TL;DR
- After testing it in Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1, Android 17 Beta 1 now appears to let all users remove the At a Glance home screen widget.
- You’ll still see At a Glance on the lock screen, and you gain more space on your home screen for other widgets.
- Android 17 Beta 1 also includes minor visual changes to the volume and brightness bars.
After a delayed rollout earlier this week, Google has officially launched Android 17 Beta 1 (strangely, on a Friday afternoon with extremely little fanfare). We’re digging through the update to see what’s new, and while there isn’t too much in this initial build of Android 17, there are a few visual tweaks worth noting.
The first, and most notable, is the ability to hide the At a Glance widget on your home screen. This is something Google tested with a select group of users in Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1, but it appears to be widely available in Android 17 Beta 1.
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