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Sorry if this has been addressed. Is there a way to remove the date displayed in the upper right corner of the home screen? Thanks for any replies.
It's supposed to be the weather widget, but it looks like you need an update from the play store for pixel launcher, and turn on weather cards. After that it will be a weather widget, that opens google weather when you click it. It's actually pretty good. Not sure if you can get rid of it. It can be date/time or weather.
How do you change the weather back to date and time?
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I still can't get weather widget or time widget. Mine is stock on date only. Any suggestions?
Mine went away after doing an update to pixel launcher in the play store
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Hi, I have a similar problem with my Pixel 128 (the smaller version). I'm stuck with the Day/Date in the upper right corner on the home screen. I have updated, and uninstalled and reinstalled Pixel Launcher, and restarted the phone. There seems to be no way to make that go away or modify it at all.
My launcher version is 7.1.1-3359438
Any ideas?
lapras said:
Hi, I have a similar problem with my Pixel 128 (the smaller version). I'm stuck with the Day/Date in the upper right corner on the home screen. I have updated, and uninstalled and reinstalled Pixel Launcher, and restarted the phone. There seems to be no way to make that go away or modify it at all.
My launcher version is 7.1.1-3359438
Any ideas?
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why not grab the apk and force update it.
Or/then go to google now (swipe right) and pull down to refresh.
Should change it.
I get date only also. Never seen the weather there, which would be nice.
Swipe to Google now (left) and then pull down to refresh. Then go back to main screen weather should be updated. I have to do this on mine. Hope they fix it.
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For those who want just the date, weather can be removed by turning off the WeatherUpdate receiver. No weather info? No weather displayed . Root is required. I used SDMaid but others work just as well.
I like to use Nova but I like more one specifically page without dock to fix widgets and other information.
Anyway to do this on NOVA?
Using an Oneplus 3T now and cant not leave the stock launcher because of shelf.
So can we make a page like this?
I se that action launcher have an option like this swiping right to left, but i prefer Nova and have a prime version.
For the life of me, I can't seem to find where to turn on the weather widget on the home screen of my 2 XL. I really like the stock launcher and on online reviews, I see the weather widget sitting next to the calendar widget. However, after trying to find it and conducting research, no dice.
Not sure if it matters, but I do have 1Weather installed and the temperature displaying in my notification shade.
Again, I'm using the stock launcher and just want to be able to see the weather widget sitting next to the calendar widget on the home screen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I came here searching for the same answer.
Weird, every pixel 2 I've seen just has it there by default. Maybe try clearing app data for the launcher?
When I tried out the pixel launcher on my 5x, I could long press the date and it showed options. I think there were 2 check boxes. One for calendar alerts and one for something else. But the weather widget is not part of the launcher so it didn't show. But maybe is for phones that have it installed.
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I was searching for the widget app and the first search suggestion is widget not working. Solution seems to just be download launcher again for most people.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/58k5eq/psa_how_to_enable_the_weather_indicator_widget/
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I was searching for the widget app and the first search suggestion is widget not working. Solution seems to just be download launcher again for most people.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/58k5eq/psa_how_to_enable_the_weather_indicator_widget/
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Thanks a TON!!!
This is what fixed it for me "Open the google page to the left and use the hamburger menu and select customize. Select "everything else" at the bottom. Find anything that says weather and set it to yes."
None of the solutions are working for me. I even tried grabbing the Pixel Launcher from APK Mirror (because I can't uninstall or update it in the Play Store ~ system app).
Additionally, I don't see "everything else" at the bottom of my customize section of the Google app.
My pixel 2 XL should be here Friday. Im planning to use Nova launcher. I wonder if Googles weather widget will work with it? If it doesn't hop someone can patch the APK.
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My pixel 2 XL should be here Friday. Im planning to use Nova launcher. I wonder if Googles weather widget will work with it? If it doesn't hop someone can patch the APK.
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It doesnt work automatically and you can't enable it
JeffBea said:
My pixel 2 XL should be here Friday. Im planning to use Nova launcher. I wonder if Googles weather widget will work with it? If it doesn't hop someone can patch the APK.
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It works on my Pixel XL with Nova, so I feel confident that it will work on the Pixel 2 XL as well.
mdonnelly1127 said:
It doesnt work automatically and you can't enable it
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As far as Nova launcher gotta this is the first time since I've been using Android I'm satisfied, with the stock launcher.
I've been testing out the Pixel 2 Launcher on a different device. You have to enable Location access then search "weather" on your Google Now page. Once it there, try adding the shortcut to your home screen. Go back to your google now feed and refresh it. It should show a small weather bar as the first and it should show the weather on the widget.
