How do you add widgets to the Chromebook home screen?

On the taskbar, you will see a widgets button. Click on that button, and then click anywhere on your screen. A pop-up will show up with a list of app widgets you can choose from. As long as the app is installed on your Chromebook, the corresponding widget should be on the list.

How do I find widgets?

Download and install the Taskbar app from the Play Store on your Chromebook. Open the app, and navigate to Advanced Features under Settings. Here, make sure the boxes ‘Replace home screen’ and ‘Enable Widget Support’ are ticked. When you tick ‘Replace home screen’, a pop-up window will ask you to give Taskbar permission to draw over other apps.

How do you customize the Chromebook home screen?

One of the more convenient innovations of Android as an operating system is the ability to add app widgets to the home screen. From Google Calendar to the latest headlines, you can have important information displayed right on your home screen. In fact, widgets became so omnipresent that eventually, Apple had to add them to iOS as well.