Add widgets to your Home screen on your Google app

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In Discover, you can add widgets like weather, stock prices, and sunrise/sunset times to display above the rest of your Discover content. The Weather widget is already on your Home screen by default. It's easy to customize the widgets you have, but you can’t remove all widgets.

What you need

On your mobile device, be sure:

• You signed in to your Google Account in the Google app.
• Discover is on.

Add or remove a widget

1. On your mobile device, open the Google app .
2. On the Weather widget, swipe left.
3. Tap Customize .
4. Choose which widgets you want on your Home screen.

Fix missing widgets

If you don’t find widgets above your Discover content on your Google app:

Step 1. Check that you’re signed in to the Google Account

1. On your mobile device, open your Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial.
3. Tap the account you want to sign in to. If you can't find the account, tap Add account and follow the instructions.

Step 2. Make sure Discover is turned on

1. On your mobile device, open your Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial Settings General.
3. Turn on Discover.

Tips:

• You can follow topics of interest for your widget.
  • Search for your favorite sports team and tap Follow. Or, search for “company name stock” and tap Follow.
• Use your location to search for anything, such as “restaurant near me.”
• If the weather location isn't accurate, update your personalization preferences to enable Personalized recommendations. Learn how to manage Personalized Recommendations in Search services.