Turn Android widgets into one tap entry points for common tasks Reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Tap and hold an app icon or empty area of the home screen, then choose Widgets. Drag a widget onto ...

If you own a Samsung Galaxy phone, you can use the preinstalled My Files app to add a PDF shortcut to your home screen. Open your file manager or Files app and locate the PDF file. Tap on the ...

iOS 26 gives you two distinct ways to add websites to your iPhone's Home screen – as web apps or traditional bookmarks. They might look similar at first glance, but choosing the right option can ...

New in iOS 17 are interactive widgets on the Home Screen — that is, widgets that can do things, not just passively show information — and a handy one is Calcullo. Calcullo is a $1.99 calculator widget ...

While mobile apps are great, they're not always the perfect solution for every smartphone user's needs. Sometimes, the mobile app just isn't good, either because the company's target market prefers in ...

When it comes to our Android home screens, we all have our own personal preferences. The nice thing about Android is it offers a lot of customization options, so each of us can make it our own. For ...

You’ve probably been in this situation: you wanted to do something, you added that to a note on your phone, and then totally forgot about it. I’ve been there before, but luckily, I explored the option ...

Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

With iOS 18 being rumored to offer even more ways to organize apps on your iPhone's Home Screen, it got me thinking about what I might do if those new customization features come to pass. However, I ...

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...