Neowin News Feed for: Widget

Nothing's community widget brings classic 'Snake' game to your phone's home screen

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 06:52:01 +0000

Nothing community members have recreated the classic 'Snake' game that is now playable via a widget on the phone's home screen. Read more...

Google is working on improved Contacts widget on Android

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:32:01 +0000

Google is reportedly working on a new version of the Contacts widget on Android that will show the contacts' names along with the profile avatars. Read more...

Google Search widget removes most customization options but adds Dynamic Color

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 07:02:01 +0000

The latest beta update for the Google app is reportedly removing a lot of customization options, and now lets you choose from a set of color themes, however, adds the Dynamic Color option. Read more...

WingetUI gets support for Widgets to easily update/install packages, PowerShell Gallery too

Sayan Sen — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 06:46:01 +0000

WingetUI's newest release brings multiple usability-related improvements as it improves in several areas including installing, updating, and exporting packages. PowerShell Gallery support is here too. Read more...

Google announces a raft of new Android productivity features

Steve Bennett — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 21:16:01 +0000

Alongside Android's newly revealed look, Google has announced new features for its apps and devices designed around productivity and communication to keep on top of tasks and stay connected. Read more...

Google Keep now offers a widget for notes on Android devices

Usama Jawad — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:56:01 +0000

Google Keep (or Keep Notes) now offers single note widgets so you can directly access and modify your lists on your Android home screen without opening the app, in a bid to boost productivity. Read more...

Microsoft is testing a new search widget on taskbar in Windows 11

Taras Buria — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:08:02 +0000

The latest Windows 11 Dev build contains a hidden search widget. Developers experiment with showing more information on the taskbar in Windows 11, and the search widget is a part of that test. Read more...

How to customize the Google Search widget on your Android home screen

Rajesh Pandey — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:12:01 +0000

Did you know you can customize the Google Search widget on your Android home screen as per your liking? The customization options are available on all Android devices irrespective of the launcher. Read more...

Google adds iOS 14 Search widgets, as Chrome and Gmail get default app support

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:46:01 +0000

In a bid to make access to Search, Chrome, and Gmail easier in iOS 14, Google is introducing search widgets. Moreover, you can now set Chrome and Gmail as your default browser and email app. Read more...

Mozilla releases Firefox Preview 1.3 with new home screen search widget

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:32:02 +0000

Mozilla has issued Firefox Preview 1.3, bringing the browser one step closer to a stable release for general users. This update allows users to add a home screen widget and improves stability. Read more...

The best apps for customising your Android smartphone

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:14:02 +0000

Among mobile OSes, Android has always boasted an impressive ability to customise your smartphone. We've put together the best looking and most ingenious ways to shake up your home screen. Read more...

Microsoft has removed its Bing Image Widget

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:30:53 +0000

Following a lawsuit from Getty Images over copyright infringement, Microsoft has bit the bullet and removed the beta version of its Bing Image Widget, which allowed site owners to easily embed media. Read more...

XWidget 1.92

Razvan Serea — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:35:54 +0000

XWidget is a free desktop customization platform. It's light, handy with powerful visual widget editor and very smooth animations. Read more...

Google Now widget spotted in documentation, evidence gets yanked

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:38:15 +0000

Leaked documentation shows an unreleased Google Now home screen widget and it looks like it will be coming to Android in the near future if speculation is to be believed. Read more...

Localhostr Widget for Mac 2.0

Simon Andrews — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:11:41 +0000

The Localhostr Widget provides a near-instant way to share any type of file you want. Using the service from localhostr.com, the widget will upload your file (or even more than one by selecting multiple files)... Read more...

Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.5.1

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:49:37 +0000

The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want... Read more...

Hackers Exploit Widget Security Holes

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:38:14 +0000

New attacks that exploit widgets and gadgets are imminent, according to the latest Web Security Trends Report from Finjan. Finjan's Malicious Code Research Centre has studied changing trends in attacks used by hackers to gain... Read more...

AOL Releases AIM WIMZI Web Widget

Christopher Vendemio — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:27:08 +0000

AOL has released their new WIMZI web widget. The widget allows you to easily create a small IM box for your website which visitors can then use to IM you. After entering basic information such... Read more...

Turn any web widget into a Vista Gadget

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:59:45 +0000

The Amnesty Generator for Windows is designed to easily convert any embeddable web site widget (including Google Gadgets) into a Vista Sidebar Gadget. Compared to Vista's Gadget library's relatively meager 275 gadgets, Google Gadgets for... Read more...

Neowin.net Widget for Opera by RM

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:15:22 +0000

Well, a Neowin.net Widget for Opera by RM is developed. It's not so good as the toolbar, but it's my first widget.An RSS Reader with some extra tools. Just press the options button and you... Read more...

Apple Bundles New Dashboard Widget Tool With MacBooks

Fri, 26 May 2006 11:29:14 +0000

An easy way to create Dashboard widgets has reportedly begun shipping with new MacBooks. ThinkSecret claims the new application, Dashcode, is available within the version of Developer Tools that ships with Apple's new Intel-powered... Read more...

Apple: Widget writers wanted

Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:32:08 +0000

Apple Computer is hoping the possibility of winning a free iPod will prompt developers to start writing widgets--small Mac programs that will run in the next version of Mac OS X. The... Read more...

Widget Wars

Brad Wardell — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 17:16:01 +0000

Longhorn may be 2 years away but the battle for your desktop has already begun. Longhorn will introduce a new user interface design language called XAML. XAML on its own would be... Read more...