Android phones getting lockscreen widgets with Android 16 QPR1
Android phones getting lockscreen widgets with Android 16 QPR1
Google’s widget week for developers continues with the announcement that they are coming to phone lockscreens with Android 16 QPR1.
Google’s widget week for developers continues with the announcement that they are coming to phone lockscreens with Android 16 QPR1.
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By default, Google is making all widgets available on the lockscreen “to prioritize user choice and customization,” but an opt-out API is offered to developers.
That's nice.
I'm wondering what reasons for opting-out could be
Private information. I wrote an app that showed my bank balance in a widget. I'd rather not show that on the lock screen.
sure, makes sense. but won't the widgets be added by the user intentionally?