Android Auto is getting ready to add home screen widgets, allowing users to add widgets from their phone apps directly to their dashboard.

Android Auto will let you place widgets beside apps in split-screen (about 1/3 of the display). Set up from 'Customize Earth' on phone—pick an app and widget; current beta may limit you to one widget.

For iOS 17, Apple introduced interactive widgets that let you control certain app functions right from the home screen or lock screen. Since then, you can tick items off your to-do list, press play on ...

The launch of Apple’s latest operating system, iOS 26, introduced a new design language called Liquid Glass. The interface makeover, one of Apple’s largest since the shift from skeumorphic to flat ...

Apart from the much-ballyhooed (and delayed) Apple Intelligence, a big change to home screen customization and app icon placement is one of iOS 18’s flagship features, alongside an overhauled Control ...