Microsoft releases a substantial update for Glance Screen on Lumia Windows Phones

Microsoft has today released an update for Glance on supported Lumia Windows Phones. There's no change log located on the Store when updating the system app, but luckily a few readers were able to catch some new additions.

As well as expecting the usual bug fixes and improvements to be bundled with each subsequent update, it appears 3.1.0.21 also adds support for Health and Fitness and MSN Weather, enabling both apps to display information on the lockscreen. Not only that, but there are a few changes which can be checked out in the images below.

Do note that not all Lumia Windows Phones support Glance. Let us know in the comments if you've noticed anything else. We've been unable to test the new update (all my remaining Lumia phones don't support Glance), so we'll update you all when we know more.

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521 Comments

Weather is nice
I didn't get the weather.How did you get it?
Select MSN Weather on lock screen and open the app once to have weather on glance...
I didn't get the weather thing , how did you get the weather on glance ?
Did you open glance from settings menu?
I did and restarted but no use
It worked now !
can u please say how it worked now?is it possible to set any photo as glance background?
I have set weather as the background app but all I see is the sun blue sky and no detail..
It takes a few minutes to kick in. And even when it does, only in regular - not night - mode. It will then display for a number of seconds and disappear, leaving just the regular stuff. Wave your handover the screen to redisplay the weather info
Im sorry but, it doesn't work for sh*t. U would at least expect it works a 100% not half ass after the update. On all My Wphones, it does not work even after 30 minutes.
After setting MSN Weather as your lockscreen app, turn of Background apps in Glance settings. Then open MSN Weather app and click on settings and Lockscreen and make sure it is set to Lockscreeen IN the MSN Weather app. Works perfect for me on my 1520.
That's because our 1520's are the Gods of Windows Phone. No other Wphone has all of the options. The One True Flagship.
Works great on my Lumia 1020, which also is a god.
Glance screen, weather app, notifications, etc. all work as they should on my Lumia 1520, 830, and 1020
Thanks, ill try it few more times. I also have a 1520, nothing on there. :/ my two 1020's nothing, 620 nothing :D
Works fine on my 620 :) Only now I have to make a new glance screen bacground, because it interferes with the weather :D
It works as per above procedure. Only in the end you need to turnon background app in glance screen settings.
Chill out. There is a specific way/order you have to set it up in to get it to work. Other people have stated this in the comments. I had issues till I updated both apps then turn off background apps in glance then went into msn weather and turned the lock screen on within the weather app itself. Then back to glance to turn on background apps. Then close out and reopen msn weather.
It does work on my lumia 822. The weather on the glance screen disappears after 10 seconds or so. It will appear again when you move your hand over the glance screen. Go in to the settings/glance and click the button for lock screen app. It takes a few minutes but worked ok on mine. hope that helps
Dude i tried what you mentioned but still no use... Does lumia 720 support msn weather on glance screen?
yes it does i have glance on my 720 screen with weather info also
Do you live in Southern California? ;)
if you have moved the weather application to storage card from device storage it will display sun and the blue screen i reasearched a lot and finally i tried to moved the application back to storage then i went to lock screen selected weather and then clicked open app waited for 3 seconds and bingo hit the jackpot i hope this works for you too as i researched and asked many people nobody said and gave me this answer let me know if that fixed your problem would love to know that if that works for you too Thanks Amit Dubey
Wam1q , the msn weather isn't shown the lock screen apps , what should I do ?
First you download the Weather app from store and install it dude....... ;) It will surely be shown in lock screen apps...... :)
It's just 'Weather'. Not MSN Weather in lock screen settings.
Download Weather(Microsoft)
Now after it has installed go to settings and then lock screen select in background there the Weather App. Open the weather, set your location etc. Wait for a min. or two it will be on your start scree.
Already have it installed in my L1320 but still it isn't showing the option for weather or any kind in the lockscreen background list.
Can anyone help me with this one?
you have to make sure you have weather set as background instead of a picture in your lock screen settings. its buggy though as it will show up on glance then disappear again
I think this may be intentional. Just hold your hand over the IR sensor and it will show the weather info again.
