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Material You step counter widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Material You step counter widget shows today's steps against your goal. Android 12-style tonal colors, large rounded shapes and friendly type. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Material You step counter widget design preview: Android 12-style tonal colors, large rounded shapes and friendly type. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Material You step counter widget shows

A step widget shows one number and how close it is to a goal. A ring on one side and the count on the other reads well at a glance.

Steps come from Health Connect, which needs a compatible phone, your permission and a fitness connection (a Pro feature in WidgetCraft). The numbers are whatever your phone or watch has recorded; the widget does not count steps itself.

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 step counter widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 180, background #E8DEF8, corner radius 28
Ring	diameter 104, stroke 12, progress #6750A4, range 0 to your goal
Text	percentage inside the ring, size 20, color #1D192B
Text	label "Steps today", size 12, color #625B71
Text (fitness)	step count, Google Sans or Roboto, size 46, color #1D192B
Text	goal, size 14, color #625B71
Ornament	a large circle in the darker container tone, tucked into the bottom right corner
Font	Google Sans or Roboto (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

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 step counter widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #E8DEF8 and the corner radius to 28.
Open Data and connect Health Connect, allowing access to steps.
Tap Add and choose Ring. Set the diameter to 104 and the stroke to 12, and connect it to steps with a range from 0 to your goal.
Color the progress #6750A4.
Add a Text layer connected to the step count at size 46 in #1D192B, plus a label and your goal in #625B71.
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.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

The layout and styling are free. The live data connection for this widget needs WidgetCraft Pro, a one-time purchase.

Tips for Material You step counter widgets

Take background, container and text from one hue at different lightness.
Use 28 points of corner radius.
Show the goal next to the count so the ring has meaning.
Step data can lag by a few minutes depending on the app that records it.
This is an activity display, not medical advice.
Do not mix unrelated hues.
Do not use hairline borders.

Questions about the Material You step counter widget

What size is a Material You step counter 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?

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?

The Material You design is free to build. Showing live step data needs the one-time Pro upgrade.

What else is this style called?

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