Android P Ambient Display Question - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

Anyone know what this line is for on the ambient display for android p?
https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nexus2cee_ambient-display-p.png
I'm thinking it may be where weather would go if you have that feature set up. I don't. Wondering if there's a way to remove it.
Thanks!

byproxy said:
Anyone know what this line is for on the ambient display for android p?
https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nexus2cee_ambient-display-p.png
I'm thinking it may be where weather would go if you have that feature set up. I don't. Wondering if there's a way to remove it.
Thanks!
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I assumed it was just a separator between the phone's info (time, date, etc) and the notifications? I guess you need to find someone who has the weather enabled (I don't) to see if it's still there. I'm guessing it is.

bigbamboo5 said:
I assumed it was just a separator between the phone's info (time, date, etc) and the notifications? I guess you need to find someone who has the weather enabled (I don't) to see if it's still there. I'm guessing it is.
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Yeah it's a separator. You won't see it unless you have notifications

henderjr said:
Yeah it's a separator. You won't see it unless you have notifications
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No it isn't, it's where the weather should be. Unfortunately it requires a clean wipe to fix.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-weather-conditions-lock-screen-ambient-mode/

http:// said:
No it isn't, it's where the weather should be. Unfortunately it requires a clean wipe to fix.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-weather-conditions-lock-screen-ambient-mode/
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This comment says you don't need to:
"Uninstalled Google updates (disable then enable the Google app from phone settings) => restart => update Google app => restart and Voilaaaa the weather in the lock screen [emoji2][emoji2]
N.B.: I have a Pixel 2 XL and got the Android P through OTA if that matters."
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EeZeEpEe said:
This comment says you don't need to:
"Uninstalled Google updates (disable then enable the Google app from phone settings) => restart => update Google app => restart and Voilaaaa the weather in the lock screen [emoji2][emoji2]
N.B.: I have a Pixel 2 XL and got the Android P through OTA if that matters."
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Confirmed. Good stuff.
Ironically, the separator is still there with the weather.

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No it isn't, it's where the weather should be. Unfortunately it requires a clean wipe to fix.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-weather-conditions-lock-screen-ambient-mode/
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The line is a seperator on ambient display, the pics in the link you quoted are the lockscreen, not ambient display.
the weather on ambient display appears to the right of the date just as it does on homescreen.
remember ambient display is an all black screen.
And yes, it also does appear on the lockscreen, in the same format: date - weather
Seems some people have it, others dont.
I had it yesterday, but its gone today.

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No it isn't, it's where the weather should be. Unfortunately it requires a clean wipe to fix.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...-weather-conditions-lock-screen-ambient-mode/
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Confirmed. Good stuff.
Ironically, the separator is still there with the weather.
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Yep it is a separator to split out notifications from the standard Ambient Display info.
Thanks for the info on getting the weather to display. Good stuff! :good:

When I fixed the weather thing I just removed the Google update then put it right back. No reboot was required for me.

uicnren said:
The line is a seperator on ambient display, the pics in the link you quoted are the lockscreen, not ambient display.
the weather on ambient display appears to the right of the date just as it does on homescreen.
remember ambient display is an all black screen.
And yes, it also does appear on the lockscreen, in the same format: date - weather
Seems some people have it, others dont.
I had it yesterday, but its gone today.
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LOL
Not relevant.

Thanks for this. Any way to have the weather in Fahrenheit rather than Celsius?

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LOL
Not relevant.
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completely relevant to this thread that is titled "Android P Ambient Display Question"
but thats OK.
---------- Post added at 05:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:23 PM ----------
bigbamboo5 said:
Thanks for this. Any way to have the weather in Fahrenheit rather than Celsius?
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launch assistant, go to settings: under account > preferences > weather select your desired setting

uicnren said:
launch assistant, go to settings: under account > preferences > weather select your desired setting
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Thanks for this. I do have F set there, which means on the homescreen I have the correct temperature, but on the lockscreen it's in C. Odd.

bigbamboo5 said:
Thanks for this. I do have F set there, which means on the homescreen I have the correct temperature, but on the lockscreen it's in C. Odd.
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ohh, that is very odd.

