Google permanently changes your Android phone’s widgets with a simple button

Just a week ago, Android 15 Beta 2 was rolling out to mobile phones from manufacturers like Xiaomi, HONOR, OPPO, vivo, OnePlus and many more. This update brings with it a major improvement to the entire widget experience on Android mobile devices: a simple button that saves the user from having to manually drag the widget to the home screen.

The truth is that with the presentation of Gemini 1.5 Pro and everything related to AI, It remains to be seen all the improvements that Android 15 will bring. Just a few days ago we learned that one of them would be an important advance in the device’s battery management that would bring a big plus to autonomy.

Now it has been discovered in Android 15 Beta 2 a button to add the widget to the home screen. By pressing it, if the system finds that there is no space on the current screen to place it, it will place it in the next available location on the other screens of the mobile.

In the screenshots provided by 9to5Google you can see the widget that recommends “At a glance” so that with the “Add” button can be easily added to the home screen. A more intuitive action that saves you from having to long press on the screen, select widgets and then search for the desired one to add it.

This new feature is part of a series of improvements to widgets in Android 15 Beta 2 like the ability of the applications themselves to generate the preview of the widget in the selector, or how now the selector itself has several categories to classify the large number of widgets that it is possible to choose one; Categories like essential, recommended and news are some of them.

The tech giant, according to 9to5Googlewhat you are looking for is make widgets more prominent and there is even another prepared for Google Home which is responsible for putting at your fingertips all the most important accesses to manage smart home devices. In fact, he introduced this widget during a session at I/O 2024 last week with a series of tips for developers to create better widgets.

The fact that Apple surprised with iOS 14 widgets for iPhone prompted Google to improve them and encourage third-party app developers to improve them to provide a better user experience.