Material You analog clock widget

What a Material You analog clock widget shows

An analog clock reads as a shape rather than as numbers, which makes it the most decorative way to show the time. WidgetCraft has a dedicated analog layer where the dial, markers and each hand can be styled separately.

It uses the phone's clock, needs no permission and works offline. A 2 × 2 space is enough.

How the Material You style shapes it

Material You is the design language Google introduced with Android 12. Widgets use soft tonal colors drawn from the wallpaper, very round corners and big readable numbers. This recipe recreates the look with fixed colors you choose.

• Bars and rings: Use thick pill bars and full circles in the primary color on a lighter container.
• Numbers: Make numbers large and rounded in the on-surface color.

Material You analog clock widget recipe

Material You color palette

• Tonal lavender #E8DEF8Background
• Primary container #D0BCFFSurface and tracks
• On-surface #1D192BText
• Outline grey #625B71Labels
• Primary purple #6750A4Accent

How to make a Material You analog clock widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 200 × 200, the background to #E8DEF8 and the corner radius to 28.
2. Tap Add and choose Analog. Size it to fill the canvas with a margin of about 28.
3. Open the clock details and set the dial to #D0BCFF with a 4-point ring in #1D192B.
4. Set twelve markers: quarter-hours thicker in #1D192B, the rest thinner in #625B71.
5. Style the hour hand (short, width 6) and minute hand (long, width 3.5) in #1D192B, turn the second hand off and color the center cap #6750A4.
6. Add the Material You ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a large circle in the darker container tone, tucked into the bottom right corner.
7. 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 Material You analog clock widgets

• Take background, container and text from one hue at different lightness.
• Use 28 points of corner radius.
• Keep the hour hand clearly shorter and thicker than the minute hand.
• Twelve markers are easier to read than sixty; add numerals only at 12, 3, 6 and 9 if at all.
• Leave the second hand off: launchers refresh widgets about once a minute.
• Do not mix unrelated hues.
• Do not use hairline borders.

Questions about the Material You analog clock widget

What size is a Material You analog clock widget?

It is designed for 2 × 2 home screen cells on a 200 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Tonal lavender (#E8DEF8) for the background, On-surface (#1D192B) for the main text, Outline grey (#625B71) for labels and Primary purple (#6750A4) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Analog clock widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Material You styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

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