Google is set to introduce a new “Favorites” widget for its Home app on Android. The widget is currently hidden in the Google Home app version 3.18.1.4. It will allow users to control their smart ...

The Google Search widget on Android just leveled up. It gained a small yet notable feature that may or may not change how you use your phone. I enabled it as soon as I learned it existed, and while it ...

Jorge was a news writer for AP. He covered the mobile industry at Android Police, but has covered multiple beats in the tech space. Having a Google Contacts widget on your home screen is a great idea ...

Google's Gemini Assistant has come a long way. Its voice input has improved and become more useful over time, especially when your hands are tied. But repetitive workflows add friction—latency, errors ...

Google is continuing its Android tablet push with widgets optimized for large screens. The first tablet widgets are coming from Google Drive and Keep. The company says a “larger screen size deserves ...

Google Maps is introducing a new widget for Android that will be another use for the functionality that helped make a name for Waze, the other driving and mapping app that Google acquired nearly a ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Google announced this morning it will bring access to a number of its popular apps, including Search, Maps, Gmail and more, to the iPhone's Lock Screen. With the updated version of Apple's mobile ...

Google is finally giving its At a Glance widget a massive upgrade, and this time, it's betting big on AI. The update will be available on all versions of Android from Android Pie (Android 9) and up, ...

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 ...

As a fully-featured mapping service, Google Maps can be used in so many ways, including not only on mobile but also on the desktop and even on smartwatches. Needless to say, the Mountain View-based ...

Back in October, the Google Home app team said it was working on a homescreen widget. We might now have our first look at the design as Google at I/O 2024 worked to encourage widget adoption. At the ...