Google app readies new Sports widget for your Android homescreen [Gallery]
After introducing a Finance Watchlist for your homescreen earlier this year, the Google app on Android is getting ready to add a Sports widget.
Expand Expanding CloseAfter introducing a Finance Watchlist for your homescreen earlier this year, the Google app on Android is getting ready to add a Sports widget.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle is updating the Individual Contact Android widget it introduced earlier this year to bring more Material You flourishes.
Expand Expanding CloseA big update to Apple Music that’s currently in beta adds new Android homescreen widgets from iOS 17, as well as other features from the latest iPhone and iPad release.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Google TV and Finance Watchlist widgets ostensibly announced for Android tablets in June are now seeing wide availability on phones.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Nothing Phone (2) is looking at its third significant update since release. The new Nothing OS version adds new UI elements, a new compass widget, and another app that can take advantage of the Nothing Phone (2)’s arguably coolest feature – Glyph Progress.
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid is rolling out its quarterly drop of new features today, with a redesign of the Assistant At a Glance widget being the highlight.
Expand Expanding CloseSpotify last month updated its Android app with a new homescreen widget that combines playback controls and recommendations.
Expand Expanding CloseBefore the big redesign that we’ve previously enabled, At a Glance is getting an “About this content” section.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Google Contacts app is preparing a new redesign to its single-contact widget, bringing a more subtle look and feel.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing last month’s announcement, Google Calendar for Android is now rolling out a Material You redesign of its two homescreen widgets.
Expand Expanding CloseEarlier 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.
Expand Expanding CloseAs announced at the start of this month, Google News is getting updated Material You widgets that are now rolling out.
Expand Expanding CloseThe 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 CloseAs 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 CloseAfter rolling out a Material You redesign in December, the Google TV Android app is now readying a homescreen widget.
Expand Expanding CloseFollowing iOS last month, YouTube for Android now offers homescreen widgets that provide quick access to search and core parts of the app.
Expand Expanding CloseBack 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 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 CloseAt 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 CloseBack 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 CloseGoogle 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 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 ClosePreviewed in October and officially announced yesterday, YouTube Music’s new “Recent Played” widget is now available on Android 12.
Expand Expanding CloseAt 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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