Pixel Launcher's 'At a Glance' widget gets Reminders and 'Intelligent Tips'

Pixel Launcher'south 'At a Glance' widget gets Reminders and 'Intelligent Tips'

Toggles to enable both Reminders and Intelligent Tips appeared in the launcher'southward settings, but it seems the new features don't piece of work yet

1 of my favourite parts of using a Pixel device is the little software touches, like the 'At a Glance' widget that appears at the top of the abode screen.

It typically shows the date and atmospheric condition, as well as upcoming calendar events and more than, making it incredibly useful. What's more than, information technology looks like Google will add some more functionality to the widget.

Every bit spotted by Android Police, Google is adding 'Reminders' and 'Intelligent Tips' to the At a Glance widget.

Reminders is a logical adjacent step for the widget, every bit these are often time sensitive and putting them forepart and centre on your domicile screen is a groovy manner to bring something to your attention.

What remains to be seen is where the widget pulls reminders from. Google has several apps that could work here, including Tasks and Keep. My guess is information technology'll pull from Assistant, but equally a Google Tasks user, I'd love if my upcoming to-dos surfaced in At a Glance.

At a Glance widget

As for the Intelligent Tips, the clarification that appears in the Pixel Launcher'south settings bill of fare says Assistant will power the tips. It'southward not nevertheless functional, so it'southward not clear how it works or what it does.

It could be like smart suggestions, such as telling you to enable Practice Not Disturb (DND) when you're in a meeting or surfacing warnings from Digital Wellbeing when yous've used an app a lot.

The two features are starting to show up in settings, but unfortunately, don't appear to work yet.

You can check if you take the toggles past long-pressing on an empty space on your home screen in the Pixel Launcher. And then, tap 'Habitation Settings' and tap 'At a Glance' to view the widget settings. You should see Reminders and Intelligent Tips alongside the usuals like 'Calendar events,' 'Upcoming flight information' and 'Traffic information.'

Source: Android Police