The function of widgets is more than clear: to become easier and more accessible. These, which will soon be accessible without unlocking the phone, are a more test of the personalization of Android devices. He will depend on each user, but there is one on almost all phones with this operating system, which is none other than The one that allows you to search directly on Google.
We are all more than used to looking for anything with this tool, so having a widget that it allows us to have to open the browser or the application. The latest update of the widget brought A New tool To facilitate even more some of its functions And just at that time, we explain how to activate it and what it is for.
This is how the new Google Widget access works
This google widget allows us to search for what we want via this search engine, all without having to open anything. In this sense, we can say that The widget itself is direct access to the search engine. So what does this new function do? Google serves a lot more than looking for a recipe or the direction of a restaurant, and the new function allows us to have several of these functions directly on the widget.
These direct access is, like the widget itself, very configurable. These are the ones we can place::
- Google translator (text)
- Google translator (camera)
- Song search
- Time
- Google Sports
- Dictionary
- Tasks (via Google Lens)
- Google Finance
We can only choose one, but it will be enough to press the corresponding icon and we will go directly to the tool in question. The truth is that it is very useful direct access, which even makes There is no need to have an application separately For one of these functions (as is the case of the translator).
It is a fairly interesting change and it can be good for almost all scenarios. Imagine, for example, that you are traveling to a foreign country. If you define the Google widget to have the camera translator on it, it will be sufficient with Unlock the phone and press a single button to translate signals or texts of any kind. Very quickly and directly, without having to look for anything.
Yes indeed, He always has an improvement margin. Although there are several options we have, it would be good for Google to allow the user to create their own direct access, to a certain particular support or to search “the nearest restaurant”, just to give two examples.
How this new function is activated in Google Widget
This new function It is available on all Android phones which have the 16.3.34 or more recent version of the Google application. Activating it is very simple:
- With Google Widget on the screen, press and keep the pulsation on it for a few seconds.
- A drop -down with three options will appear. Click on “Settings”.
- In the next window, click 'Direct access'.
- The last step is to choose the one you like the most. Remember that you can have one at a time.
Image | Juan Lorente
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