Keep an eye on your money: Pixel’s At a Glance may soon show you finance recaps (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | May 15, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Pixel, News, Widgets

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The Pixel-specific version of Google’s At a Glance (SmartSpace) may add a Finance Recap feature. There’s no official timeline yet, and other leaked features like sports scores have also not yet released. The At a Glance widget is...

Gemini is getting its very own Android widget

by dbadmin | Apr 30, 2025 | Google, Google Gemini, News, Widgets

Gemini is getting its very own Android widget. The widget offers a shortcut to Gemini, file upload options, and Gemini Live. If you’re tight on space, you can shrink that down to just Gemini and Live, or even a Gemini shortcut alone. The start of May is just hours...

These are my favorite alternatives to Google’s widgets

by dbadmin | Apr 30, 2025 | Features, Google, Widgets

There’s nothing inherently wrong with Google’s widgets. Regarding aesthetic cohesion, they all adhere to the company’s love of pastels and rounded edges. So if you use a Google Pixel daily, they probably won’t seem too misplaced on your particular device. However, if...

Google Calendar and Keep widgets are getting some much-needed spring cleaning (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Apr 4, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Calendar, Google Keep, News, Widgets

Google is working on changes to a couple of Calendar’s widgets, and one for Keep. Calendar tries out the Google Sans Flex font and tightens up its schedule view. Keep is modifying its quick capture widget to better take advantage of display real estate. Like any good...

Google is ‘looking into’ stackable widgets on Android, but don’t count on them arriving anytime soon

by dbadmin | Mar 7, 2025 | Android, Android XR, Google, News, Widgets

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Google says stackable widgets are “something that we are looking into from AOSP.” However, the company is not committed to the idea yet. The tech giant also mentions it “sees the value” in using widgets on Android XR. Widget...

Google’s Search widget is testing an even better shortcuts button (Updated)

by dbadmin | Mar 2, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Search, News, Widgets

The Google Search home screen widget recently received a customizable shortcut button that gives you quick access to a useful tool of your choice. Google appears to be prepping a more versatile version of the shortcut button that will give you access to all the...