The Android lock screen has evolved many times over the years. There have been various slide-to-unlock methods, and OEMs have always put their own spin on things. As it turns out, there are also a lot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Androids include a fingerprint reader that lets you unlock the device by scanning your fingerprint. This is often faster than ...

Google giveth, and Google taketh away. It’s an all-too-common tale here in the land o’ Android, and it’s exactly what happened in the world of widgets on our lock screens. Now, it’s still entirely ...

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

The Lock Screen is certainly one of the things that you see more often when using a smartphone. When you take it out of your pocket to check the notifications, you will see the lock screen. When you ...

Years after they were introduced and then removed from previous versions of Android, the latest beta for Android 15 QPR1 has arrived and brings back lock screen widget support, at least for tablets.

Google’s much-hyped Material 3 Expressive design may soon find its way to more UI elements. The Android lock screen widgets could get a slick background blur effect. This change will make it more ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Android 17 Beta 1 is rolling out, and it includes a feature we've waited years for: the ability to remove At a Glance from your home screen.

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Smartphone users unlock their phones, on average, an incredible 150 times a day. That means you're going to see your lock screen an awful lot, so it should absolutely be something you like looking at.

Lock screen widgets on Android may soon get the slick background blur effect. The visual change was spotted in the new Android Canary build and should align it with Google’s new Material Expressive 3 ...