Android Widget to Display "On This Day" Memories

[jovanbulck]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. To be reminded of past images, one currently has to manually open the webpage/app.

Describe the solution you'd like It'd be nice to have a custom Android widget on the homescreen refreshed daily with "On This Day" contents.

Similarly to the "memories" widget provided by Google Photos. This widget reportedly has a large install base:

Describe alternatives you've considered Opening the app/webpage manually and navigating there which is rather cumbersome and doesn't happen daily or spontaneously/regularly remind you of past memories.

Additional context Popular demand for this feature seems to be high, eg people have asked for this specific feature in Memories in other places:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/NextCloud/comments/12fs78h/is_there_a_widget_like_the_google_photos_one_for/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/172bflv/comment/k3w1eob/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
• https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/supla1/foss_gallery_app_with_memories_widget/

Fossify gallerly has a simple widget (for local contents) that may be an inspiration/starting point: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Gallery/blob/master/app/src/main/kotlin/org/fossify/gallery/helpers/MyWidgetProvider.kt

[jovanbulck]

closing this as I just discovered this is a duplicate of #1018