How to add a widget to the home screen on a Xiaomi phone (HyperOS 3)

Device

Android

Shown on

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G (25080RABDG), HyperOS 3.0.308.0, Android 16

App

Home screen

Path

Home screen › Widgets › Add widgets › Add

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Tap Widgets

   Press and hold an empty spot on the home screen. Edit mode opens with Done at the top and Wallpaper, Effects, Widgets and Settings at the bottom. Tap Widgets.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Add under a widget

   The Add widgets sheet opens. Ours started with a Spotify widget, then an Android widgets row, then widgets such as Gallery·Select photos and Clock·Current. Tap Add under the one you want; we used Clock·Current.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Done

   Ours was put on a new, empty page, not on the first page: the dots at the bottom showed an extra page. The widget is labelled Clock. Tap Done at the top right.

   Done

4. 

   Find it on its page

   Swipe across the home screens to the new page; our Clock widget was alone there. Xiaomi says to move a widget, touch and hold it until the pop-up window shows, then move it.

   Done

5. 

   Remove it

   To take it off, press and hold the widget and tap Remove. On ours only Remove showed, and the widget went at once.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Only Remove when you press and hold? You pressed a widget. On ours, holding the Clock widget we had added gave only Remove. Hold an empty spot instead to get Widgets.
• Widget not on page 1? Ours went on a new page after the last one. Xiaomi says that if there is not enough space, you can drag the widget to a different home screen page. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Looking for more widgets? The Android widgets row near the top of Add widgets opens a separate list; we did not open it. Xiaomi's guide uses it for the Lock widget under Quick functions. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0

If this does not work

• No room on the page? Xiaomi says that if there is not enough space, you can drag the widget to a different home screen page. Ours went on a new page by itself. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Widget not in the list? Scroll Add widgets, or open the Android widgets row near the top, which lists more widgets. We did not open it. Source: Generic User Guide for HyperOS 3.0
• Want room for more on each page? A denser grid fits more: change the home screen layout.

About this guide

Xiaomi's HyperOS 3 guide says widgets give quick access to app functions, such as Cleaner, Clock or Weather information. You add them from the home screen's edit mode, which you open by pinching or by pressing and holding an empty space.

The screenshots are from our Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G with Xiaomi HyperOS 3.0.308.0 and Android 16, in Light mode. We added the Clock widget and removed it again.

Good to know

Xiaomi says you can also leave edit mode by zooming in on the page, as well as with Done.

Change the picture behind the icons: change the wallpaper. On a Pixel: add a widget on a Pixel.

In short: Press and hold an empty spot, Widgets, Add under the widget, Done. Remove: press and hold it, Remove.