Just unboxed my Pixel.... wow it is fast...
but... my homescreen setup involves having a large Google Now widget front and centre.... but when i went to add it, the widget isn't there....
i've seen some articles about how the now widget was missing from some other phones that were trying out the Pixel launcher? Apparently the google search strip shows transparent google now style notifications - but not seen any yet...
i know all the info is on the screen to the left of the homescreen... but i want to see it all on my homescreen
anyone seen / found it?
Okay. Pixel launcher just updated on my handset and now the Google Now widget is back.
<Panic over>
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I just noticed this:
When using Home++ the Google Search widget has an orange-green circle icon for the voice search button instead of the standard icon (it's normal when I don't use Home++). Is this normal or is just me?
Yeah, I have the same. Not sure why. Anyway, I dont keep the widget on my home screen personally......
Wonder if Home++ might get an update any time soon.
Anyone know what happened to the Google weather page? Google implemented a weather page when you simply search for "weather" from your phone, and it displayed the current weather with a drag bar to go through different times of the day, along with forecast for the next few days.
That page doesn't show up anymore when I search for "weather". Did Google remove this? I thought it was pretty neat to have.
edit: Talking about this in particular: http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/01/weather-on-your-mobile-phone-now-with.html
Odd. My beautiful widget still gets it's weather updates from Google weather but you're right, the page isn't there anymore.
Sent from my SubCyan CM7 Google Nexus S!
I am looking for something like pure messenger or launcher pro's modified skins, that has a completely white text and interface, on a fully transparent background.
These are my screenshots, and you can see that the 1st one has a rss reader, I am looking for something similar to that. Pure messenger is good but it has that blue "t" in the right of every tweet, indicating that the message is twitter related, if you know what I mean. Also, I have found mods that add transparency to the official twitter widget, but the blue "t" is there as well, on the left of the "what's happening" text. On pure messenger I was also able to remove "contact names", which was also a great plus. Is there something on the market that would help me?
Ok so here's my 1st attempt, if I could get rid of those blue twitter icons in the right of the tweets I would be a happy man. Is there any setting for it? Or any skin that makes them white/black?
edit: its pure messenger widget
Each skin has a folder in the pmw folder on your SD card. Find the Twitter icon PNG in which ever skin you're using and replace it with a transparent png and you should be good to go, theoretically.
I cant find any folder related to pure messenger on my sdcard...
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Pure messenger widget seems to be quite laggy on my nexus one. I wonder why. Anyone has lighter widget? I'm searching for the all-in-one update widget too..
I couldn't do anything with the pure messenger widget, those twitter icons cannot be removed. Are there any widget alternatives for what I'm looking for?
Hi! Know this thread is quite old and I am Wondering if you found the widget you where looking for? Looking for a similar myself...
Hi everyone,
this question may sound a bit strange to most of you - but I am curious.
Is there a Launcher among the tons of launchers with the new Pixel sytle that still has the old style Google Now sidebar? Or... how else can I influence the sidebar appearance?
I like the Pixel style front screen, search bar at the bottom, at-a-glance widget, all that. :good:
But that new style sidebar (when swiping left) is ****! Where is the important information?? All I see is news and weather. But where are the appointments, purchase delivery information, travel information, ... all that stuff that made Google Now great?
Thank you in advance!
Is it possible to remove the Google Agenda from the top of your home screen.
I've got a wheather app with the same time and date right under it.
I think you can remove almost everything but the calendar.
Alternatively you can use pixel launcher mods (root) to change top widget
You can remove the calendar but not the day and date. It's really annoying as it takes up a large invisible box at the top that is out of bounds for widgets. (No, I don't want to use other launchers)
benzwirs said:
Is it possible to remove the Google Agenda from the top of your home screen.
I've got a wheather app with the same time and date right under it.
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Unfortunately not. Lawnchair and Nova are two very popular third party launchers that let you pretty much customize every aspect of your home screen.
For me on almost every phone I have used in the last several years it's Nova Prime. I prefer to use native apps when I can. I only use 3rd party apps when the native system cannot do what I want. I would like to use the Google Launcher but for me it is bad! Far too restrictive. If I could remove that hideous search bar I would give it another try but until Google relents I will stick with Nova.
I'm in the same boat as you! Pretty much had Nova on all my Androids since it came out. I recently just returned to the Pixel lineup after trying to give Apple another chance and am happy with the stock launcher for now. I have no doubts that will change in a month but this phone is so big compared to my old iphone 13 pro that some space being taken up with the search bar and date/weather doesn't bother me yet haha. I do wish Google would at least let you move that unsightly bar. I want a real dock back
Nova launcher works nicely, you can do whatever you like, so I removed the Agenda + date and gave the Google search bar a different place.
But I miss the Google page when you swipe left. on the stock / Pixel launcher and I can not find it the widget.
What is it, the Google page ?
Given that you can make other third part options like Nova look literally identical to Google's launcher should you wish, I'm a bit baffled why anyone would insist on using the default launcher given its (apparently annoying) limitations.
benzwirs said:
Nova launcher works nicely, you can do whatever you like, so I removed the Agenda + date and gave the Google search bar a different place.
But I miss the Google page when you swipe left. on the stock / Pixel launcher and I can not find it the widget.
What is it, the Google page ?
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I have the same problem. Missing those daily News.
Edit
Figured it out.
Just install nova google companion
Works awesome.
benzwirs said:
Nova launcher works nicely, you can do whatever you like, so I removed the Agenda + date and gave the Google search bar a different place.
But I miss the Google page when you swipe left. on the stock / Pixel launcher and I can not find it the widget.
What is it, the Google page ?
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Do you have the Nova Google Companion app installed? I know it hasn't been updated in a while but as far as I know it still works.
Thanks guys, it still works.
Very happy.