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If you feel the earth moving beneath you and you’re not engaged in a romantic activity, what you’re feeling might be an earthquake. In some areas along the West Coast, you can check out the At a Glance widget on your Pixel handset to see if an earthquake alert was issued. Google’s effort to turn the widget into a jack-of-all-trades feature is continuing as new capabilities are rolling out after being announced last month.
In states such as California, Oregon, and Washington, whenever the USGS ShakeAlert system sends out an alert in any of those three states, the alert will also surface on the widget. The alert is sent out when an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 or higher is detected nearby. This follows last week’s news that information about your Bluetooth-connected devices have started to appear on the At a Glance widget including the device’s battery life.
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Pixel users everywhere will also start to see the personal safety check countdown on the At a Glance widget. This countdown timer ticks off the time remaining for you to check in with your phone before it calls the cops, fire department, paramedics, and anyone you select in case of an emergency. Instead of having to keep the Personal Safety app (AKA “Safety” in the Pixel Launcher) open to check the countdown timer, you can view it on the At a Glance widget.
The At a Glance widget is adding new features piecemeal
Google seems to be pushing out the new At a Glance features one new feature at a time. You can always see the capabilities that you have enabled for the widget by long-pressing on it and tapping the Customize button that pops up on the screen. From there, tap on the Settings gear icon for At a Glance. If some of the new features aren’t found on your device, don’t worry. The process that Google is using to update the widget is slow and deliberate.
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