<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>A future Android update will introduce a blurred wallpaper background for the lock screen widget page in line with the Material 3 Expressive design language.</li><li>Google has confirmed that the lock screen widgets, currently available on tablets, will be extended to phones in the Android 16 QPR1 release.</li><li>Material 3 Expressive brings a fresh look to Android with physics-based animations, vibrant colors, larger buttons, and background blur effects, though some parts of the OS still retain the old design.</li><li>The new background blur effect for the lock screen widget page was observed in the Android Canary build, providing a more consistent and visually engaging user interface.</li></ul>

Android’s lock screen widgets are getting a slick new background blur effect

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