Among everything that we consult throughout the day on mobile phones, time is one of the most important elements that no one overlooks. It is important to know if it is going to rain or if it is going to be a good day for many reasons and, thanks to the telephones, we have this more controlled than we could imagine years ago. However, there are those who have difficulties seeing the time on the screen of Android smartphones and we want to answer your questions.
It does not matter what brand of mobile you have or the model, since in all of them the steps are very similar. The process will be just as simple, fast and practical, offering us various data of our interest that may vary depending on the mobile phone purchased. The version of the operating system is not relevant either, since this possibility exists since the beginning of Android.
No need to install any app
The first thing that many users do when they try to add time to the screen of their Android mobile is to think about installing an app that allows it, but it is not necessary. The system itself already has an option that allows it and is available on all smartphones with the steps shown below.
External apps also have widgets that allow us to use them on the home screen, although these can mean a higher battery consumption for the mobile. As we need other active services, it is easy to find that the weather apps that are used on the home screen are consuming more battery than usual and for that reason we recommend opting for the options that the system already brings by default.
Add the weather widget on Android
Therefore, we are going to see how we have to follow a series of steps to be able to place the time on Android mobiles , both in those that do not have any customization layer, such as the Google Pixel, Nokia or Motorola, as those that have their own software from the manufacturer.
On the Xiaomi screen
Xiaomi terminals with MIUI also integrate by default an option that offers us the time, but this time the process is somewhat different, starting by pinching the screen to access the Widgets. We will be able to navigate between them and we will come across the option of placing the time on the mobile screen with the help of the clock or in a more advanced way with the climate section typical of the firm’s mobiles.
Weather on a Huawei
Huawei mobiles also integrate an option to control the time on the mobile from the home screen . You just have to pinch the screen, choose Widgets and the demons Widgets of the weather will appear. Among the list of options that there are, we choose the one that we like the most and move it to a space that is large and empty enough on our mobile so that it remains fixed.
Climate in Samsung
As in other Android phones, we can also easily add a widget to the main panel of our Samsung Galaxy phones. To do this, we will only have to press on an empty space on the device’s home screen. Then, go to the option called Widgets and look for the one called Weather.
In addition, you will have three options: Weather , Weather and clock or Weather forecast . When you have decided on any of these options, you just have to touch on it. In addition, you can place it where you want if you hold down on it and drag it to the place you decide.
On OPPO
Within OPPO phones there is no widget as such, but we can add the ColorOS app itself to the initial panel to check the time on the screen. However, there is another trick that will make us have a widget not only with the weather, but also with the date and day of the week.
Therefore, long press on an empty space on your phone’s desktop> Widgets > Clock . If you want to have more details about the climate, you must click exactly where the temperature appears, which is where you live. In this way, it will take us directly to the phone’s weather app on the screen.
On the panel of a Realme
In the case of realme, we already warned you that we will need to have the location active so that the weather that is going to be displayed within the clock widget is shown. In addition, we will not have a widget exclusively for the weather, but we will have to use others, specifically, the clock and the day. Therefore, once we press and hold on an empty space on the panel> click on Widgets> choose Date and time or Clock (the date and weather will also appear).
And in other brands?
Other brands such as Google Pixel, Motorola, Vivo or any other that we can imagine, also offer us the option of including the time on the smartphone screen . In these cases the process is similar and it will not take us any complications, we can do it by pinching the home screen or by keeping our finger on it.
In each layer of customization the style options will change, but the result is similar to all the ones we have known. In addition, in other cases, as we have seen previously, we may have to include the clock widget to see the weather as well. It will even force us to enable the location of the smartphone so that the weather function is enabled on the home screen.
The widget does not appear
In case we have followed the previous steps with the intention of putting the time on the mobile screen but, nevertheless, it does not appear among the available widgets, the first thing we should do is access Google Play to update all the apps.
It is also important to visit Settings> System updates and check if we have new versions, which can allow us news like this, since as we have mentioned, all smartphones have the option.
On the contrary, if after having followed all these processes and having tried to do it by all means, we can only turn to Google. Possibly its official app is not on our mobile and that is why the option ‘At a glance’ does not appear, is the one that adds this option. We will only have to download the following app and repeat the steps to place the widget:
Later, we can place it in the part of the screen that we want. And we cannot forget that in order to obtain the location it is important to access it once and give the necessary permissions. If by mistake we have rejected them, we can enter Settings> Applications> Google and in permission to reactivate the location. But if we prefer, we can do all that with other external apps that works in a similar way as we mentioned earlier.
See more details about the weather
Now that we have the weather widget present on the mobile phone screen, we can only get even more out of it. As you can see, it only shows us the current weather and the temperature in some cases.
However, if you follow the following steps you will be able to see more information about the weather that will be in our town or city just by clicking on the space of time in the widget.
In this way, a space with the weather information by hours and / or days will be displayed on all Android phones that will allow us to be prepared for what is to come. And, best of all, in each layer of customization the style will be different. Although, it is clear that the information will be more or less similar in all smartphones with the Google operating system.