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TL;DR Google is widely rolling out support for Live Updates in the Google Clock app.
The app now shows a running timer/stopwatch as a Live Update in the status bar and lock screen.
It’s a server-side update, so it could still take a while to reach everyone.
The Google Clock app started getting support for Live Updates for stopwatches and timers last week. At that time, the server-side update hadn’t started rolling out widely, but that’s changing now as Google is flipping the switch for a wider rollout.
With Google Clock v9.0, users will see Live Updates when a stopwatch or a timer is running. Previously, users would only see an icon in the status bar, a simple notification with controls for the stopwatch or timer, or the running timer/stopwatch in the At a Glance widget.
Live Updates for the timer/stopwatch appear in a pill-shaped box in the status bar, along with a real-time count. Tapping the icon expands the notification and offers users controls to pause/lap a running stopwatch or pause/add 1 minute to a running timer.
Users can now also see Live Updates for the Clock app on the lock screen as well as on the always-on display (AOD). When we reported on this last week, timers on the AOD were also being updated in real time.
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However, it seems the AOD now only displays a simple notification indicating that a timer/stopwatch is running. Tapping this opens the lock screen with the Live Update running.
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