This Galaxy S20 guide explains what the faceWidgets are, how to customize the faceWidgets on Galaxy S20-, and how to access and use these widgets on Galaxy S20 lock screen and always-on display (AOD) screen.
As faceWidges are also available on other Galaxy phones with Android Nougat (7.0) or later, this guide applies not only to Galaxy S20 (S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra), but also other Galaxy phones including Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy S8, and Galaxy Note 8.
Update: Android 11 update for Galaxy S20 revamped the faceWidgets and renamed them as widgets. If you have updated your Galaxy S20 to Android 11, you may check this guide on how to access, use, and customise widgets on Galaxy S20 lock screen and AOD screen. This guide applies to Galaxy S20 with Android 10.
The FaceWidgets lets you get quick access to useful information on the lock screen and always-display screen without unlocking the phone.
Surely, Galaxy S20 faceWidgets is not a new feature. Samsung introduced faceWidgets on Galaxy S8.
Over the years, Samsung added Bixby routine and weather info the faceWidgets.
The purpose of faceWidgets is for you to quickly get some useful info from the Galaxy S20 lock screen (without unlocking the phone) and from the Galaxy S20 always-on display (AOD) screen (without waking up the screen).
On Galaxy S20, you can use the following five widgets on both the lock screen and AOD screen:
You can customize them by enabling/disable them individually or recording them.
But you cannot add your own widgets to the faceWidgets
On all supported Galaxy phones, faceWidgets is under the lock screen settings.
As shown in the screenshot below, in the Galaxy S20 Settings, tap Lock screen first.
In the Galaxy S20 lock screen settings page, as shown above, you can find the FaceWidgets entry.
Tap on the entry to access Galaxy S20 faceWidgets settings.
In the settings page, as shown below, you can:
So, to enable or disable individual entries, you need to tap the switch in the region marked as 1.
On both the Galaxy S20 lock screen and the always-on display screen, each widget appears on different cards. You need to swipe left or right to access different widgets.
You can reorder the enabled widgets.
On the faceWidgets setting page shown above, tap Reorder (marked as 2).
Now, on the Reorder page, as shown in the screenshot below, You can hold the moving icon, then drag
it up and down to the desired location.For example, you want to move the Weather widget to the first position (first card).
You can tap and hold the icon, as shown below, then drag it to the top.
As shown above, the Weather widget is now on the first card/panel.
The faceWidgets, by default, is on Galaxy S20 lock screen.
If you enabled the Galaxy S20 always-on display (AOD), then you can turn on the faceWidgets on the AOD screen as well.
As shown in the faceWidget Settings page shown earlier, you can use the switch for Show on Always On Display (marked as 3) to enable it on the Galaxy S20 Always-on Display screen.
If the always-on display is disabled, the switch will be greyed out.
Please note, the faceWidgets is shared on the Galaxy S20 lock screen and Galaxy S20 AOD screen. It is impossible to have different widgets on these two screens.
You can use the widgets on both Galaxy S20 lock screen and the always-on display screen.
On Galaxy S20 lock screen, the faceWidgets area is the region with clock, as explained in this guide.
As shown in the screenshot below, you can swipe left or right to access different widgets.
On Galaxy S20 Always-on display screen, the widgets are also in the clock (and pinned image) area, as explained here.
The gesture to access the faceWidgets on Galaxy S20 AOD screen is double-tapping the clock area.
After double-tapping the clock area, you can then swipe left and right to access different widgets.
If you tap area out od the clock/pinned image, then you will wake up the screen and access the lock screen.
You can use the always-on display on Galaxy S20 Clear View (S View) cover.
But the faceWidgets is not available on the Galaxy S20 Clear View (S View) Cover. Only a non-customizable clock can be used on the cover for the always-on display, as explained here.
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