The Pixel widget

 The Pixel Launcher prepares a toggle to let you turn OFF the ‘At a Glance’ widget

Google’s Pixel experience has long included the “At a Glance” widget which is available at the top of the primary home screen. In near future, the Pixel Launcher will finally let you turn OFF At a Glance. In Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1, which debuted earlier, there is a behind-the-scenes change that adds a new, long-awaited toggle to turn OFF At a Glance on the Pixel Launcher. The toggle resides in the Launcher’s settings menu and is still enabled by default, but it’s not live just yet. It is a task that required manually enabling the feature.

When turned OFF, the At a Glance widget disappears, and the top row of the primary home screen on the Pixel Launcher is opened up to app icons or other widgets. While the At a Glance widget is still excellent, this change is something many have been calling for in recent years. Google has made a bigger push for improved widgets in Android. Another major reason many people have been asking for this option is because, not long ago, Google debuted a new version of the At a Glance widget that is completely redesigned, and that new version is not available for the Pixel Launcher’s main screen.

This change, however, is still a ways away for most Pixel owners. Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 has just now made its debut, and the final release won’t be due until the first few months of 2024.