The Android 14 QPR2 beta revealed an interesting surprise: Google working on bringing back lock screen widgets on Android devices, a feature that was very useful but disappeared from the operating system almost 10 years ago.
Showing information on the lock screen can save users precious seconds. So many of us were surprised when Google decided to remove this feature. Luckily, it looks like he’ll be back soon, but If you own a Samsung Galaxy, you don’t need to wait– You can use widgets on lock screen now.
How to Use Lock Screen Widgets on Samsung Galaxy Phones
Samsung, like most Android mobile device makers, uses its own custom layer on top of the operating system. And the Samsung’s One UI includes widgets on the lock screen
There are two ways to use widgets on the lock screen of Samsung devices: natively, without installing anything else, and another way by installing an official but experimental application. Let’s start with the first method.
- We access the menu settings and there to the section Locked screen
- We press on the small representation of the lock screen which is marked with the word “Widgets»
- We select the widgets that we want to see on the lock screen
To access these widgets, simply touch the clock on the lock screen. By clicking on it, the widgets we have configured will appear in list form. Of course, you can choose the order in which the widgets appear on the screen.
It’s the easiest and most native way to include widgets on the lock screen, displaying relevant information such as your city’s weather, calendar events, displaying alarms and direct access to the music player in your streaming app of choice. , pause or fast forward the song), among others. But And you just want to use the same widgets available for the home screen from the mobile there is a way to do it.
Many more widgets with Good Lock
And in this way, of course, is with Good Lock. The application to modify and personalize the Samsung Galaxy as much as possible is full of interesting modules, which offer new functions and tools for the device, such as the possibility of configuring numerous gestures to control the mobile, or to improve and personalize the interface of the device.
To use more widgets on the lock screen, you need to follow the following steps:
- Dump Good lock from the Galaxy Store (if you don’t already have it)
- Download the module Lock Star
- And that’s it, you can now configure the lock screen and the “Always on” screen
However, it must be taken into account that the module is not perfect. You can include one widget on your lock screen, or maybe two widgets, depending on the size and position of each. But no more, because they overlap if you configure more than one.
I usually configure something like the calendar or an information widget (Trello, for example) on the lock screen, and on the Always On screen I configure something practical like the widget displaying battery status of all connected devices.
It is possible to use both methods at the same time to have more widgets on the lock screen
Fortunately, is it possible to use LockStar widgets and native Samsung Galaxy widgets at the same timeso with LockStar you will actually add an additional widget that normally you could not include on the lock screen, because it is designed and limited to be used on the home screen of mobile phones.
Finally, LockStar also allows change clock position on the lock screen and add funny stickers, although the number of stickers is very limited. This way you can further customize the look and functionality of your lock screen. And of course, in addition to LockStar, there are also third-party apps for using widgets on your lock screen.
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