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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by egypturnash on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:15PM (#18636570)
Have Android’s “widgets” been removed? That’s a thing I still miss sometimes on iOS, most of my Nexus One’s homescreen was taken up by my calendar.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by culot on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:50PM (#18636778)
That's still a thing, it's just the design of widgets from app to app is disparate, usually visually clashing if multiple widgets are used. Not as clean and uniform as Windows Phone tiles.

There is an Android launcher (launcher 10, i think) that offers tiles, and some of them even live tiles. It's okay, not quite the same slick experience though.

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by nsriv on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:43PM (#18636732)
They haven't been removed per se, but fewer apps tend to have them. Most Google apps have high quality widgets.
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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by nine_k on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:57PM (#18636833)
Widgets are alive and kicking.
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