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Google's lock screen widgets are making the jump from Android tablets to phones
After more than a decade gone
Widgets have been a part of Android for as long as you've been able to buy Android smartphones in stores — I distinctly remember playing around with the widgets on a T-Mobile G1 at a mall back in early 2009. Despite their near-constant presence, widgets have gone through plenty of changes over the years, and that goes double for lock screen widgets. After disappearing from Android more than a decade ago, we finally saw lock screen widgets reappear for the first time last fall, and now, we know when they're coming back to the smartphone in your pocket.
