How to use Home screen widgets in Android 12

This section explains how to use widgets in Android 12. This is a step-by-step guide with pictures of the screens to help.

1. To add a widget, tap and hold on the Home screen. Select Widgets from the menu. When the Useful info at your fingertips page appears, tap OK.

2. Scroll through the library of widgets and tap on one you’d like to add. Here we’ve picked one of the Calendar widgets.

3. Now drag and drop your new widget into place on the Home screen. To move it to a different screen, just drag it to the left or right edge of the box.

4. You can add further widgets by repeating the steps above. Here we’ve added an Inbox widget for Gmail.

5. You can resize widgets by tapping and holding on them, then dragging the round control points on the edge of the widget to increase or reduce its size.

Note: we have written these instructions for devices running the standard version of the Android operating system. You may find some minor presentation differences if the manufacturer has customised the theme.