Google’s Pixel experience has long included the “At a Glance” widget that sits at the top of the primary homescreen. Soon, though, the Pixel Launcher will finally let you turn off At a Glance.
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Before the big redesign that we’ve previously enabled, At a Glance is getting an “About this content” section.
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Earlier this month, we reported how the At a Glance widget is getting a big Material You redesign. Google is still actively working on this new At a Glance, including the ability to customize the widget.
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Google is readying a big Material You redesign of the Assistant At a Glance widget for Android devices.
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The Google Discover feed to the left of the Pixel Launcher is getting a bit more Dynamic Color.
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Last week, Google started letting users migrate away from Assistant Reminders to Google Tasks and is now starting the automatic transfer for Workspace users, with personal accounts following soon.
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As we first spotted last July, At a Glance will now show “Ridesharing” status on your Pixel’s lockscreen.
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As we previously spotted, the Pixel Launcher will let you search for and “quick launch” an app without having to tap the top of the screen.
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Pixel phones already offer cough and snore detection when you sleep, as well as always-on Now Playing song detection, and Google is now planning to add loud sound alerts in At a Glance.
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The first public Beta of Android 14 introduces a new bug that is preventing many people from opening the “Wallpaper & style” applet, but you can fix the problem with a few simple steps.
Update: Google has fully resolved this issue with the latest Beta release.
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Back in December, Google rolled out a unified Pixel Launcher search experience, and a small tweak now sees a different Messages shortcut.
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With this month’s March Feature Drop, Google finally rolled out Cross Device Timers on Pixel phones. At a Glance is now readying a pair of location proximity features when you’re near an airport or transit station.
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Back in July, the Pixel Launcher’s At a Glance widget picked up Air Quality (AQI) alerts, and there’s now an individual setting to turn them on/off.
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On Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1, a bug can crash Pixel Launcher search if you attempt to scroll through results.
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To bring more consistency to the home screen, Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2 includes early testing on a new way to automatically generate themed app icons.
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In the latest pre-release update to Android 13 on Pixel phones, Google has tweaked the padding and density of the Pixel Launcher.
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Managing timers on Nest Hub and other Google Assistant speakers has always been a bit inflexible, but there’s a new feature coming. For some, the At a Glance widget on Pixel phones is now rolling out the ability to control timers from Nest Hub and other Google Assistant speakers.
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After the food and household delivery status setting appeared and then disappeared from the Pixel’s At a Glance function, the feature is now back and in working order.
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With the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, At a Glance picked up a handful of new features, and Package delivery alerts are now rolling out to older Google phones.
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With the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, Google announced the latest At a Glance features. The Pixel 6 is now picking up daily weather forecasts in At a Glance on the lock and homescreen.
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At Made by Google 2022, a number of Assistant announcements were made across all the new devices and form factors. Pixel phones are seeing updates to Assistant Voice Typing, At a Glance, Quick Phrases, Recorder, and more.
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Despite being available for most of the beta period, Google pulled unified Pixel Launcher search with the Android 13 stable launch, but it’s now starting to come back with QPR1 Beta 1.
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After adding a Commute toggle for traffic, the Pixel’s At a Glance widget has now introduced a setting to get the “Delivery and pickup status” of “Food and household orders.”
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After installing Android 13’s stable release today, beta users might notice that the new unified Pixel Launcher search experience has disappeared.
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