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A new design for Google’s At a Glance widget is now coming to way more devices. It’s not limited to Pixels anymore, so other devices will be able to enjoy a way more modern design of it, not the outdated version. I received the update on several of my phones, that use a stable version of the Google Search app. So it’s not limited to the beta only, as some reports have been saying.
Google’s fresh At a Glance widget design is coming to your device
The change even arrived on the OPPO Find N2 with software made for the Chinese market, so it’s safe to say it’s rolling out to basically every phone with a modern version of Android. Also, this is a server-side change, following the new design’s announcement earlier this month.
If you use this widget, you’ll immediately see the change, as it looks much different. I like the change, to be quite honest, as it fits with the modern Android UI better than before. It was about time Google made this change.
The widget still allows you to keep track of your schedule, weather, commute info, flight details, and much more. This will depend on where you live, though, as not all info is available everywhere.
You can tweak what you see by tapping the three vertical dots on the widget itself. Once you do that, you’ll be able to change the Style of the widget, and also use the ‘Customize’ submenu. There you can disable the info you don’t want to see.
You can change the widget’s ‘style’, if you want to
You can actually choose whether you’d like the widget to have a transparent back, a semi-transparent back, or a solid one. It’s all up to you.
This new design delivers a pill-shaped outline to the widget. The weather info is now separated on the right side of the widget, that separation is more pronounced. The aforementioned three-dot menu is right next to it (to the left), and next to that is the date, and all other info that will pop-up.
Check out the images below for more info.