I didn't need to wipe the phone to fix the missing weather on the lock screen. Go into apps and disable Google. That reverts it to an older version. Reenable and give it a little bit and it will be there.

uicnren said:
ohh, that is very odd.
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Although it's less of a problem, because this morning it has disappeared altogether. Still, never mind. I'll just look out of the window.

I actually never got it to work even though I tried the "fix" I quoted. And further along in the comments, it looks like it disappears for everyone.
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I reported mine worked last night after disabling Google then re-enabling it. This morning it is gone again.

EeZeEpEe said:
I actually never got it to work even though I tried the "fix" I quoted. And further along in the comments, it looks like it disappears for everyone.
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ya, seems for me to go away after about 3 hours.

uicnren said:
ya, seems for me to go away after about 3 hours.
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If anything, I'm happy that the battery percentage is now on the AOD. That's more helpful to me.
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any way to disable the temp/date at top of homescreen?

Title says it all. Is there any way to disable the temperature and date from displaying the top line of the home screen without getting a custom launcher. Thanks
Cowbell_Guy said:
Title says it all. Is there any way to disable the temperature and date from displaying the top line of the home screen without getting a custom launcher. Thanks
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Isn't that just a widget that you can take off the screen?
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abuttino said:
Isn't that just a widget that you can take off the screen?
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It's not a widget, I'm talking about the line at the very top. Impossible to removed as far as I know.
Cowbell_Guy said:
It's not a widget, I'm talking about the line at the very top. Impossible to removed as far as I know.
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Use Nova
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Cowbell_Guy said:
Title says it all. Is there any way to disable the temperature and date from displaying the top line of the home screen without getting a custom launcher. Thanks
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If you're talking about the "at a glance" notifications just long press on it and hit preferences. Then just disable everything.

Dark theme assistant is here.

On October update, it's dark. Did not notice until nighttime so I don't know if it's tied to time. Can't find any settings for it.
Are you on beta? I don't see a dark theme and have the October update.
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Are you on beta? I don't see a dark theme and have the October update.
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Not on any beta. Not even aware of a current beta.
Under settings, display, advanced I have dark theme selected. And I do have a solid black wallpaper.
I meant beta for Google app. Dark theme and black wallpaper still didn't do the trick.
TonikJDK said:
Not on any beta. Not even aware of a current beta.
Under settings, display, advanced I have dark theme selected. And I do have a solid black wallpaper.
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I meant beta for Google app.
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Lol, as soon as I hit submit I realized that. Not on the app beta, but I do have a pretty new version from 9/27.
And correct me if I am wrong, but the layout looks new too. The topic of each card is centered now with the little stars. I remember it being part of the card and on the left.
Yeah does look like a new layout. I have the same version. Probably a server side update that got turned on for you.
TonikJDK said:
And correct me if I am wrong, but the layout looks new too. The topic of each card is centered now with the little stars. I remember it being part of the card and on the left.
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Probably a server side update that got turned on for you.
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That's it, good call. I feel special now, thanks Google!
There is a little slider on the right for more or less. Page two of assistant is all white.
I am happy to report it stays dark during the day.
I believe it was a google app update, not beta or anything like that.
Got it going as well.
exist2resist said:
I believe it was a google app update, not beta or anything like that.
Got it going as well.
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It's part of the 9/27 update. It is then turned on server side. They do this somewhat often.
TonikJDK said:
It's part of the 9/27 update. It is then turned on server side. They do this somewhat often.
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So there is no choice for light or dark mode once it's turned on server side?
sruel3216 said:
So there is no choice for light or dark mode once it's turned on server side?
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Yes, you control it in Android settings, display, advanced.
TonikJDK said:
Yes, you control it in Android settings, display, advanced.
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Oh so it's not an in app setting?
https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...feed-starting-roll-users-full-dark-theme-tow/
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Yes, you control it in Android settings, display, advanced.
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Can't find it. When you say Android settings, do you mean the gear icon when you pull down the notification bar? Maybe I don't have it yet, just want to make sure. Care to share a screenshot of the setting? Thx
beezar said:
Can't find it. When you say Android settings, do you mean the gear icon when you pull down the notification bar? Maybe I don't have it yet, just want to make sure. Care to share a screenshot of the setting? Thx
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open settings app in your app drawer.
go to display > advanced > device theme
beezar said:
Can't find it. When you say Android settings, do you mean the gear icon when you pull down the notification bar? Maybe I don't have it yet, just want to make sure. Care to share a screenshot of the setting? Thx
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Yes, the gear then display, then at the bottom advanced takes you to the pic below.
uicnren said:
open settings app in your app drawer.
go to display > advanced > device theme
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Yes, the gear then display, then at the bottom advanced takes you to the pic below.
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OK, this must be an Android Pie only setting. I'm currently on Oreo. This might push me over to upgrading. Thx for the help

