ISSUE 73 • ANDROID ADVISOR 43The home screen’s
default clock widget
also displays the
phone’s battery level
genuinely useful. In here you’ll find various shortcuts
and gestures, as well more control over the way the
display responds to you.
There are also useful software quirks throughout
Motorola’s interpretation of Android. One of my
favourites is the default clock widget on the home
screen, which displays the current weather and date
in addition to the time. However, tapping each part
of the widget will take you to the relevant app: the
time goes to the Clock, date to Google Calendar and
weather to the weather app.
What’s more, the circle all this information is
housed in acts as a quick overview of your current
level of battery. I’m glad that’s here, as the battery
percentage in the notification bar is barely legible.
There’s a similar design to the always-on display,
although this can’t be customized like on other