The Pixel 6a is the best excuse to get a new mobile in Europe now and enjoy your most popular widget: “at a glance”. The one that’s used for all sorts of functions and now throws one related to trips made with Uber and Lyft.
This new feature that has come to the Pixel was first seen last year to make it easier for all experience offered by the same Uber app or Lyft; with these notifications that indicate where the driver is going, the time left or the messages that can be received.
Finally, Google has improved the capabilities of its most famous widget in Pixels to know the time left for the driver to get to where the pick-up has been arranged. This new feature can be activated from the main settings “At a glance” And so it appears on the lock screen to ign ore notifications from the two mentioned apps.
The moment this new capability is activated, the next time Uber or Lyft is used, the widget will indicate the remaining time to the driver to take the user. This way it can be seen on both the lock screen and the home screen, which almost avoids glancing at the notifications of both apps.
Google should update this novelty to support other services similar to Uber and Lyft. Here in Europe at the moment it can only be used in the two services mentioned and not available on Cabify
As with these new Pixel features, it’s rolling out in stages to all users, so it may take some time before it’s available in Europe. In this way, expands the widget experience which is currently limited to reporting the weather, upcoming events, the status of a package shipment or alerts for the home phone.
An invaluable help, according to Android Central, which is provided by this widget present in Google phones such as the recently announced Pixel 7a, last year’s Pixel 7 series or the previous Pixel 6 which arrived in Europe in early 2022.
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