[APP] Pixel Pulse for ambient display

Introducing Pixel Pulse - a simple app to make your Ambient Display pulse when you have notifications!
Choose the interval and select the apps you want you to cause your screen to wake.
Optional paid features let you select different icons and colors for specific apps but the interval and app filter core functionality is all free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse
If you had previously purchased Ambi-Turner, it has been updated for the new permissions, but because it was written for 8.0 and when Google's ambient display worked differently I decided to leave it as it is. You may however transfer your purchase status of Ambient Display to Pixel Pulse using both apps.
grokus said:
Introducing Pixel Pulse - a simple app to make your Ambient Display pulse when you have notifications!
Choose the interval and select the apps you want you to cause your screen to wake.
Optional paid features let you select different icons and colors for specific apps but the interval and app filter core functionality is all free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse
If you had previously purchased Ambi-Turner, it has been updated for the new permissions, but because it was written for 8.0 and when Google's ambient display worked differently I decided to leave it as it is. You may however transfer your purchase status of Ambient Display to Pixel Pulse using both apps.
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Thanks for the app, I just installed it and gonna test it out.
Maybe you could share some screenshots of when it is working and the paid features (I was thinking of paying but wanted to check what the features we're before).
I'll report if I find anything
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matssa said:
Thanks for the app, I just installed it and gonna test it out.
Maybe you could share some screenshots of when it is working and the paid features (I was thinking of paying but wanted to check what the features we're before).
I'll report if I find anything
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Paid customization adds the ability to always pulse (with a view that shows you that you have no important notifications), and the ability to select icons and colors for specific applications.
Screenshots are difficult because you can't screenshot the ambient display. I'll need to try and take actual photographs.
Seems like the settings don't save. Just updated the app and everything is set to pulse even though I removed some stuff :S
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matssa said:
Seems like the settings don't save. Just updated the app and everything is set to pulse even though I removed some stuff :S
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My settings save okay - Pixel 3
grokus said:
Introducing Pixel Pulse - a simple app to make your Ambient Display pulse when you have notifications!
Choose the interval and select the apps you want you to cause your screen to wake.
Optional paid features let you select different icons and colors for specific apps but the interval and app filter core functionality is all free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse
If you had previously purchased Ambi-Turner, it has been updated for the new permissions, but because it was written for 8.0 and when Google's ambient display worked differently I decided to leave it as it is. You may however transfer your purchase status of Ambient Display to Pixel Pulse using both apps.
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This is awesome. But is there a way you can maybe make the icon only pulse and be custom colors? Without showing the actual notification text? That would be amazing! But bought the paid one and I am using it now looks good on the wireless charger. :good:
vwgti18 said:
