Samsung MirrorLink, like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, allows you to hook up your smartphone to your compatible infotainment system and use a range of apps, such as music and navigation, safely.

Initially a development project by Nokia, it led to the formation of the Car Connectivity Consortium, which brought together major players in the automobile and mobile phone industries, certifying apps and devices that are both useful and safe for drivers to use.How does MirrorLink work?As with CarPlay and Android Auto, simply plug in your smartphone to your car’s USB port via USB cable and the infotainment system will automatically sync data from the phone.

The home screen is very similar to Apple CarPlay, offering large easy to touch icons and similar functions.Samsung MirrorLink works with CarmodeStub App that give you more control other features as compared to other MirrorLink devices.What makes MirrorLink stand out is that it’s open source, meaning that mobile phone developers can adapt it to suit their own models.

An app may need to be downloaded so that you can use MirrorLink depending on the make of your phone.What apps work with MirrorLink?Results may vary, but when we tested MirrorLink using a Samsung Galaxy S8, we found the functions very limited compared to CarPlay and Android Auto.

Google Maps is currently not compatible with MirrorLink, so you have to download a navigation app called Sygic, which we recently reviewed in our Free Navigation Apps blog, though you have to pay for the premium version to use it with MirrorlinkBy default, music is accessed through Google Play, though you can download an app called RockScout that’s compatible with popular music apps like Spotify and enables you to control the app via MirrorLink.Text messages can be accessed and you can dictate your messages through voice control.

You can also customize a widget screen for quick access to apps; music, weather, contacts or calendar.Which cars support MirrorLink?The official MirrorLink website offers a partial list of cars that support MirrorLink and also lists apps and smartphones that support it.

For Android device users, the Google Search widget is one of the most popular and commonly used widgets.

Some of the apps come preloaded in our devices, and Google Search is one of them as it comes preloaded on Android smartphones and tablets.

You can customize the looks of this app as you like.

It’s more fun and easy.

The Method to Customise the Google Search Widget on Android DevicesThe home screen of most of the Android devices mainly looks the same.

This widget is helpful as it enables you to quickly search the web, maps as well as you can also trigger the Assistant.

We have been seeing widgets on Apple products since iOS 8, but in iPadOS 13, the widgets have become even more useful and feature-packed. In this new update, you will see a new home screen layout which includes widgets in the left section of your device’s screen. It provides you even more information at one time, along with it, you can pin specific widgets to be there at all times. Today we will be going to explore the topic of how to organize widgets on your new iPadOS 13.

How to Add Favorite Widgets on iPadOS 13?

Widgets provide you easy access to important information at the home screen of your device. They are convenient and make your tasks much more manageable. Here are the instructions for adding widgets on your iPadOS 13:

1. On the home screen of your iPad, swipe your finger in the right direction.
2. You can also pull the notifications bar and then swipe right to make widgets.
3. Now tap the edit button on your device. You may also scroll down if you have some widgets already installed.
4. Click the + button(green color) on the widgets that you want to bring to the screen.
5. If you want to remove a widget, then you can press the red minus button to remove them.
6. Now, tap on the Done button to save your selection.

There you go, you have made it, but we are not entirely done here. Let’s move to the next tutorial because your widgets still have not appeared at the home screen.

How to Place Widgets on the Home Screen on iPadOS 13

iPadOS 13 can save your widgets on the home screen of your device. This feature can help you to access them with ease without having to swipe. To enable this feature, follow the instructions given below:

1. At the home screen of your device, swipe right to see your widgets.
2. Scroll down to the end of your widget list, and then you will see the ‘edit’ button.
3. Press the ‘edit’ button.
4. Under the ‘Keep the Home Screen’ option, push the switch to turn it on. (The switch will appear green when you turn it on).
5. Now you can tap Done to save your changes.

After that, your Today view will be shown on the first page of your Home Screen.

How to Pin Your Favorite Widgets on the Home Screen of Your iPadOS 13?

Besides placing your widgets to the home screen, you can also pin some of the favorite widgets to the home screen of your iPad OS 13. After doing this, your widgets will stay at the home screen of your device. (If you don’t do this, then your home screen will only show you the time and date).

1. Go to the home screen of you new iPadOS 13 and then swipe your finger in the right direction. It will bring the widgets view on the device.
2. Scroll down to the end of the list.
3. Press the edit button.
4. Drag and drop the widgets on the ‘Pinned Favorites’ section.
5. Now you can save your preferences by tapping the save button.

Your pinned widget will always be available at your home screen for easy access. Now enjoy your favorite widgets at your home screen and no need to swipe your finger on the screen. 

Peter Rose is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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The iPhone users can call frequent contacts efficiently and quickly using the Widget introduced by Google Voice on iOS.

The newly introduced update includes adding a Home Screen Widget to make it convenient and faster for the users to contact the places or frequently called people.The widely popular virtual phone number Google Voice rings multiple devices immediately, giving freedom to the users to move from place to place while contacting other people on the calls.

It can ring from the iPhone to a Windows computer to an Android tablet while keeping the users stay in touch at each step.Apple makes software mainly for its own devices.

Google has developed several popular apps for iPhone.

Now, you can find excellent results with Apple Maps app that tells you even turn-by-turn directions.Here, Safari offers Desktop Mode in a better way and is well optimized for iOS.

On the contrary, the search engine giant has offered an excellent option to those who need a phone number to connect while traveling anywhere on any device, including a mobile phone, landline, computer, or tablet.

Over 150,000 Flutter applications have so far been launched into the Google Play Store.

For starters, Flutter 2.0 is now a complete UI toolkit with a clear potential to build apps for any platform -the mobile, the desktop, the web, or even the emerging form factors such as foldable devices.

Flutter 1.0 supported only Android and iOS apps while it still could run on mobile devices, desktop, and embedded systems.

Flutter 1.0 offered 2Dimensions while due to Dart 2.1, it enjoyed a smaller code size, faster type checks etc and great speed.

Flutter web app development has richer platform APIs and Flutter supports several web-specific features and widgets such as hyperlink widget, proper PWA (progressive web app), custom URL strategies, web-app deep linking, text auto-fill, etc.Flutter for MobileWith the onset of “foldable phones” and foldable displays, Flutter’s feature of accommodating foldable displays is a huge advantage.

Flutter for desktopFlutter for Desktop is now Stable and enjoys support for keyboard shortcuts that give it a feel of a native app on MacOS, or Windows or Linux.