While home screen widgets still haven't been added to Apple's mobile platform in iOS 8, the latest version of Apple's iPhone and iPad OS does finally
add widget support to the Today view in Apple's Notification Center.
Not exact matches
The Google Play store now
supports purchase of movies and magazines that can be viewed on the Nexus 7 and Google has also
added a neat
widget for detecting music.
Honeycomb 3.1
adds re-sizable
widgets, a re-written multitasking and task switching engine, USB host
support, USB input device
support, and
support for the hardware graphics acceleration of Flash content available to tablets in Flash 10.2 which is available in the Market now.
With Android 3.1 on the near horizon, some of the complains are remedied, like
adding re-sizeable
widgets, USB host
support, better HTML5
support, task switcher improvements, and improved performance.
Key feature additions in Honeycomb 3.1 include resizable home screen
widgets,
added support for new input devices like enhanced keyboards, mice, trackpads and even dedicated gaming controllers.
It is also looking at
adding PDF
support,
widgets and synchronization across device
So you are free to
add shortcuts,
widgets and bookmarks to your heart's content, but Samsung hasn't stuffed it full of
widgets - there is a useful task manager
widget that will let you dive in and see what apps you have running and quit them, although the
widget isn't really necessary, as a long press on the home button gives you a modified multi-tasking menu with access to the same task manager as the
widget supports.
It will
add support for aforementioned resizable home screen
widgets and will also allow users to use input devices like keyboards, mice, trackpads, and gaming controllers — provided there's a USB interface in place.
More interestingly since YouTube is owned by Google, we see a good trend of their partnership, recently reported Sony Reader to be open to Google's library and now video distribution through YouTube would open lots of possibilities, for example to be
added in Bravia
widgets and the upcoming Walkman X series will definitely be of good use since it
supports YouTube.
Any purchase made via this
widget goes to help
support Press The Buttons, so if there's something you want to order that you don't see listed here, let me know and I'll
add it.
Adding a Green Map
widget supports our effort to expand the demand for healthier, greener choices, strengthen networks and help successful model initiatives spread to even more communities.
LG's apps include Application Manager (to
add / remove some of the shipping apps and
widgets), Cell Broadcast (to send / receive cell broadcast alerts), LG Tag + (to program the supplied NFC tags), Memo (for note taking), RemoteCall Service (lets an LG customer
support rep control your handset for diagnostics), SmartShare (for DLNA functionality), and SmartWorld (LG's app store).
Motorola has also spruced up the initimable Moto Display feature,
adding support for more colors, a more attractive circular time
widget, and a very helpful new shortcut feature that jumps right into parts of an app — a specific email, say, instead of just Gmail — that will inevitably save people time.
Apart from the new Touch ID
support, the updated Box app has an option which allows users to
add the Box
widget to their Notification Center.
Google has also
added a
support to
add Hangouts
widget on the homescreen through which users can easily take a look at their recent conversations.
In addition to the FLAC playback
support, the latest Firefox for Android Beta lets users
add websites to their home screen, though it removes the Firefox Search
widget from home screen.
Here's some of the improvements
added with this Android 4.2.2 JB for your Galaxy S3 phone: Build JDQ39 version, new S4 lockscreen with multiple features, New screen modes, daydream, Driving Mode, expanded notifications, new Notification Center toggles, revamped Settings UI with tabbed S4 interface, Galaxy S4 voice controls, Samsung apps with full screen
support, brand new S - Voice from SGS4, new smart switch
widgets and tons of other new functions.
Google has updated Chrome to
add two new
widgets for the Today screen, and drag and drop
support for iPad.
To
add other
widgets to your Notification Center (and tons of current apps have some sort of
widget support), swipe down to the Do Not Include section, and tap on the little green plus sign next to each one.
So far, features of note in the iOS 10.3 beta identified by 9to5Mac include a Find My AirPods feature
added to the Find My iPhone app, Safari
support for Reduce Motion preference in web apps (good for those with sensitivity to motion effects), the addition of a prominent user security section in settings and design updates to the podcast app along with a new podcast
widget.