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Great concepts man!!!! I think all of these can come in very handy to most of the users, already looking forward to the update they get implemented in… but I do have one suggestion to make,is there any way u can make a widget for a tab of chrome which stays fixed. I mean that can be pretty useful bcoz I find it hard to open the Nothing community through chrome again n again.

Just a simple suggestion n again those were some awesome concepts.

Peace out.🫡

    These are some lovely ideas and concept designs you’ve created here! I could actually see myself using all of these widgets too, which is rare for me with concepts like this 😄 some great functionality! Hope some of these can become a reality in future, always up for more convenient Nothing widgets

    flo_rahil These are some brilliant ideas, Rahil. I can absolutely see myself using all of them. Really looking forward to seeing some of them come to life! Big shout-out to @Rahul for kickstarting the widget concepts. NOS widgets are fast becoming my favourite after the Glyph for helping reduce screen interactions. Any widget that helps cut down screen time is a must-have on my homescreen!

      Great set of widgets man! that call widget is something I would use on a daily basis 🙌. I can see some of them becoming a reality in near future . Keep doing your magic Rahil ❤️

      Thank you all so much for the love on this post.

      Ealesy101 - I don’t have your number. If I did, I would have called you directly and thanked you for your kind words. Btw you have suggested some interesting ideas regarding battery and storage widgets. I’ll try to come up with something on those lines and add them to this current collection.

      Kassy - Not sure what you mean by a “fixed tab of chrome” ? The chrome bookmarks widget exists and on one tap you can be directed to the Nothing Community page. Either ways this falls under Google’s domain, it’s their app after all.

      hrry - Agreed with the creative use part. I am a hobbyist musician and I like to check the base noise decibel for a room before recording vocals. This helps me filter them out later in audacity. Other than that, for common use cases the aim is to notify the user whether the environment noise is safe for them.

      @Rahul - Thanks for inspiring me in the first place man. For the past couple of weeks I have actually studied your work. Saw your YouTube channel as well. Your initial concept widgets were crazy to the say the least. I wanted to make sure that both of our concepts were in different philosophical directions (while still staying true to the Nothing design language). Yours are more creative and interactive while mine are more simple and functional. Keep doing your thing bro and keep inspiring us all in the process.

            Please add a mono/stereo toggle into the “quick settings” widget.

            (Or auto switch to mono when only 1 earbud is on use)

            Congrats @flo_rahil 👏

            I love the design, but in the real android development only a couple are feasible, as described.

            Ringtone volume widget

            Android widgets are meant to do “simple” tasks, and a lot of interactions are just impossible (seekbars are not supported, custom views such a circular seekbars even less 😜).

            Real-time noise level

            To catch sounds you will need to continuously use the microphone, and can be used only in a single instance to avoid other apps requesting it (phone calls?) just like happens with camera.

            Speed dial

            Feasible technically, but a lot harder than it might look. In widgets you don’t have a navigation system, and change the view to support different screens is kinda a nightmare.

            Single screen and a settings activity would be more manageable (but yeah, half of the concept would be lost).

            Conclusion

            Sometimes I wish I was not an Android developer, because this doesn’t let me fully enjoy “concepts” if they are not possibly feasible.

            I really loved the designs, but also I become disappointed very soon when I realize they cannot shine in real life.

            I hope Nothing will open its own widget API (that is different from the android one) to let us cook cool stuff, and bring those concepts into reality.

            And I am disappointed no one asks about it.