{"id":328352,"date":"2026-03-04T11:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328352\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:52:10","slug":"googles-new-pixel-update-finally-brings-a-much-requested-home-screen-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328352\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s New Pixel Update Finally Brings a Much-Requested Home Screen Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Android as a platform is usually noted for its flexibility and customizability, it goes without saying that Google\u2019s approach is a bit more limited in some regards. Take for example the At a Glance widget, which for the longest time has been stuck on the homescreen of many an Android user, although that finally changes <a href=\"https:\/\/phandroid.com\/2026\/03\/03\/googles-march-pixel-drop-is-packed-and-pixel-watch-owners-are-getting-a-lot-of-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with the latest Pixel update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As per the March 2026 update for Pixel phones, users can now remove the At a Glance widget from their home screens, which allows for more space when resizing other widgets and moving around icons. That being said, it\u2019s still fixed on the lock screen. If you\u2019re looking to shake up your home screen, then here\u2019s how to go about doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Tap and hold on your Pixel\u2019s home screen<br \/>\nTap on Home settings<br \/>\nTap on the Gear icon beside At a Glance<br \/>\nTurn off the Show on home screen toggle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Android as a platform is usually noted for its flexibility and customizability, it goes without saying that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2723,1711,61,60,202,41166,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-328352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-pixel","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}