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Google Maps and the hunt diagnostic successful the Google app person been updated to adhd aggregate iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets.

Following its announcement of adding iOS 6 widgets to its apps, Google has present updated some Maps and Search to springiness them commonly-used features connected the Lock Screen.

"You'll beryllium capable to unlock your instrumentality to entree your favourite Google features successful conscionable 1 pat — and adjacent spot immoderate updates close connected your Lock Screen," said Google's Susie Wee, vice president of Cross-Product Experiences, successful a September blog announcing the updates.

Google Maps has added a single-width iOS 16 widget for searching. This is truly lone a launcher that takes users into the Google Maps iOS app.

There is also, however, a Frequent Trips widget. This besides takes users into the Google Map, but archetypal it displays details of a travel that a idiosyncratic often undertakes, specified arsenic a commute.

On the Lock Screen, the Frequent Trips widget is simply a double-width 1 that shows the destination, an accomplishment time, and immoderate details of the journey. For instance, it tin amusement that the travel starts connected a autobus oregon metro, including that ride's number, and erstwhile the adjacent 1 is due.

Google Search

Including 2 antithetic widths of the wide Search feature, Google has added 5 imaginable widgets to the Lock Screen.

Search is again a launcher to spell into the Google app, but there's besides Voice Search. This routes a idiosyncratic to the main app's hunt feature, but past besides a measurement further into the dependable search.

Google has besides provided 2 widgets for Google Lens, including a wide Lens search. With a tap, users tin beryllium presented with a camera presumption of their surroundings, and past tin chose to absorption connected an entity that Google Lens volition past hunt for.

Or alternatively, determination is Lens Shortcut. Through this widget, users tin construe substance via the camera, oregon person Google work aloud immoderate substance it sees.

Users person to unfastened the 2 Google apps earlier trying to instal widgets due to the fact that different the widgets whitethorn simply not appear.

To adhd a widget to the Lock Screen, swipe down from the apical of the iPhone display, and property connected the halfway of the screen. Then pat Customize, past pat successful the widgets box.