It's really irritating that you have to give up your whole lock screen to get detailed status on the glance screen. I should be able to continue seeing my family on the lock screen while still seeing detailed weather overlayed and available on the glance screen. I guess I won't be using this feature.
I agree with you. Am not gonna use it. Instead of this, they could have added whether in the "quick status" apps list.
True
the problem with that is you lose glance screen calendar. I hate this whole 'choose one thing or the other' nonsense. Hope W10 allows fully-customisable lock screen and glance; independant of each other. What if I want weather on glance but not lock?
Exactly.
Agreed
100% agreed. Lock screen shouldn't be tied to glance. I like having the Bing/Live/MSN pic of the day
Totally agreed...
Does Lumia 720 support MSN weather display on glance screen?
Yes, It will support, install MSN weather app then first off background app option in glance settings (if it is on). Open weather app and set it as lock screen and return back to glance settings and on background app. After 2 or 3 minutes you can see the weather details on ur glance screen.
I think you have to install a compatible weather app, like MSN Weather. Then it will show up. Working fine on my 925 :)
Not working on my 925.. :(
You probably didn't receive the update yet I was having the same problem until I checked the store and updated manually
Wow so now it's basically the normal lock screen... What's the difference??
And if you use Glance Background Beta, you can have a background instead of the black screen. A complete lock screen at a glance!
Yeah but why is Nokia (MS) doing this? They program an app whose functionality already exists...
They could just tell Microsoft that the lock screen should be unlockable via double tap, and that's it!
I wave my hand over my phone to view glance. No need to push buttons or tap anything.
MS could update the lock screen a little and glance would be useless...
Glance uses less battery than lock screen and works without touching the phone. It is not useless.
People on this site like to be dramatic. "Useless" has come to mean "something that I don't like and want to whine about".
Once you've gone "Glance" you'll never go back! It's the sole reason I refrained from the Lumia icon. 928 owner.
glance is an optional feature, but admittedly, a lot of people use it because they wish their phones had a notification LED.
Yeah exactly. The great thing is that you can bake or cook, do other household chores and be all "sticky fingers", air swipe the phone to check for missed calls, read the latest message sent to you, see if there are any new e-mail arrivals, WPCentral notifications, etc. It's customizable too. Okay sure, not just household chores. You might sit in a garage and make some repairs on your car, be all greasy and messy but still you're able to check your phone which is set to silent mode in order not to disturb. I think you get the idea by now :-) Short story: See everything at a glance without having to press, hold or tap the phone in situations when you rather not want to.
Well said!
Hey, I think ALWAYS ON doesn't work... I guess always on means that the glance screen will always be on, but it doesn't works, the screen always times out.
Is your battery low? Even if Glance is set to always on, it will not show if your battery is in "battery saver" mode.
Battery is around 91% but still the Glance shows a Shield kind of logo, which means the battery saver is on... which actually isn't...
I like glance beacuse I can have my phone the wireless charger and not have to touch it or move it to see if I have any messages
this is true. Cortana on certain models could do things remotely too but glance is still superior for noisy environments. and uses less battery than cortana does by listening for input.
I have mine set to "Always on." I don't notice much of a difference in battery life and it shuts off when it is in my pocket.
On Interval setting, I like that I can take it out of my pocket and glance at the screen for the time/date/calendar without having to hit a power button or anything. Probably my favourite feature of Lumia's (with Glance).
Glance Screen can be set up so that it's ALWAYS on, as long as you don't have it in your pocket (blocking the camera). It consumes very, very little battery (especially on Amoled displays). So you can have the phone on your desk, permanently displaying the time (and other info) so you can just glance at it and keep working /playing/etc. Hence GLANCE Screen.
But can you have both? A wallpaper + weather data?
Yes. Looks just fine on my screen. (Might depend on the wallpaper, though. Mine is one of the stock images, so there's no problem reading the white text in front.)
This is for the Glance Screen, not the lock screen. ;) Though, I haven't figured out if you can do both the Live Lockscreen app and the Weather app though, which bites.
