by dbadmin | Jun 17, 2025 | Android 16, Lock Screen, News
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Google introduced new lock screen clock customization options in Android 16 QPR1 beta 1. In the second beta release, the company has added another hidden customization option for the lock screen clock. This new option lets...
by dbadmin | Jun 6, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel Watch, Lock Screen, News
Watch Unlock on the Pixel Watch allows your smartwatch’s presence to keep your phone unlocked. Right now, that doesn’t work in the opposite direction, and walking away from your phone won’t automatically lock it. Google appears to be working on a “lock on disconnect”...
by dbadmin | Jan 21, 2025 | Android 16, Google, Lock Screen, News
Google is working on a new option for Android 16 that will let you collapse notifications into a shelf on the lock screen. Android 16 will let you choose between displaying the full list of notifications on the lock screen or a compact list that’s collapsed. In...
by dbadmin | Dec 10, 2024 | Lock Screen, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI, Widgets
Samsung is seemingly removing the lock screen widget carousel in One UI 7. In One UI 6 and earlier, you were able to tap the clock on the lock screen to show a vertically scrolling list of widgets. One UI 7 still lets you add some widgets to the lock screen, but...
by dbadmin | Dec 29, 2022 | App lists, Best Apps, Lock Screen, The Best
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 of lock screen apps in the Play Store that can do even more. These...
by dbadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, How To, Lock Screen, Widgets
iOS 16 has a wide variety of interesting new features, one of which expands the power of iOS widgets. Originally confined to the iOS home screen, widgets can now also be placed on the lock screen. This is great if you want to keep tabs on the weather, your Apple Watch...