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Glass countdown widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A glass countdown widget counts the days left until a date you choose. Translucent panels with a thin light border over a colorful wallpaper. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Glass countdown widget design preview: Translucent panels with a thin light border over a colorful wallpaper. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a glass countdown widget shows

A countdown widget keeps one date in view: a trip, a birthday, an exam or a launch. The number of days is the hero, the event name gives it meaning and a bar shows how far along you are.

WidgetCraft's countdown layer works from the phone's clock, so it is free, needs no permission and works offline. You pick the target date in the layer's details.

How the glass style shapes it

Glass widgets look like frosted panes floating over the wallpaper. Android widgets cannot blur what is behind them, so the effect comes from a translucent white fill, a thin bright border and a soft, colorful wallpaper.

Numbers: Keep numbers white and medium weight, with labels at about 80% opacity.
Bars and rings: Draw tracks as white at 25% opacity and progress as solid white.

Glass countdown widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background white at 24% opacity, corner radius 28, outline 1 pt white at 55% opacity
Layout	stacked: label, number and event name, left aligned
Text	label "Days until", size 12, color #E6ECFF
Countdown	days remaining, built-in Sans, size 76, color #FFFFFF
Text	event name, size 20, color #FFFFFF
Progress	a thin 4-point bar, 312 wide, progress #FFFFFF
Font	built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Glass color palette

Frost (white 25%) #FFFFFFBackground
Highlight (white 40%) #FFFFFFSurface and tracks
White #FFFFFFText
Mist #E6ECFFLabels
White #FFFFFFAccent

How to make a glass countdown widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to white at 24% opacity and the corner radius to 28. Add a 1-point outline.
Tap Add and choose Countdown. Pick your target date and show days only.
Set the font to built-in Sans, the size to 76 and the color to #FFFFFF.
Add a Text label "Days until" at size 12 in #E6ECFF, and a second Text layer for the event name at size 20.
Add a Progress layer as a thin 4-point bar in #FFFFFF to show how much of the wait has passed.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for glass countdown widgets

Set the background to white at 20 to 30% opacity.
Add a 1 point white outline at about 40% opacity.
Decide whether today counts; label the number "days left" or "sleeps" so it is not ambiguous.
Short event names fit best. Two or three words is ideal.
After the date passes, change the target or the widget will sit at zero.
Do not expect real blur; choose an already soft wallpaper instead.
Do not use dark text unless the wallpaper is very light.

Questions about the glass countdown widget

What size is a glass countdown widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Frost (white 25%) (#FFFFFF) for the background, White (#FFFFFF) for the main text, Mist (#E6ECFF) for labels and White (#FFFFFF) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Countdown widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the glass styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for glassmorphism countdown widget, transparent countdown widget, frosted glass countdown widget, translucent countdown widget. They describe the same look as this glass countdown widget.

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