diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/WidgetPickerActivity.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/WidgetPickerActivity.java
index 50e8e5e077..955388dec7 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/WidgetPickerActivity.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/WidgetPickerActivity.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.SimpleDragLayer;
+import com.android.launcher3.model.StringCache;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.WidgetItem;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.WidgetPredictionsRequester;
 import com.android.launcher3.model.WidgetsModel;
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ public class WidgetPickerActivity extends BaseActivity {
     private SimpleDragLayer<WidgetPickerActivity> mDragLayer;
     private WidgetsModel mModel;
     private LauncherAppState mApp;
+    private StringCache mStringCache;
     private WidgetPredictionsRequester mWidgetPredictionsRequester;
     private final WidgetPickerDataProvider mWidgetPickerDataProvider =
             new WidgetPickerDataProvider();
@@ -287,6 +289,11 @@ public class WidgetPickerActivity extends BaseActivity {
         MODEL_EXECUTOR.execute(() -> {
             LauncherAppState app = LauncherAppState.getInstance(this);
             mModel.update(app, null);
+
+            StringCache stringCache = new StringCache();
+            stringCache.loadStrings(this);
+
+            bindStringCache(stringCache);
             bindWidgets(mModel.getWidgetsByPackageItem());
             // Open sheet once widgets are available, so that it doesn't interrupt the open
             // animation.
@@ -299,6 +306,10 @@ public class WidgetPickerActivity extends BaseActivity {
         });
     }
 
+    private void bindStringCache(final StringCache stringCache) {
+        MAIN_EXECUTOR.execute(() -> mStringCache = stringCache);
+    }
+
     private void bindWidgets(Map<PackageItemInfo, List<WidgetItem>> widgets) {
         WidgetsListBaseEntriesBuilder builder = new WidgetsListBaseEntriesBuilder(
                 mApp.getContext());
@@ -336,6 +347,12 @@ public class WidgetPickerActivity extends BaseActivity {
         }
     }
 
+    @Nullable
+    @Override
+    public StringCache getStringCache() {
+        return mStringCache;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Animation callback for different predictive back animation states for the widget picker.
      */