Material You · World clock · 4 × 2 widget
Material You world clock widget
A Material You world clock widget shows the time in three cities side by side. 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.

What a Material You world clock widget shows
A world clock widget is for anyone with family, friends or colleagues in another time zone. Three cities in columns, each with its time and a day hint, answer "is it too late to call?" at a glance.
Each clock layer in WidgetCraft can use its own time zone, chosen by city. It is free, works offline and needs no permission; daylight saving is handled automatically.
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.
- Numbers: Make numbers large and rounded in the on-surface color.
- Text: Use a friendly sans at medium weight in a dark tone of the same hue as the background.
Material You world clock widget recipe
| Layer | Settings |
|---|---|
| Canvas | 360 × 180, background #E8DEF8, corner radius 28 |
| Text | city names, size 12, color #625B71 |
| Clock × 3 | format HH:mm, Google Sans or Roboto, size 35, color #1D192B, each set to its own time zone |
| Text | offset such as "+9 h", size 12, color #625B71 |
| Shapes | two vertical dividers in #625B71 at 35% opacity, and a short #6750A4 rule under your home city |
| 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 world clock 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.
- Tap Add and choose Clock. Set the format to hours and minutes, the font to Google Sans or Roboto, the size to 35 and the color to #1D192B.
- Duplicate the clock twice and space the three about 112 apart. Open each copy's details, choose Time zone and pick its city.
- Add a Text label above each clock with the city name at size 12 in #625B71, and the offset below it.
- Add thin Shape dividers between the columns and a short rule in #6750A4 under your own city.
- 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.
Everything in this recipe works in the free version.
Tips for Material You world clock widgets
- Take background, container and text from one hue at different lightness.
- Use 28 points of corner radius.
- Three cities fit a 4 × 2 widget; four make the numbers too small.
- Add the day offset, such as "+1 day", when a city is already tomorrow.
- Put your own city first so the others read relative to it.
- Do not mix unrelated hues.
- Do not use hairline borders.
Questions about the Material You world clock widget
What size is a Material You world clock 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?
Yes. World clock widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Material You styling is free too.
What else is this style called?
People also search for material 3 world clock widget, android 12 style world clock widget, pixel style world clock widget, google style world clock widget. They describe the same look as this Material You world clock widget.
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