- The completely redesigned “Sky Map” app has been found to feature new widgets as an additional new feature.
- Analysis of the app file for the Android version of the “Sky Map” app v2.0.5:Apollo update confirmed that resource codes for three widgets have been added: “Moon phase (moon_widget),” “Tonight’s sky (tonight_widget),” and “Sky countdown (countdown_widget).”
- These three widgets—”Moon phase,” “Tonight’s sky,” and “Countdown”—are expected to be rolled out in a future update.
The Google stargazing app “Sky Map” has been completely redesigned with a new engine, new UI, and new features in the latest app version v2.0.5:Apollo update released on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
However, it appears that the complete redesign of the “Sky Map” app is still a work in progress. It has been discovered that widgets are being prepared as a new feature.
We bring you the details in our original app file analysis content, “App Analysis,” here on “Jetstream.”
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An analysis of the app file for the Android version of the “Sky Map” app v2.0.5:Apollo update, released on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, confirmed that resource codes related to three widgets—”Moon phase (moon_widget),” “Tonight’s sky (tonight_widget),” and “Countdown (countdown_widget)”—have been added. Widgets have not previously been available in the Android version of the “Sky Map” app, and they are not active even after the v2.0.5:Apollo update. However, these three widgets—”Moon phase,” “Tonight’s sky,” and “Countdown”—are expected to be rolled out in a future update.
<receiver
android:label="@string/moon_widget_label"
android:name="com.google.android.stardroid.widget.MoonWidgetReceiver"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE"/>
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/moon_widget_info"/>
</receiver>
<receiver
android:label="@string/tonight_widget_label"
android:name="com.google.android.stardroid.widget.TonightWidgetReceiver"
android:exported="true">
...
</receiver>
<receiver
android:label="@string/countdown_widget_label"
android:name="com.google.android.stardroid.widget.CountdownWidgetReceiver"
android:exported="true">
...
</receiver>
<receiver android:name="com.google.android.stardroid.widget.WidgetClockChangeReceiver" android:exported="false">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.TIME_SET"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.DATE_CHANGED"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.TIMEZONE_CHANGED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver><string name="moon_widget_label">Moon phase</string>
<string name="moon_widget_description">The Moon's phase, illumination and rise and set times, updated daily.</string>
<string name="moon_widget_illumination">%1$d%% illuminated</string>
<string name="moon_widget_rise_time">rises %1$s</string>
<string name="moon_widget_set_time">sets %1$s</string>
<string name="moon_widget_promo_title">Keep the Moon on your home screen</string>
<string name="tonight_widget_label">Tonight's sky</string>
<string name="tonight_widget_description">Tonight's best sights: well-placed planets, meteor showers and moon events, updated...</string>
<string name="tonight_widget_header">Tonight · %1$s</string>
<string name="tonight_widget_preview_row">Jupiter well placed from 9:30 PM</string>
<string name="tonight_widget_sun_times">sun sets %1$s · dark %2$s</string>
<string name="countdown_widget_label">Sky countdown</string>
<string name="countdown_widget_description">Days until the next meteor shower peak or moon event.</string>
<string name="countdown_widget_preview_days">14</string>
<string name="countdown_widget_preview_name">Perseids peak</string>
<string name="glance_error_layout_text_v2">Can't show content</string>“Sky Map” App Links
