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fixmycode | 6 years ago

What's your take on Android widgets? I used to think they were all I ever wanted in a system only to use them less and less with every iteration of the OS, now fewer and fewer apps come with widgets, or even try to use them for something really useful. Has the user lost the appetite for at-glance desktop tools?

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andrew_|6 years ago

Great observation. I've been an Android user since the Galaxy Nexus; from my own personal experience, I think they've lost relevancy as really fast and easy app switching is available, and we populate our various launcher screens with more and more app icons/shortcuts. Apps also have really good notification bar "widgets" now that seem to be the preference (e.g. Spotify, Pandora)