Use At a Glance on your Android device

Find what you need right away with At a Glance. On the home or lock screen of your device, you can find info and updates like future events, tasks, and weather.

Add & remove the At a Glance widget

On most Android devices, you can add At a Glance to your home screen.

Important: To learn how to manage widgets on your device, check with your device manufacturer.

To add At a Glance:

  1. On your home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
  2. Tap Widgets .
  3. Scroll to “Google.”
  4. Touch and hold At a Glance.
  5. Drag the widget to where you want to place it.

To remove At a Glance:

  1. Touch and hold At a Glance.
  2. Drag the widget up to Remove .

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Turn At a Glance features on or off

Important: The full At a Glance experience is available on Pixel devices with Android version 12 and up. Some features aren’t available in all languages, countries or regions.

To turn features and content on or off:

  1. At the top of your home screen, touch and hold At a Glance.
  2. Tap Customize and then At a Glance Settings .
  3. Under "Features," select the category or topic you want to turn on or off.
  4. Turn the category or topic on or off.
  5. For more topics or categories, at the bottom, tap See more features.

Manage At a Glance info

By default, At a Glance automatically shows content on your lock screen. This content can be from important app notifications like calendar events or updates.

You can turn off sensitive content and manage the other updates you get on your lock screen. Learn how to control your notifications.

To update the sensitive content setting:

  1. At the top of your home screen, touch and hold At a Glance.
  2. Tap Customize and then At a Glance Settings .
  3. Under “Manage Personalization,” tap Sensitive content on lockscreen.
  4. Under "Privacy," turn Sensitive notifications on or off.

Tip: You can turn off sensitive work profile notifications for At a Glance content from your work profile.

About your At a Glance info

To provide info that's relevant to you, Google uses data from your device and activity. 

To control what data At a Glance uses to provide personalized info:

  1. At the top of your home screen, touch and hold At a Glance.
  2. Tap Customize and then At a Glance Settings .
  3. Under “Manage Personalization,” turn Settings on or off.

Nearby devices

You can get info about nearby devices with At a Glance. For example, when you connect your device to Bluetooth headphones, At a Glance can give you battery info.

To allow At a Glance to find and connect to your nearby devices:

  1. On your Android device, go to Settings.
  2. Tap Privacy and then Permission Manager and then Nearby Devices.

Turn off personal results

If you don’t want to receive personalized content, you can turn off personal results in Google Assistant Settings.

Even if you turn off personal results, some potentially sensitive content might be displayed in At a Glance. You can manage your content in At a Glance through your device settings.

  1. At the top of your home screen, press and hold At a Glance.
  2. Tap Customize and then At a Glance .

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