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 and 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 .

Tips:

• On some Android devices, you can find 'At a Glance' on the lock screen.
• Learn how to customise your home screens.

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 Customise At a Glance settings .
3. Under 'Features', select the category or topic that 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 that 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 Customise At a Glance settings .
3. Under 'Manage personalisation', tap Sensitive content on lock screen.
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 personalised info:

1. At the top of your home screen, touch and hold At a Glance.
2. Tap Customise At a Glance settings .
3. Under 'Manage personalisation', 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 Permission manager Nearby devices.

Turn off personal results

If you don't want to receive personalised 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 Customise At a Glance .

Related resources

• Add apps, shortcuts and widgets to your home screens
• Change what's on your home screen on Android
• Change settings quickly on your Android phone