This is awesome. But is there a way you can maybe make the icon only pulse and be custom colors? Without showing the actual notification text? That would be amazing! But bought the paid one and I am using it now looks good on the wireless charger. :good:
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I can certainly add that option
grokus said:
Paid customization adds the ability to always pulse (with a view that shows you that you have no important notifications), and the ability to select icons and colors for specific applications.
Screenshots are difficult because you can't screenshot the ambient display. I'll need to try and take actual photographs.
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I just "bought you a snack" - thanks for the hard work!
bought you a beer \w/
I must be doing something wrong. This doesn't seem to do anything when I receive a notification with the screen off and having AOD on or off. I have the time turned down to 10 second but nothing even pulses.
airmaxx23 said:
I must be doing something wrong. This doesn't seem to do anything when I receive a notification with the screen off and having AOD on or off. I have the time turned down to 10 second but nothing even pulses.
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You want always on display to be off but you want wake on new notifications to be on.
bamafan39 said:
bought you a beer \w/
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Thank you, Sir!
PuffDaddy_d said:
I just "bought you a snack" - thanks for the hard work!
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Thank you, Sir!
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You want always on display to be off but you want wake on new notifications to be on.
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Thanks, I bought you a beer. Changing the time internal doesn't seem to work. I've tried 30 seconds and it's only 5 before it pulses again. Same thing with any other time I try, it pulses after only 5 seconds.
airmaxx23 said:
Thanks, I bought you a snack. Changing the time internal doesn't seem to work. I've tried 30 seconds and it's only 5 before it pulses again. Same thing with any other time I try, it pulses after only 5 seconds.
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Yea, that's a bug. I'll be working on that tonight
Nice. Bought the app.
Idea: always pulse when charging (no timeout)
Thanks for the cool app
grokus said:
Yea, that's a bug. I'll be working on that tonight
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The update somewhat fixed the timing issue but it still is off by 5 seconds. When setting the internal to 20 seconds it pulses after 15 seconds.
Edit: It seems that the timer starts when the notification pops up not when the notification disappears. Is this the way it is intended to work?
apristel said:
Nice. Bought the app.
Idea: always pulse when charging (no timeout)
Thanks for the cool app
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Yes, I have not having a visual confirmation that my phone is charging. Cables come loose sometimes and you'd never know without an LED.
airmaxx23 said:
The update somewhat fixed the timing issue but it still is off by 5 seconds. When setting the internal to 20 seconds it pulses after 15 seconds.
Edit: It seems that the timer starts when the notification pops up not when the notification disappears. Is this the way it is intended to work?
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Yes currently its a start to start time but if everyone thinks it makes more sense to time finish to start I can modify it.
apristel said:
Nice. Bought the app.
Idea: always pulse when charging (no timeout)
Thanks for the cool app
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PuffDaddy_d said:
Yes, I have not having a visual confirmation that my phone is charging. Cables come loose sometimes and you'd never know without an LED.
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I'll add that to the list! Hopefully tonight but certainly this weekend.

weather widget?

