I made my dream Google widget with one of my favorite Android tools

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My KWGT foo is a little too rusty for my taste. When I was a regular Nova Launcher user, I would adorn my home screen with homemade widgets to display the time, weather, and phone vitals. One thing that I haven’t been able to do, however, is replace Google’s widgets. Although this was my initial goal, I quickly discovered that I couldn’t improve much on what was already available. But what about creating a Google widget that doesn’t yet exist?

To challenge myself, I set out to create a unique widget that would allow me quick access to the company’s core apps and services.




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