Different apps and services serve us a ton of useful information, but we often wonder where that information comes from. That’s especially true now with so much of our data being scraped 24/7. Well, the At a Glance widget in the Google Pixel Launcher will start giving us more information about the content it shares.
The At a Glance widget is an incredibly useful feature in the Pixel launcher. As its name suggests, it shows you information that you can access at a glance. You can check out the weather forecast, upcoming alarms, upcoming calendar events, air quality, etc. It sits right at the top of the Pixel Launcher and on the lock screen.
The At a Glance widget is going to show information about where it got its content
As useful as the At a Glance widget is, it still falls under the category of services that need to swipe data from its users. This is something that a lot of people don’t really think about. However, Google wants to make it clear where it’s getting its information.
According to 9To5Google, when you hold your finger down on the widget, you’ll see an About this content button appear above the Customize button. When you tap on it, you’ll see a panel pop up from the bottom of the screen showing you where Google obtained the information.
It will show you what apps and services the widget needs to tap in order to show you the information. For example, it lets you know that it gathered its weather data from Weather.com and it also uses your location data.
You’re able to tap on the links to be taken to different sites. The Learn More button will explain how your location data is being used.
This is still rolling out, so you might not see it just yet. We’ve yet to see it on one of our phones. The new addition was first spotted in version U.6.playstore.pixel7.551778374 of Android System Intelligence.