The up to date customization settings for the Search widget will nonetheless embrace the System, Gentle, and Darkish coloration themes, together with a slider to regulate transparency. Nonetheless, Google has eliminated the choices to alter the emblem and bar form, that means the widget will now default to the G brand and tablet form.
Outdated Google Search widget customization choices | Picture credit score — PhoneArena
New Google Search widget customization choices | Picture credit score — PhoneArena
This redesign was first noticed within the newest Google app beta replace (model 15.30.x). Whereas it is nonetheless in beta, there’s an opportunity that Google might carry again the emblem and bar form choices earlier than the steady rollout, however judging by how polished the replace seems to be, it is extremely unlikely.
Until you are utilizing a Pixel machine, the place the Google Search widget can’t be moved or manually personalized, the widget had all the time provided just a few customization choices. These included the flexibility to alter the Google brand, modify the search bar form and transparency, and manually change the widget’s coloration with hue and saturation changes. Nonetheless, it lacked assist for Dynamic Shade, which routinely matches the widget’s colours to your system theme.
The upcoming redesign addresses this by introducing the Gadget coloration theme, which can routinely modify the widget’s coloration to your machine’s present theme. It will streamline the customization course of and make the widget extra visually cohesive along with your machine’s general look.
Whereas the elimination of the emblem and bar form choices might disappoint some customers, the brand new Gadget coloration theme may very well be a welcome addition for many who choose a extra seamless and built-in look. It stays to be seen whether or not Google will reinstate the eliminated customization choices, or if the brand new redesign will turn out to be the usual for the Google Search widget on Android. As a Pixel person, I’d additionally like to see these choices on Pixel units, as there’s at the moment no approach to decide on the sunshine or darkish model with out altering your complete OS to darkish mode.
