Android widgets
The Google News Material You widget(s) are here
As announced at the start of this month, Google News is getting updated Material You widgets that are now rolling out.
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Android getting new Google TV, News, and stocks widgets for the summer
The Android team’s quarterly release of new features is rolling out today. You can find the Wear OS additions here, but most of them, like new Google widgets, are for phones and tablets.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Contacts rolling out two new Material You widgets
As we’ve been expecting since November, Google Contacts for Android now offers an “Individual Contact” homescreen widget, while some are also seeing “Favorite Contacts.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle TV is getting an Android homescreen widget
After rolling out a Material You redesign in December, the Google TV Android app is now readying a homescreen widget.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube for Android rolling out Material You homescreen widgets [U]
Following iOS last month, YouTube for Android now offers homescreen widgets that provide quick access to search and core parts of the app.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app makes it easier to customize the Search widget on Android
Back in 2018, Google introduced a customizable Search widget and is now making those personalization options more apparent by supporting the changes introduced in Android 12+.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle optimizing widgets for Android tablets, starting with Drive and Keep
Google is continuing its Android tablet push with widgets optimized for large screens. The first tablet widgets are coming from Google Drive and Keep.
Expand Expanding CloseWhich Material You widgets are currently exclusive to Google Pixel? [U]
At this point, Google’s biggest Android apps have been updated with Material You. Redesigns are widely rolled out, but widget availability varies depending on whether you have a Pixel or Samsung device running Android 12. The following is our running tally of which Google app Material You widgets are available where.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Play Books widget swaps out Honeycomb for Material You, now rolled out
Back in December, Google announced new widgets for Photos and YouTube Music. An updated widget featuring Material You for Play Books was also previewed and is now widely rolled out.
Expand Expanding CloseChrome rolling out new Android widgets & ‘Journeys’ that auto-group your history by topic
Google is rolling out a pair of new Android widgets for Chrome today, while making official the previously experimental “Journeys” feature that lets you “revisit past explorations grouped by topic.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Photos ‘People & Pets’ widget rolled out as ‘Cinematic photos’ get an upgrade
Google Photos is rounding out the year with upgraded camera animations for “Cinematic photos,” as well as the wide availability of several Memories-related features.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music for Android rolls out versatile ‘Recently Played’ widget
Previewed in October and officially announced yesterday, YouTube Music’s new “Recent Played” widget is now available on Android 12.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music’s Material You ‘Turntable’ widget is now rolled out on Android 12 [U]
At the start of last month, we enabled a new YouTube Music widget for Android that was first teased in Pixel 6 ads. The “Turntable” widget is now briefly appearing for some YouTube Music users today.
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