Now you must unlock your phone 2 times!
@crise Will you elaborate please? You're comment is without merit unless you can prove otherwise.
This is a great update - but says not supported for 930.
Because 930 doesn't support glance.....
Apparently it never will be, thanks to Micronokia balking at paying a few extra doubloons to give their flagship phone screen memory. Eejits.
A screen with a memory would have costed them 999999$
What a joke, how much could an SD reader and this extisting memory chip add to the cost. It's already a $600 phone
That's why the grossly under-promoted 925 is a superior phone. [ducks for cover]
Just wait for the 935 that'll come out soon ;)
I've a 925 and would love to upgrade to a 930 for the better camera, processor, memory, etc. But without glance & being a bit bulky I'm holding off for a 935.
Why head for cover? We can take em :P
I see you!!!!
This update came and m getting L730 -_-
That's why I passed on the Icon and kept with my Lumia 928. @Ali Sanaei Glance is a must have for me. Even before this major update.
And then they call 930 a flagship.. :| 1520 is a true WP flagship. It rules ✌
Can anyone confirm if this update still works with Glance Background Beta? That'll be amazing.
Yup! Still works. Looks amazing on my Lumia 1020.
Yes, "Glance Background Beta" still works with this Update.
For me it works but the weather info disappears after 15 seconds or so. Does anyone else have the same issue?
Yeah its set like that I guess... But the detailed status is placed at the bottom that's good... Before it was at the top...
Yes it is separate to the time/date. I like it like that. Looks more dynamic.
My 1020 now doesn't show glance background, really annoyed
Why can't they give glance to my 8X :S
Ask HTC...
Great for the devices that support it!
+1020 AMOLED
It looks amazing on the Lumia 925. Day and date addition is a welcome change.
+1020
Yes indeed. I would always have to go to the lock screen to figure out what day of the month it is. I am thrilled about that addition and the updated Glance looks AMAZING on the 1520 as well. I always have my Lumias and 808 PureView/Nokia N8 on my desk to see the time so this updated glance for Windows Phone is simply stunning and extremely useful. I need to see my calendar events as I work in IT and right now my Glance screen shows: Normal Partly Cloudy 56 F 63|34 SAT 52|38 SUN 60|40 10:02 Friday October 3 Event 11504 - (Technician Name) CCB 2012 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM 1 Email 4 Emails 2 Emails Extremely useful! There is so much real world value in owning a Lumia that has Glance.
Yes! Tbh...quite surprised because I remember a wee while back that they said support would end and it would remain in beta?
+820
Have background sites still work! I also noticed the name has changed to glance screen instead of just glance. Not that it is that important
+1020
Somehow..weather is not showing up here ... Sad.. Any tricks for 1520?
Go to lock screen settings. Make sure you select MSN Weather for your lock screen. Open the app once and it should work then.
I did the same. Restarted the app restarted my phone(Lumia 820) But its not working for the glance screen.
Did you go to glance screen settings? It will ask you to restart.
Yes! Did that immediately after the update.
Well, I did the same. I opened glance settings, restarted, but didn't get weather. Then I went to lock screen settings and clicked on 'open app' to open MSN Weather. Without closing the app, I locked the screen and boom! Weather on my glance. Really love it on my 1020's AMOLED screen.
Okay! I'll try it again.
It's the top setting, usually has "photo" as the option. ;)
Work on my Lumia 820, thanks Bro!!
Other than weather I remember there were few apps that give some information like Quotes, Facebook, etc on the lock screen.... It would be awesome if it works with glance
Yeah it's a bit fiddly. I restarted a couple of times and it still didn't show. I removed it from the Lock Screen, then replaced it and then it wasn't even on the Lock Screen. Eventually I went into the app from my pinned tile and then it loaded the weather data again and finally it displayed on the Lock Screen and Glance. Nice. Gotten to the point where it's just a B&W version of the Lock Screen.
You can even have a background photo (coloured too) using 'Glance Background Beta'. A complete lock screen, actually.
