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Daily Hub is a terrible Pixel 10 feature. Here’s what Google needs to do to fix it

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Joe Maring / Android Authority

Daily Hub is one of the biggest new software features on the Google Pixel 10 series. And as you might have heard by now, it’s already being killed — at least temporarily.

This week, Google announced that it was temporarily pausing Daily Hub as it works to “enhance its performance and refine the personalized experience.” The pitch for Daily Hub was that it would be a central place to see a glanceable overview of your day, but as we quickly discovered, Daily Hub’s execution really missed the mark.

I think Google is making the right call here. Daily Hub, in its current form, is terrible, and pausing the feature to overhaul it is absolutely what Google should do. However, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done.

If Google is serious about turning Daily Hub around, here’s everything it needs to fix before it re-releases the feature.

What do you think the future holds for Daily Hub? 25 votes Google is going to make enough changes that it's worth using. 36 % It's going to get a little better, but not enough. 28 % Google is going to kill the feature. 32 % Other (let us know in the comments). 4 %

More detailed weather forecasts

Joe Maring / Android Authority

The first thing I’d like to see Google fix with Daily Hub is weather forecasts. Currently, Daily Hub only shows the current temperature with a couple of lines of text explaining it. It’s fine, but there’s so much more info I’d like to see.

Samsung Now Brief, for example, shows a six-hour forecast, updates on incoming precipitation, and more. Considering that the weather in Daily Hub is pulling its data from the Pixel Weather app, Google could include loads of additional data — whether that’s an hourly or daily forecast, AI weather insights, pollen counts, etc.

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