Google Keep For Android Widget Redesign Rolls Out

After starting earlier this week, Google has rolled out the redesigned Keep for Android “Quick capture” widget.

Per Android’s latest Tier 1 guidelines, the widget background hits “all four edges of the bounds of the [homescreen] grid.” Previously, it was just the left/right edge for a shorter design.

Everything is now placed in buttons, with that previously only being the case for the ‘plus.’ The shortcut for creating a new text note is now a vertical pill, while it’s a rounded rectangle for list, audio, drawing, and camera. The 5×1 configuration has all the buttons, but the 4×1 might not have a camera shortcut.

Material You’s flower shape is still available and has been updated to be larger. Google Keep has also refreshed the 3×1 pill configuration to be much larger.

Old vs. new

Google did not update the Note collection or Single note widgets, which already take up all available space.

This redesigned Quick capture widget redesign is rolling out as a server-side update, with Google Keep 5.25.142.x widely rolling out today. Besides force stopping Keep from App info, you might want to remove your existing widget and place it again on a homescreen.

Google Drive’s Android widgets have also been updated to this new style.