It wasn't working for me also, but I did this: - settings>background app (turn it of and then on again) - go to thw weather app and refresh (you'll find it in settings) It now works for me :-)
Your sure you have GDR1
Works without GDR1
Would really like this on my 930.
Sorry! Glance is not available for the 930 because of hardware limitations.
I think there should exist a software trick to overcome that limitation
Glance works by "saving" the information to the screen memory. So when you are looking at the glance screen, you're not firing up the main cpu cores, saving a LOT of battery. Since it uses a piece of hardware (screen memory), there isn't any software to replace that hardware, at least not any that would have any benefit over just looking at your "regular" lock screen.
Couldn't they offer a simulated glance option then at least? Let us tick a box which basically shows us the lock screen automatically similar to what glance does?
So, how that screen memory updates the date/time without accesing main CPU? Also, how is Glance affected by the proximity sensor if (AFAIK) that sensor is also controlled by the main CPU?
I Changed the background app to Weather. It now shows Weather on the Lock Scree but not on the glance screen.
See above.
Did that! Not working. Which device do you have?
Lumia 1020
Doesn't work for me either on 920
Did you open glance settings from settings menu?
I think its buggy. Should be updated soon.
yep straight after the update. i've changed lock screen source app, cycled all the settings in glance, restared phone... nada. does not show weather info on glance.
Try clicking on 'open app' from lock screen settings to open MSN Weather and lock the screen. That's how I got it working.
Tried that too... no dice.
There is a slight possibility that you're a bit quick in opening and quitting apps. You might wanna make sure you open the app, wait for like 20 seconds for it to load everything up in the background, then close the app using the go back button (<-––). If you wait up to 20 seconds for each step, it might work. I also think the go back button will save settings you make, compared to using the Windows Logo button which in some cases might not save it, just put it in the background for later use (?).
It's working on my 920..
It's working for my 920
Having same issue on my 920 also. And I have all the latest and greatest updates from the Preview for Devs on my phone.
It took sometime to shows up on my l920.
Turn off night mode
isn't there any way to get the glance on 520 ? :|
No... :(
The only way is to get a new phone (just kidding)
Bout friggin time!
I really don't understand how hard to write a change log can be.
my words!!
wait..MS will be sending an invite for this..
Hahahaha!!
I agree, but then you have to translate it to like... 200 languages!!
It would spoil the suspense!
That delights me. But my battery life seems get worse. Poor little 925......
I love how Nokia, and now Microsoft, always say that something is coming with a firmware update and in the end this come just as a app update...
I remember it was rumoured to come with Denim...
Not rumored, but officially announced.
I have it with Lumia Black and it works great!
Hi, how do you get the most recent glance version on Black?
Because it MAY need a firmware update. Mostrly compatibility or battery issues...
after the update it is not showing any options under glance screen... Just blank screen :(
Restart your Phone.
Same here, just blank. I've restarted, soft reset my phone... :(
My poor 625
L625 :(
+620
Why can't they release glance to all the windows phone devices
Because glance screen stores data on the memory of the display itself. And not on the phones memory. For glance they will have to install those displays on every phones and not every type of display is supported. Or they have to re design the glance app in a different API
Like many annoying things Microsoft does, it's a choice. While glance on an unsupported device would drain the battery in no time, providing an option -- even if only while the phone is on a charger, could be done. They simply choose not to do it. Glance on only while charging would be useful and have no down-sides.
Yeah and make non NFC phones have NFC! And I want to use phones without a front facing camera for Skype video calls! Could be done! What's wrong with Microsoft! So annoying.
I'm getting the restart to finish installing pop up no matter how many times I reboot.
Posted via the Windows Phone Central App for Android.
EDIT: Fixed now, but I had to reinstall glance using the 100 yrs trick
Hi even am having the same problem. What trick did u use?
If you turn the clock forward about 100 years you can press on the app and it'll say something has gone wrong then you can uninstall it. Then just turn the date back and reinstall glance using the link provided in this post. After a reboot it should work. It'll ask you to login to all your accounts again but that's the only side effect
still doesnt work and the best part is even after uninstalling glance the glance screen is working :P
Not sure then, worked for me.
