On my Galaxy S20 Ultra, I have the lock screen set to display stuff like now playing, weather, and notifications. That’s it. But there are companies out there trying to make our lock screens busier.

Android 14's lock screen is fully customizable, so you can make some pretty big changes to let it match your needs. Here's how to customize your lock screen.

First, Android 15 introduces the ability to add widgets onto your device’s lock screen — something Google gave us back in 2012, as part of the Android 4.2 update of that era, but then took ...

To unlock the screen, drag the lock icon to the proper position. If your Android device's screen turns off faster than you like, you can increase the time it will take to timeout when idle.

To recap, Google reintroduced lock screen widgets in the first quarterly release of Android 15, i.e. Android 15 QPR1. The company created a dedicated page for widgets called the “glanceable hub ...

A recent review of the Android 14 QPR 2 Beta 3 by Mishaal Rahman sheds light on the return of lock screen widgets. Rahman managed to activate a widget space on the lock screen during the review.