the overall look, it just needs a lot of refinement.

    Huh? I had those on my Galaxy S4 already, and surely that was not the first device ever to get them.

      Anonymous, 08 Mar 2025TLDR: Load things up with junk. Never clean your room and m... moreIn the early days of computing, desktop wallpaper would have had an effect on RAM. So some users didn't use it. Is that you, now? Still won't use wallpaper? That junk, clutter in your messy room! Times change, things improve, optimization is better. You're sacrificing functionality and useful things for the notion of 'saving'.

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        • 10 Mar 2025

        NeonHD, 09 Mar 2025I don't think it's proper to dichotomize design a... moreMaterial You UI elements look literally like ass: large, round, pasty, too much padding, sometimes jiggly (i.e. the notification media seekbar), sometimes pinchable, rarely well-defined or -proportioned

        Compare it to the design of GSMArena: efficient use of space and color, strong contrast, sharp corners, still has a distinct branding and intuitive layout.

        Android—since, at latest, version 10—is trash.

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          • 10 Mar 2025

          I left android a decade ago because they removed my calendar lockscreen widgets and iOS had better ones. hmmm, maybe I will think of coming back now that Android is starting to become less locked down that iOS.

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            • 10 Mar 2025

            Anonymous, 07 Mar 2025Unused RAM is wasted RAM. Unnecessary RAM state changes (even in the name of performance improvements) waste energy. There's a healthy middle.

              Anonymous, 09 Mar 2025This was an old android feature that Google removed years ago.Ah, I didn't know that! Thanks for that piece of info. 👍🏻

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                NeonHD, 09 Mar 2025I don't think it's proper to dichotomize design a... moreAnd the Samsung TouchWiz 5.0 is the icing on the cake!

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                  jiyen235, 08 Mar 2025remove features and add them later and act like you're... moreAnd it's simply embarrassing that they're bringing software features for a limited time, axe them in a couple of years and bring them back as if they're new. By the time the original feature gets removed and left abandoned for ages, the reintroduced version is pretty boring to look at.

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                    • 09 Mar 2025

                    kdss, 08 Mar 2025I'm not worried that I won't be able to disable t... moreThat's fair enough. Lock screen is just now more about customisation and feel of the device. Personally I like it. I hate using anything other than pattern to unlock my device, which well obviously takes 2-3 seconds, so lock screen widgets would be cool for a few apps that I like

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                      • 09 Mar 2025

                      What other good ideas that Google dropped will they bring back? How about showing all permissions for an app when you ask to install it, as they did back when they felt that understanding what you were doing was more important than their commercial incentives? Or at least notifying you when something significant changes, such as new permissions or the app having been sold to a different developer.

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                        • 09 Mar 2025

                        ThankGodItsFriday, 08 Mar 2025Wow, really? Samsung's implementation of Android has h... moreThis was an old android feature that Google removed years ago.

                          Anonymous, 07 Mar 2025I absolutely hate the stock Android aesthetic. Looks like c... moreI don't think it's proper to dichotomize design as either "childish" or "mature", but to me it looks nice.

                          But I will agree that material design 1.0 was still the greatest Android UI. It looked both modern and sophisticated.

                            Google giveth and Google tooketh away after kitkat, and now Google bringeth back.

                            They should never have got rid of them in the first place. I love Android, but this is one of my pet peeves that I hate about Google. Always killing off features and only bringing them back when their competitors start having them.

                              Wow, really? Samsung's implementation of Android has had lock screen widgets since *at least* the S10. Surprised that Google themselves are just now catching up.

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                                • 08 Mar 2025

                                Kloot, 07 Mar 2025When an app is launched, its code and data are loaded from ... moreTLDR: Load things up with junk. Never clean your room and make things tidy because clean room is wasted space

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                                  Kloot, 07 Mar 2025When an app is launched, its code and data are loaded from ... moreThis is a made up BS from old days to make unoptimized mess look good

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                                    • 08 Mar 2025

                                    NothingOS has these, even if pretty limited in variety. I've tried them and they're almost useless when face unlock is a thing - it unlocks faster than i can eve glance at these widgets anyway.

                                      [deleted post]i never said i was. I'm just an average bloke but im talking about is objectively stupider/more ignorant. Perhaps ignorance is bliss?

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                                        Someone Else, 08 Mar 2025It is a new thing. The previous android version's lock... moreBefore the "one at a time" scenario, you could add many widgets to your liking on the lockscreen in TouchWiz 3.0 and 4.0. You could add pages of widgets and swipe left from the clock to access them. There were also support upto 6 application shortcuts via the lockscreen too.

                                        You may refer to older reviews here, showcasing Samsung's UI on the Galaxy S3, S4 and all devices before the Galaxy S5.

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