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The Google Search widget on Android could soon get a third, customizable shortcut. It will let you add a shortcut to quickly launch Translate (text), Song Search, Weather, Translate (camera), or ...

Google has decided to slightly redesign its Search widget on Android. Material 3 influence is palpable here, though it’s not a huge change from what we’ve had before. It’s taller and has containers ...

After beta testing earlier this month, the Google app on Android is rolling out a redesign of the Search bar homescreen widget to all users. The previous design was simply a pill-shaped container with ...

After testing last year, the Google app on Android will now let you set a custom Shortcut in the Search widget. If you have the Search widget on your homescreen (this is different from the Pixel ...

Google is giving the Android Search bar widget a small but helpful update. It’s getting a cleaner and more modern look. The change isn’t huge, but it helps the widget fit in better with the newest ...

In addition to forced theming for app icons, upcoming Android 16 QPR2 may also bring color improvements to certain widgets.

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...