5 Best Lock Screen Widgets for Android

| 9 February 2013 |

Google introduced Android 4.2 with some new features that one of them was Lock Screen widgets that lets you have some quick access just on your lock screen. If you are not using 4.2 and prefer to use older android version or the manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, LG stopped supporting your device to 4.2, don’t worry! You can still take advantage of this feature getting the following Lock Screen widgets.

Active Lock Screen

cool personalized and user friendly starting screen for your Android phone

Active Lock Screen is great for those who want to check their face book, watch their favorite gallery picture, create shortcut app to easy launch, quick call to favorite contacts, and send text message through any text app like Whatsapp or VIber with just one finer on their lock screen.

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WidgetLocker Lockscreen

WidgetLocker is a lock screen replacement that puts you in control of the look, feel and layout of your lock screen.

Are you ready to completely customize your lock screen? You can easily add android widgets and application shortcuts and use them on the lock screen. You can also change the look of sliders in to your desired one and assign them some action such as calling someone or launching the camera. Play Store Link

Quick Launch Social Lockscreen

Quick Launch – the ultimate custom lock screen launcher for all your quick access needs.

Consider most of your tasks done with the Quick Launch just on your lock screen. You have far more features on your lock screen than you imagine, you can add social feeds, control the music, launch recent open apps, call recent contacts and much more without even unlocking your device Play Store Link

Holo Locker Plus

Simple and fast lock screen replacement, based on stock Jelly Bean lock screen.

Stylish elegant lock screen with some great features defines Holo Locker. You can set 4 shortcuts to have fast access to. Unread count notifications for call, text message and email plus changing background and color are some other features. Play Store Link

Lock Screen 7

Get the Lock Screen of Windows 7 on your Android phone

Lock Screen 7 makes a simple change on the Lock Screen. You just need to drag up the screen to unlock it and that’s it. You can also drag up the screen to mute the sound. This widget is really simple and smooth Play Store Link