I can see the weather information from the app. is there a separate widget and not an app shortcut?
ronaldheld said:
I can see the weather information from the app. is there a separate widget and not an app shortcut?
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Yes, go to "Add a widget" and select "Weather"
danarama said:
Yes, go to "Add a widget" and select "Weather"
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Thanks, did not see that widget due to too many Samsung health widgets, initially.
ronaldheld said:
Thanks, did not see that widget due to too many Samsung health widgets, initially.
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Yeah there's loads of those. Just have to persevere
True, which is what i did. Now if the Always on display actually worked correctly...
ronaldheld said:
True, which is what i did. Now if the Always on display actually worked correctly...
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It works as designed, but I think it needs a redesign
Always on display still times out after 5 minutes. It should stay on until the watch runs out of power or i turn the option off.
ronaldheld said:
Always on display still times out after 5 minutes. It should stay on until the watch runs out of power or i turn the option off.
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"Always On Display" is the dimmed / alternative face (depending on which face you're using) that comes on after your normal screen has timed out.
Hmm i did not interpret it that way. Thanks.
ronaldheld said:
Hmm i did not interpret it that way. Thanks.
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It's the same on wear OS.
Not exactly what I'd want, I'd like to see a true always on, but oh well
danarama said:
It's the same on wear OS.
Not exactly what I'd want, I'd like to see a true always on, but oh well
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I did notice that on Wear OS. Any chance Samsung will provide a true Always On display?
danarama said:
It's the same on wear OS.
Not exactly what I'd want, I'd like to see a true always on, but oh well
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There are certain watch faces that can show the whole watch after dim.
But amoled screen has issue with burn in. So not recommended
torickray said:
There are certain watch faces that can show the whole watch after dim.
But amoled screen has issue with burn in. So not recommended[/QUOTE
Yes indeed there are. I make mine like that. And if it's white face, I find they go too dim you can't even tell the time so I've started making inverted colours for dim mode. Whole face, but opposite colours. Problem is though that dim is still, well, dim. If you wanted to show off your beautiful face you spent hours scripting on, you can't unless you don't use wrist gesture
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Question Weather widget

Seems to have stopped working. Says it needs location access enabled which I've checked and it is. Removed it and put it back on home screen, restarted phone etc... But still won't show any info. If I touch on it then the weather page opens but the widget won't show any info. Was working fine previously, I think it stopped after I got the December update but not totally sure on that.
Anyone got any ideas?
Working here on Dec update.
I had this yesterday and found the issue on Reddit, somebody pointed out a fix, Open Google App, Click Profile picture top right hand corner, settings, location and set it to Always. Mine was set to always before update but magically set it's self to Ask Every Time. Once I changed it to Always it worked.
m1ckbr1t said:
I had this yesterday and found the issue on Reddit, somebody pointed out a fix, Open Google App, Click Profile picture top right hand corner, settings, location and set it to Always. Mine was set to always before update but magically set it's self to Ask Every Time. Once I changed it to Always it worked.
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Thankyou, that's fixed it. It was on ask every time as you say. Something In the update must have changed it
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Thankyou, that's fixed it. It was on ask every time as you say. Something In the update must have changed it
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Happy to pass knowledge on, glad it worked for you. I know it was driving me up the wall changed every settings I could, except that one. LOL.
m1ckbr1t said:
I had this yesterday and found the issue on Reddit, somebody pointed out a fix, Open Google App, Click Profile picture top right hand corner, settings, location and set it to Always. Mine was set to always before update but magically set it's self to Ask Every Time. Once I changed it to Always it worked.
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Seen this fix but I have no location section in the google app wtf lol
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Seen this fix but I have no location section in the google app wtf lol
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Same here, did you ever find the Google LLC weather app? Seems its blocked from my S7+.
Please access Privacy from Settings. Check if 'Personalize using app data' is turned on or not. Please turn it on if not. Please access At a glance settings from home page and toggle the weather option off on. Should help.
The large material you weather widget now no longer opens Google weather info. Nothing to do with location as the widget shows. Anyone else ?
Now is working again for me....
GIKE said:
Now is working again for me....
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Is this the large Google Weather widget in material you?
I have the latest Google app version ( Version 13.4.19.29.arm64 ) and the widget doesn't open weather when touched.
86rickard said:
Is this the large Google Weather widget in material you?
I have the latest Google app version ( Version 13.4.19.29.arm64 ) and the widget doesn't open weather when touched.
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Yes, the large and same versión.
GIKE said:
Yes, the large and same versión.
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Strange the large widget still not working here on my pixel 6pro, 4xl and 4a. All up to date.
The pill widget works so does the at a glance but not the jumbo weather widget.
Google app updated and looks like it's fixed.

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