Big updates can be a mixed bag. Sometimes, you'll get a great new feature that becomes an indispensable part of your everyday life. Other times, your favorite feature might get removed, never to see the light of day until 10 years later when something old becomes new again.
Case in point is widgets, a major feature of Android 1.0 that saw a significant decline in popularity after Google got rid of lock screen widgets in Android 5. But, as expected, what's old is new again. With the release of Samsung's One UI 7, lock screen widgets are becoming cool again. So much so, in fact, that Google's latest Android Developers blog post focuses on how important widgets are for user engagement. Imagine that.
