At A Glance - Droid Life

Pixel’s At a Glance Can Finally Be Turned Off in Latest QPR3 Beta!

Kellen December 18, 2025 6

We did it, y'all. The multi-year battle is over. We won. Google has finally given in and is letting us fully turn off the "At a Glance" widget on Pixel phones and reclaim the space as our own. I almost can't believe it. For those not familiar with what I'm...

At a Glance Finally Removable on Pixel Devices?

Tim November 12, 2025 10

At a Glance, the unremovable widget that Google places in the top left of your home screen (and lockscreen) on Pixel devices, might finally be removable. While users have been able to turn off certain features of the widget, its complete removal has never been...

Years Later, Pixel Owners Stay Mad About ‘At a Glance’ Widget

Tim September 9, 2025 36

We're quite confident at this point that Google will never allow for Pixel owners to completely turn off the At a Glance widget on your homescreen. We have been asking for the ability to do so for years, with our first formal request happening back in 2020....

Google Cooking Up Now Bar-Like Redesign for Pixel’s At a Glance

Tim July 14, 2025 12

Google appears to be working on an updated version for Pixel's At a Glance feature, the virtually unremovable widget that lives on the home screen of Pixel devices. While you can disable it, it doesn't actually remove the date portion, so news that Google is...

Android 15 Could Intro New At a Glance Widget for Lock Screen

Tim April 29, 2024 2

On Pixel smartphones, owners are likely familiar with the At a Glance widget. It shows current calendar happenings, weather, and other information directly on your home screen. In Android 15, it's looking like Google is cooking up an At a Glance widget for...

Google Might Finally Let You Turn Off Pixel’s “At a Glance” Widget

Kellen November 15, 2023 8

Google's "At a Glance" widget was at one time an interesting concept for its Pixel phones and their main home screen, because it connected to the weather, your calendar, daily commute, and a couple of other items. It has since expanded its feature set to try...

Google’s At a Glance Widget Getting Material You Overhaul

Tim July 12, 2023 10

It appears that Google is working to overhaul the Assistant At a Glance widget on Android devices (other than Pixels), bringing the Material You aesthetic to the feature. This update will allow it to fit in with the suite of other widgets that have received...

Pixel Watch Picks Up Google’s At a Glance From Phones

Kellen June 14, 2023 2

The "At a Glance" widget that Google refuses to let me remove on Pixel phones has made its way to the Pixel Watch, it seems. Only with this addition, Google isn't force-feeding it onto your watch and is instead letting you decide if you want to use it or not....