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I've been testing out the Pixel 2 Launcher on a different device. You have to enable Location access then search "weather" on your Google Now page. Once it there, try adding the shortcut to your home screen. Go back to your google now feed and refresh it. It should show a small weather bar as the first and it should show the weather on the widget.
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No dice on this method; a small weather shortcut is placed on the home screen, but doesn't "shift" into what I've seen on other 2's and 2 XL's. I'm beginning to think there may be a software bug with the launcher. Thanks for the suggestion though!
With that said, surely I am not the only one who is experiencing this small issue. I don't know...
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No dice on this method; a small weather shortcut is placed on the home screen, but doesn't "shift" into what I've seen on other 2's and 2 XL's. I'm beginning to think there may be a software bug with the launcher. Thanks for the suggestion though!
With that said, surely I am not the only one who is experiencing this small issue. I don't know...
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Have you tried refreshing your Google feed after getting your weather? It should look like this. See that small weather bar on the 2ns screenshot? Once that shows up, the weather on the widget does too. Takes a couple of refreshes.
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On my 2 XL, this is what my Google screen looks like. As you can see, I don't have a weather bar like yours; and I can't find a way to add it either. Also, location is turned on with anything associated to weather and the Google screen. Hmm, this is interesting, lol.
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On my 2 XL, this is what my Google screen looks like. As you can see, I don't have a weather bar like yours; and I can't find a way to add it either. Also, location is turned on with anything associated to weather and the Google screen. Hmm, this is interesting, lol.
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Try going into your Google App's Settings. Look for Google Assistant then look for the My Day menu. Check the Weather check box if you haven't. Maybe this could enable it. Then refresh your Google feed.
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You may also try search weather and look for this page on your Google app.
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Try going into your Google App's Settings. Look for Google Assistant then look for the My Day menu. Check the Weather check box if you haven't. Maybe this could enable it. Then refresh your Google feed.
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Already checked; I also did a refresh and a restart to confirm. And still no dice. Booooooooooo!
Im still having issues myself after following the instructions in this thread.
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For the life of me, I can't seem to find where to turn on the weather widget on the home screen of my 2 XL. I really like the stock launcher and on online reviews, I see the weather widget sitting next to the calendar widget. However, after trying to find it and conducting research, no dice.
Not sure if it matters, but I do have 1Weather installed and the temperature displaying in my notification shade.
Again, I'm using the stock launcher and just want to be able to see the weather widget sitting next to the calendar widget on the home screen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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From the home screen swipe left and get to the Google now page. In the top right corner you will see the 3 dots, click it and select customize feed. Scroll down to weather and select view all settings. Then check weather updates for your location. This worked for me. Hope this helps
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Already checked; I also did a refresh and a restart to confirm. And still no dice. Booooooooooo!
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bradley26 said:
From the home screen swipe left and get to the Google now page. In the top right corner you will see the 3 dots, click it and select customize feed. Scroll down to weather and select view all settings. Then check weather updates for your location. This worked for me. Hope this helps
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I have all of that stuff checked and its still not appearing. Im at a loss for whats exactly causing it to not show up.
I was wondering if there's an improvement available for the unreqd notification dots for Oxygen? I'm currently using Nova only for this feature with it showing the Unread Counts on applications.
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I would like to see this also. I was using Nova for the same reason but the issue with the launcher redraw when swiping to go home became so annoying I went back to stock.
Have you had this also?
As much as I want to use Nova Launcher, it's just not as smooth and quick as the stock Pixel Launcher. Anyone else feel this way? At the same time, I have a love/hate relationship with Pixel Launcher because I love having the icon unread notification numbers on Nova as well as being able to change the home screen grid size. In the end, though, Nova is just not as quick loading apps and the app drawer.
I agree Google isn't making it easy to use another launcher on Pixel phones. It's a shame.
Nova is definitely not as smooth as the Pixel launcher. But Nova has so many advantages for me that I'll take its options over overall smoothness any day.
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I agree Google isn't making it easy to use another launcher on Pixel phones. It's a shame.
Nova is definitely not as smooth as the Pixel launcher. But Nova has so many advantages for me that I'll take its options over overall smoothness any day.
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Same here.
U guys can use one plus launcher, one UI launcher and a custom pixel launcher as well with More customizations. There's a thread on telegram.
Action Launcher does pretty much everything Nova can do and it does everything stock pixel launcher does too. Including copying from recents screen and using Android 10 gestures.
Launchers can add the ability to work correctly on Pixels, Google opened up the ability for 3rd party launchers in December, Action Launcher is only one I know of that can do it without using quickstep or magisk.
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Action Launcher does pretty much everything Nova can do and it does everything stock pixel launcher does too. Including copying from recents screen and using Android 10 gestures.
Launchers can add the ability to work correctly on Pixels, Google opened up the ability for 3rd party launchers in December, Action Launcher is only one I know of that can do it without using quickstep.
