Add the Raksha Last Seen
Widget to Your Home Screen
A quick glance at your circle without unlocking the app and opening it. The Last Seen widget shows where each family member was last spotted, right on your home screen.
September 2026 · 4 min read
What the Widget Shows
The Last Seen widget displays up to four members of your family circle on a small map card, with their name and roughly how recently their location updated. Tapping the widget opens Raksha directly to the full map. It is meant for the quick checks you do many times a day, the kind where opening an app and waiting for it to load feels like more effort than the question deserves.
How to Add It
Long-press an empty area of your home screen
On most Android phones this opens a menu with a Widgets option. On some devices you may need to pinch the home screen instead.
Tap Widgets, then scroll to find Raksha
Widgets are usually listed alphabetically by app name.
Long-press the Last Seen preview and drag it to your home screen
Drop it wherever you have space. You can move it later the same way you move any app icon.
Resize it to fit more or fewer members
Drag the corner handles that appear right after placing it. A larger widget shows more of the map behind the member list.
If the Widget Looks Empty or Outdated
An empty widget usually means nobody in your circle has an up-to-date location yet, which is most common right after setup. A widget that seems stuck on an old time is almost always a battery optimization issue on the phone being tracked, the same cause behind most location gaps in Raksha. See our brand-by-brand battery optimization guide to fix it.