I think GDR1 is required to get the Weather on Glance Screen. I've restarted, etc., I have MSN Weather on Lock Screen, but it won't show on Glance, even if it's set up to. I have a 1020 running Cyan, but no GDR1 Dev Preview. For those reporting that Weather is displayed, could you specify are you using DP or not? thanks
I am running GDR1 + Black on my 1020 and it worked after a while or so.
I am on DP preview but this glance weather feature is Super buggy. weather shows up then disapepars 30 seconds later. its useless.
That's to prevent burn-in. That's intended. It's not a bug.
It is written in the glance screen settings that it will disappear after 30 seconds
Weather is not appearing i have lumia cyan + wp8.1 dp and gdr1:(
Open the MSN weather app to refresh.
I restarted glance and installed weather and opened it several times and of course changed the background in the lock screen to weather and opened the app. Tgen restarted my phone and still weather not appearing in my glance screen it only appears on lock screen
I have a reason to believe that the Developer Preview version has issues with this, as is expected. If you think about it, a preview is... well, a preview release. It is full of new features, but it's not full of stability. There might even be differences in the API programming making this not work as expected, but this is just me speculating.
Go inside the weather app itself and refresh it a couple of times. Worked for me.
The new change is also that it shows date and detailed notifications also...
Just 8.1 Cyan wirthout any dp update was enough for me. It works fine on my 1020
Well, my assumption was wrong: you just have to wait for while before weather shows. 1020, Cyan, no dev preview here. For those who think (as I did) weather doesn't work, just give it 10 minutes to update.
It doesn't require GDR1. It's the Weather app that is buggy
Ok for people that did restart their phones after opening glance and also selected weather for th their lock screen but it doesn't show the weather, just wait at most 30 min and then it will work. The app needs to update then it will show it on your glance and lock screen.
It showed on lock screen but glance no
I assume that second screen along in the screenshots is what it looks like now… that's amazing if so, that's a great use of the glance screen. Thoroughly impressed!
Yup that's how it is.
If I'll change background application to MSN Weather, i won't get Bing Wallpapers. Please separate them. I would like to use them simultaneously!!!
They should make Weather as a detailed status app, like on Windows PC, instead of a lock screen background.
Totally agree, hope they will add Weather glance support without having to change the lock screen app/wallpaper. Btw nice job Microsoft, I really like this. It's not buggy, weather disappear after a while, I just pass my hand over proximity sensor and there it is ;)
And we can't use Live Lock Screen Beta togeher with MSN Weather, or?
This -- so this. I'm not willing to give up the lock screen of my family just to see weather on the glance screen.
I really waiting for amazing weather app will have support for glance
Yes, we should ask the Developer. Btw. the last Update of Amazing Weather HD was on 13.05. :-(
Agreed. MS needs to open this up to Developers. I love amazing weather.
just hope, that in time they open this feature to other third party apps ! weather app of one own choice, or any app one choices would be even better.
Isn't it already open to third Party Apps since Windows 8.1 Update 1?
i remember them saying they would open the glance feature. but im not sure when !! hopefully this is the starter point ..
Looks nice and amazing on my Lumia 920....old but support glance haha
Sad 930 users!! XD
920 is one of the best flagship phones ever built
Seems any phone is a flagship to MS anymore
I don't like this, I'll have to change my lock screen app to have a glance at weather! I wish I could add weather to glance without having to put weather app as lock screen.
+1
+2
10-4
Why can't I get the weather on glance without selecting weather as my lock screen app. Not fair.
That's how it works at the moment. It may get updated to have that feature.
Nice update with the weather it works and it s very nice to see it on glance :). BUT... I dont like the weather runs on the lockscreen but only on glance screen. Is that possible?
No, unfortunately, but it looks great
I vote for substantial update to Xbox Music and Video
Work great here!! 1520 :-)
+1020
+720
Goes to energy saver while is the glance display showing the date and time?
