While it added , Samsung seems to have removed the lock screen widgets carousel with the beta update. It isn't clear if it intends to bring the feature back with future updates.
Until One UI 6.1.1, Samsung allowed users to add certain widgets to the lock screen and access them by tapping the lock screen clock. That functionality appears to have been removed with the first One UI 7.0 beta update. Now, when you tap the lock screen clock, the device just displays the clock.
This change was . On phones running One UI 7.0, the Widgets page under Settings > Lock screen and AOD has gone missing. This is where you could enable or disable widgets for the lock screen widgets carousel. Those widgets included the following:
You can look at the lock screen widgets carousel in One UI 6 in the screenshots below.
With this change, you can only add mini widgets to the lock screen, which appear below the clock. Samsung might have removed full-fledged widgets from the lock screen carousel because most people don't know they exist.
Those who know the ins and outs of Samsung phones know that they can still add any widget to the lock screen of Galaxy phones using Good Lock's LockStar module.
Google recently brought the ability to add widgets (including third-party ones) to the lock screen of the Pixel Tablet.
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One UI 7.0 doesn't have lock screen widgets carousel
Until One UI 6.1.1, Samsung allowed users to add certain widgets to the lock screen and access them by tapping the lock screen clock. That functionality appears to have been removed with the first One UI 7.0 beta update. Now, when you tap the lock screen clock, the device just displays the clock.
This change was . On phones running One UI 7.0, the Widgets page under Settings > Lock screen and AOD has gone missing. This is where you could enable or disable widgets for the lock screen widgets carousel. Those widgets included the following:
- Digital Wellbeing
- Galaxy Buds 2 Pro Manager
- Music
- Next Alarm
- Routines
- SmartThings
- Today's Schedule
- Weather
- Voice Recorder
You can look at the lock screen widgets carousel in One UI 6 in the screenshots below.
With this change, you can only add mini widgets to the lock screen, which appear below the clock. Samsung might have removed full-fledged widgets from the lock screen carousel because most people don't know they exist.
Those who know the ins and outs of Samsung phones know that they can still add any widget to the lock screen of Galaxy phones using Good Lock's LockStar module.
Google recently brought the ability to add widgets (including third-party ones) to the lock screen of the Pixel Tablet.
The post appeared first on .