Following yesterday’s announcement, Google is widely rolling out the new Pixel VIPs widget to the Pixel 6+ on Android 16 (and QPR1).
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After beta testing earlier this month, the Google app on Android is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar homescreen widget to all users.
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Google is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar homescreen widget on Android that better emphasizes the optional shortcut.
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Following last week’s announcement, the Gemini app update that introduces an Android homescreen widget is widely rolling out.
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In addition to the iPhone, Google is rolling out a convenient Gemini homescreen widget for Android that follows Material 3.
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After starting earlier this week, Google has rolled out the redesigned Keep for Android “Quick capture” widget.
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As we previously spotted, Google Keep for Android is rolling out a redesign of the Quick capture widget.
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At the start of March, Google discussed the latest in widgets, including what a high-quality design looks like. Google Keep is now redesigning and modernizing one of its Android widgets.
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To round out the Widgets Spotlight Week, the Android team yesterday hosted a YouTube Q&A session. We learned about the status of stackable widgets and whether they are coming to Android XR.
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Google’s widget week for developers continues with the announcement that they are coming to phone lockscreens with Android 16 QPR1.
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The Android team has long offered quality tiers for apps on Wear OS, Large Screen, and other form factors. As part of this week’s push, Google is highlighting the Android Widget Quality Tiers.
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Last year, Google’s Clock app introduced a Timer Starter widget for the Pixel Tablet, and it’s now available on phones with Android 15 QPR2.
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The Android team this week is putting a “Spotlight” for developers on widgets, especially “high-quality” ones. Meanwhile, Android users will benefit from a new Play Store “Widgets” filter.
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Back in August, the Google Search bar widget was updated with Dynamic Color, and it’s now bringing back “Custom” colors.
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Back in August, the Google app’s Search bar widget on Android was updated with Dynamic Color but at the expense of other options being removed, and a customizable shortcut is now being tested.
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The last big update to Google Clock introduced weather integration on Pixel devices and the app is now adding a new “Timer Starter” widget.
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Back in 2018, the Google app on Android introduced the ability to customize the Search bar widget, but a redesign takes away most of the options.
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Following the announcement last week, Google Home 3.18 with the new Favorites widgets is widely rolling out via the Play Store.
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As we previously spotted, the Google Home app on Android is getting a new homescreen widget and Wear OS Tile.
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As teased in October of 2023 and spotted at I/O 2024, the Google Home app on Android is getting ready to add a homescreen widget called “Favorites.”
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After beta testing, Pocket Casts is rolling out a handful of updates on Android, including new widgets and a redesign of the homescreen.
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The widget improvements in Android 15 Beta 2 continue with a simple “Add” button that saves you from having to manually drag them to your homescreen.
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Back in October, the Google Home app team said it was working on a homescreen widget. We might now have our first look at the design as Google at I/O 2024 worked to encourage widget adoption.
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Pocket Casts for Android has long offered a single widget and an upcoming update will overhaul it, while introducing two new options for your homescreen.
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