The lock screen is one of the great focuses of attention on both iOS and Android. Both companies seek to find the perfect formula to be able to show information to the user in a clear and accessible way. And, now, it seems that Android has turned to Apple to integrate the iOS Live Actions that have given such good results to the users of the bitten apple company.
The widgets that we find in the lock screen of our operating system are very useful to obtain the information we need at any time. With them, we can know the climate of our location, the next calendar events or the battery of all the devices that we have connected to the smartphone, among many other functions.
Now it seems that Android would have noticed iOS to offer its Android 15 users what are known as “Live Activities” at Apple. It is a type of widget that is updated live and that allows us to know in real time, without having to access the app in question, the result of a basketball game, the delivery process of the food that we have ordered from address or where our Uber goes, among many other options.
Lock screen changes
According to the information published by Android Authority, Google would be considering making some changes to the lock screen with the aim of being able to provide more information to its users about those applications in which they are interested. Currently, Google already has the function of “Take a look” enabled, which allows us to access important content from our apps’ notifications, such as the calendar, for example.
Now, it seems that it would be exploring the possibility of this function moving to the bottom of the lock screen, as detected in Beta 1.2 of Android 15, and acquiring new functions. In this way, it would be located in the same place occupied by the Apple Live Activities. When interacting with this function, the user could slide the information displayed on the screen to both sides, accessing different widgets that we must have previously configured, showing us live information of interest.
No scheduled date
Although the lock screen It is one of the spaces that can offer us the greatest amount of information if we have the appropriate widgets, the reality is that we still do not know what the roadmap that Google has to redefine the order of the widgets that we can find in it .
At the moment, it seems that the changes that are being tested to improve the lock screen of our Android terminal still have a long way to go to be able to resemble the widgets that we find in Apple. However, the fact that changes are proposed on this screen may be good news that gives us clues about the improvements that we can enjoy once Android 15 finally lands on the market.
