Google is developing a new ‘ambient AOD’ feature for Android, which will display a blurred version of the lock screen wallpaper on the always-on display. This feature, showcased briefly by Google ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Do away with the defaults and make the lock screen your own. Do away with the defaults and make the lock screen ...

Vivo’s newly launched OriginOS 6 skin for global users has a fun lock screen wallpaper feature called Flip Cards. This feature lets you tilt your phone to smoothly switch between one of several ...

Android 16 QPR1 launched during Google I/O 2025, and it brings some massive changes with Material 3 Expressive. The new design language completely redesigns Android 16’s lock screen customization ...

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.

Google had lock screen widgets enabled at some point but removed the option when Android 5.0 (Lollipop) was released in late 2014. There was a weather app, clock widgets, a trip overview from your ...

Apple spent a great deal of time taking the best parts of Android, like its rich home and lock screen customizations, and integrating them slowly into its phone software. Remember how Android offered ...

Google Pixel AOD getting a fresh look with colored wallpaper and redesigned lock screen layout. The new Material 3 Expressive design brings larger buttons, bold fonts, and new UI tweaks. New AOD ...

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 ...

Yeah, yeah, there’s all that hubbub surrounding Google’s new hardware like the Pixel 8 the company is finally showing offat its Made by Google event Wednesday. But for those who don’t plan on making ...