In that context, a few strategically placed widgets can make the desktop far more useful without making it feel cluttered.

Widgets have been a crucial Android feature for more than a decade, but they've lost a lot of their appeal and usefulness ...

If you've refused to use widgets, MacOS Tahoe may change your mind. Thanks to Liquid Glass, widgets are sexy again. Only add the widgets you need. Widgets aren't exactly the most divisive topic in the ...

To make my second screen useful, I stopped trying to treat it like a second workspace and started using it as a dashboard ...

The way you interact with apps on the Apple Watch hasn't changed much since its 2015 debut. While the Apple Watch has gotten faster, bigger, more polished and better at health tracking, navigation is ...

No single feature of the iOS 14 betas has had as immediate an impact on my daily iPhone use as Home screen widgets. Together with the App Library, the features can radically change the way apps are ...

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