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The At A Glance widget is one of the most useful features in the Google Pixel launcher, and it’s getting more useful as time goes on. It shows you important information that you can access at a glance. If you’re a traveler, then you’ll be glad to know that the At a Glance widget is getting train information in more places globally.
The At a Glance widget shows you all sorts of information like the current weather, a rough forecast, the AQI (Air Quality Index), upcoming alarms, upcoming calendar events, and more. Now, Google is working on showing you upcoming train trips on the widget. With this, you’ll be able to see information on your upcoming train rides. This feature is still very much in the roll-out stage, so there’s a chance that most people won’t see it.
The At a Glance widget is getting train notifications globally
Right now, it’s hard to know what the company’s roll-out schedule for this feature is. Not everyone globally can see their train notifications on the At a Glance widget, and this is rather unfortunate. It’s still the holiday season, and people are still doing holiday shopping.
In any case, some people are starting to see this new feature already. One user in Germany was able to see their train trip when they booked through Deutsche Bahn.
One thing noted in the report was that this could be the result of a change to how Deutsche Bahn handles its confirmation emails. When you book through that company, you get a confirmation email, as is standard practice. However, they recently switched their format. Rather than loading all of the trip details onto a PDF file, the company displays all of the information in the body of the email itself.
Because of this, supposedly, Google is able to read through the details of the email and extract the important information. This is probably how the At a Glance widget is able to know your trip details. That’s yet to be confirmed. Regardless, it’s nice to know that this feature is making its way to more places around the world.