Does anyone use widgets

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Do it faster with intuitive finger gestures. Widgets as a subject don't seem to get as much love as they used to, though companies still update them once in a while. So is your home screen loaded with as many widgets as you can fit, or have you kept things a little more minimal? Ostensibly a senior editor, in reality just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices. His only regret is that he didn't buy a Nokia N9 in Email tips or corrections to ryne at androidpolice dot com.

Android has had widgets forever — they were baked into the first release — but Android 12 gave them a makeover and made them more useful. So we're wondering: do you use widgets on your home screen? Health Energy Environment. YouTube Instagram Adobe. Kickstarter Tumblr Art Club. Film TV Games. Fortnite Game of Thrones Books. Comics Music.

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Next Up In Tech. Sign up for the newsletter Verge Deals Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week. According to data from SensorTower , Widgetsmith and similar apps were downloaded It's really not a surprise that people want to be able to customize their devices.

It isn't even anything new. People have long personalized their computers with desktop wallpapers and custom icons, added stickers on the back of the lid, and bought colorful cases for their iPhones. The reason is quite simple: People like fun. In iOS 14, however, Apple is allowing personalization and customization in a way the company hasn't done on the iPhone until now.

You could rearrange apps, place them in folders, and add a wallpaper. That's pretty much it. They all still have to follow the same grid structure as always.