Add/remove lock screen widgets

You can add widgets to your device's lock screen and swipe between them. Lock screen widgets make it easy to get important updates and notifications without unlocking your phone.

Add lock screen widgets

  1. Swipe right from the left edge of the lock screen until you see a large plus icon.

  2. Touch the plus icon. If prompted, enter your PIN, pattern, or password.

    A list of widgets appears. Apps that support lock screen widgets can add their own widgets to this list.

  3. Touch the widget you want to add.
  4. To resize a widget, drag the bottom down to expand it or up to reduce it.

Use lock screen widgets

  1. When the screen is asleep, press the Power key to view the lock screen.
  2. From the left edge of the lock screen, swipe right to see the widgets.
  3. To unlock the screen when a widget is expanded, touch , then unlock as usual.
TipSwipe left from right edge of lock screen to open the camera without unlocking the screen.

Delete or arrange lock screen widgets

To delete a widget, touch & hold it, then drag it to Remove.

To change the display order:

  1. Swipe to a widget you want to move.
  2. Touch & hold the widget, then drag it into the order you want.

Get more lock screen widgets

To download more lock screen widgets, visit Play Store and search for lock screen. Many developers include lock screen widget support with their apps.

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