April 8 2025
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Google announces new Lock Screen widgets for iOS 16

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Google has now announced its Lock Screen widgets for iOS 16, featuring its flagship products like Search, Chrome, Drive, Google Maps, and more. The new Lock Screen will allow users to personalize the experience with new fonts, widgets, and more.

 

With the new Search widget, users have quicker access to Google Search functionality, enabling typed searches, voice searches, and also utilizing Google Lens. Users will also gain quick access to translations.

 

The Google Maps Lock Screen widget is a little more robust, allowing users to check real-time traffic updates and getting estimated travel times to and from home and work. The widget will also allow instant navigation to restaurants, shops, hotels, and more.

 

Google Drive will also offer quick access to personal or work files that are stored on the service. The widget will grant users the ability to continue work on a project with a one-tap option, and there will also be file and folder recommendations.

 

The Gmail widget will show how many new messages are in your inbox, or you can get a more detailed look showing how many emails have arrived for each inbox category. Google’s Chrome Lock Screen widget will allow users to initiate a search by typing in a query or using voice to run a search. Although iOS 16 is already released, Google will roll out these updates in the coming weeks.