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The ones I'm referring to don't require quickstep either, just flash in magisk
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The ones I'm referring to don't require quickstep either, just flash in magisk
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Action Launcher doesn't require magisk.
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Action Launcher doesn't require magisk.
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Fully aware, just providing more options
I keep seeing these threads where at least one person claims Nova doesn't work correctly. Last year, I would have agreed... but I've been using Nova for months and I have forgotten about any drawbacks if there are any. The only differences I remember are a couple animations and the recents menu doesn't have suggestion icons? (which never suggested apps I wanted to use, so I don't miss it)
What's the smoothness that people are complaining about? The animations run as fast as my finger pushes things around... Is it just the quality and type of animations? If so, I want functionality far over such things. Having to use substratum/magisk to customize the Pixel Launcher was way worse than recreating my layout in Nova. If only things like TeslaUnread were still officially supported... but Google likes killing off useful things.
Feel free to help me understand what I'm missing.
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I keep seeing these threads where at least one person claims Nova doesn't work correctly. Last year, I would have agreed... but I've been using Nova for months and I have forgotten about any drawbacks if there are any. The only differences I remember are a couple animations and the recents menu doesn't have suggestion icons? (which never suggested apps I wanted to use, so I don't miss it)
What's the smoothness that people are complaining about? The animations run as fast as my finger pushes things around... Is it just the quality and type of animations? If so, I want functionality far over such things. Having to use substratum/magisk to customize the Pixel Launcher was way worse than recreating my layout in Nova. If only things like TeslaUnread were still officially supported... but Google likes killing off useful things.
Feel free to help me understand what I'm missing.
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Nova says in the settings that Google has not made it possible for Nova to use Android 10 gestures correctly. Google has made it work, but Nova hasn't been updated to allow it yet.
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Nova says in the settings that Google has not made it possible for Nova to use Android 10 gestures correctly. Google has made it work, but Nova hasn't been updated to allow it yet.
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In my opinion, the warning is wrong. Back when I first got my phone, like half of the gestures didn't quite work. Now everything works for me.
At Nova's homescreen...
Swipe from side: Isn't triggered because you can't go back from home. Just flips pages.
Swipe from bottom: Opens app search. I'm not sure if the gesture is doing this or Nova is.
Swipe from bottom & hold: Opens recents.
Swipe from corner: Shows assistant overlay.
Everything basic works. I don't have palm swipe screenshots enabled.
My issue with Nova is the delay going back to the home screen. I can't immediately open another app. I always have to wait an extra second or click on app twice before it opens. I want the full pixel experience and it seems that Nova doesn't always deliver on it. I do occasionally go back to it until I get annoyed with my first statement.
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Honestly, I've never noticed this. I guess I go home before I know what I want to click on and so I'm never quick enough to see it.
The way it's acting, it reminds me of a paused activity that needs to refresh when the app gets restored. I tried to disable battery optimization for Nova, but it didn't help. I'm not sure how to solve that.
I tried the same test on my old phone and pressing the home button actually does nothing for a split second, then Nova shows and responds immediately. But when you gesture, you want it to happen immediately... not a split second later. So in that way, Android 10 and Nova do the sensible thing and shows the paused activity.
shooterlgk said:
U guys can use one plus launcher, one UI launcher and a custom pixel launcher as well with More customizations. There's a thread on telegram.
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Can you provide a link please?
I was using Nova Launche a lot of time ago! let's going to check how does it works now!
I have no reason to use any other launcher than pixel launcher. It works just as I need.
not sure what the hoo-blah is. I have been using Nova prime beta with no issues. No problems returning home... No speed issues. The warning that is in there is talking about the gesture navigation system wide not inside the launcher. So this means you have to use the classic 3 button method to navigate (back, home, recent). IMHO this does not affect the experience at all. Definitely prefer Nova and the customization over the stock launcher. :good:
Edit:Actually just changed the nav settings and Nova is working with new gestures.
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not sure what the hoo-blah is. I have been using Nova prime beta with no issues. No problems returning home... No speed issues. The warning that is in there is talking about the gesture navigation system wide not inside the launcher. So this means you have to use the classic 3 button method to navigate (back, home, recent). IMHO this does not affect the experience at all. Definitely prefer Nova and the customization over the stock launcher. :good:
Edit:Actually just changed the nav settings and Nova is working with new gestures.
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I just switched back to Nova from Lawnchair on both my S20+ and Pixel 4XL. Nova works beautiful now and Nova Google Companion works with dark mode.
I'm on Android 11 Beta and am running Nova with no problems with gestures at all. For some reason on 10 they were not working as smooth and I would get some lag going back to the home screen. On 11, those problems have seemed to disappear.
While that's true, the closing app animation is not there and feels weird. ( Using gesture navigation )