Joe Maring / Android authority
Tl; DR
- Google restored the colored meteorological icons with pixels with a glance widget in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3.
- The anterior conception of entirely white icon was faced with criticism of the reduction of readability.
- The update also includes a larger and various meteorological text other other pixel improvements.
Google returns to a recent design change in the pixel launcher to a glance widget. With the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 update, colorful weather icons come back after the company is briefly passed to a fully white minimalist look in the previous beta version.
The transition to white icons in the first beta version was welcomed with mixed user reactions. Some users have appreciated the clean aesthetics, while others have found the change less functional, noting that the icons mixed in the background and made it more difficult to quickly understand the weather conditions.
Google now seems to respond to these comments. The widget at a glance in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 not only brings back colored weather icons, but also increases the size of the meteorological data, which facilitates reading at a glance.
The return of color improves visibility, and weather information is now distinguished more clearly from the day and the date, which facilitates it with just a quick glance.
