By Nermeen Nabil Khear 
The Google widget for your Android home screen has a new hidden feature that’s disabled by default. In its latest update, the Google app has added a new customization feature, letting you add a new shortcut to the Google app’s widget. This will let you tap an icon within the widget to quickly jump to reading the news, seeing weather updates, or catching up on sports scores.
To get it, first ensure your Google app is updated to the latest version (16.3.34 or above). Then, open the Google app on your smartphone and tap the Profile icon in the top toolbar. Choose the Settings option and naigate to the Customize Search Widget menu. Here, you can take a moment to customize the look of the widget by tweaking the color and the transparency.
Scroll down until you’ll see the new Shortcuts section, featuring new shortcuts like Translate, Song Search, Weather, Translate (Camera), Translate (Text), Sports, Dictionary, Homework, and Finance. Tap the Plus button to add your new shortcut.
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Choose the shortcut that you want, which you’ll be able to preview right up top. The Google widget only supports one shortcut at a time, so you can’t add multiple shortcuts right now.
The new shortcut will appear next to the default icons for Voice Search and Lens, inside the Google search box. The icons don’t support Material You theming, so they won’t match with your home screen theme if you’re using one. But for most Android users, that isn’t an issue.
In case you don’t already have the Google widget set up, you can easily do so from the home screen. The steps differ slightly based on which Android OS you’re using. Tap and hold on an empty part of the home screen and choose the Widgets option. Here, scroll to the Google app section and add the Google widget. You can expand it or make it smaller.
Now, with the widget, you will see your new shortcut right there. Tap on the shortcut to jump to the relevant feature inside the Google app.
This articles is written by : Nermeen Nabil Khear Abdelmalak
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