Now the 830 is useless. Flagship please!
830 supports this already.
Thats what I mean! Its one of the only differentiations it had
I don't get it
This feature was announced as a 830 thing or at least everyone thought that, but now it's available on every phone that support Glance. So now 830 hasn't got nothing unique.
The 1520 retains the King status among wphones.
No one thought this would be an 830-Only thing.
On my Lumia 1020, I can now see weather on lock and glance screen. Wish I could see weather on glance and Bing image on lock.
Never understood why the Icon wasn't support for Glance. I don't understand I thought this was a flagship device but it's always getting the shaft!
Verizon shit
No glance using 625...
Awesooooooooooome !!!!!!
Very good Update. Waiting for other apps to support.
It would have been cool, if you could use Live Lockscreen, AND get another app, weather for example, on your glance screen....
This has only been said about 200 times already. Stop.
I lost hover feature
It's there.
It work with any app that can show their info on Lock Screen, even with app that support Live Lock Screen. Now question, does anyone know any weather app that support Live Lock Screen?
Only weather and health and fitness apps are supports the new glance screen
nice additions,but personally i only keep the clock on glance. anything else and the screen is basically never off. also it defeats the purpose of the lock screen
Lots of "does not work" reviews. I ain't updating it.
Do update it! Works great!
You need to restart your phone, go to glance in settings and restart
Scdkad, lots of people doing it wrong.
Ok I'll think about it!
Works for Lumia 1020, but few seconds and the weather glance disappears from screen leaving only date and time, is it supposed to be like this?
Yes, to prevent burn-in.
Range to show it again
Yes
Love the new option, but it interferes with my daily Bing wallpaper fix. I wish I didn't have to use Weather as the lockscreen in order to use this feature.
Now, I wonder if other apps will now be allowed to access glance and be able to show their info there as well as just Weather and Health and Fitness...That would be sweet if an app like Lockmix could show their information as well.
+720
Minor detail I noted. The size and position of the time and date is now consistent with WP8.1. Bit more polished and seamless.
Yes!!
Health and fitness shows nothing on glance and lock screen
It means you have got nothing new for it to show.
Like what?
Getting off your ass
They have changed all settings, now its more customizable ;)
+1020
Works great on my 1020 Posted via the Windows Phone Central App for Android
I wish I could have weather and a photo on my luck screen (and h+f for that matter). I don't want to ditch my photo (which is awesome) just for the weather info, but I do still want the weather info. Hopefully one day they include that option.
I just noticed that the weather information on the glance screen seems to have a timeout. If you wave your hand over the screen it comes back.
Didnt know that thanks for the tip.
Glance Screen is very important to me. I just glance at my phone's screen to look at any unread notification especially the important one such as missed call and text... Anyway, doesn't our glance screen is the same with HTC dot case effects? It's kinda cool at my sight!
I don't see the changes yet.
Its working good so far, think it's really neat loving it!!;
it won't work on my Lumia 720
When you turn on night mode the weather disappear , I want glance in green so I turn on night mode all the time but then you can not see glance weather. Think they should add an option for that or is it just me. . .
+1
Yeah u jave to wave ur hanf if the weather info goes off.
Then there's me with an HTC 8x ...
I updated glance and now everytime I try to open it in App Settings, it would ask me to restart on my Lumia 720... Any idea?
Restart it from there.
Have you actually bothered to restart it?
Yep. Several times. Keep asking the same :(
Try deleting glance using time trick (search WPCentral for that--don't remember the exact procedure). Then reinstall from the store. Should work then.
Damn no one commented this so far. Time to get some hate. Seems faster
Someone already did.... Try reading all the comments.. About 30 posts back.. Anyway... Banned!!!!
Oh I've really been looking forward to this one. But I don't get why the weather auto-hides??! I have my glance screen 'always on' and for me that's like the whole point. I keep my phone next to me at work and I can just look at it to get a bunch of useful information without actually having to reach it. Now I need to wave my hand over it to get the weather... I might as well press the power button while my hand is there. This kind of defeats the purpose of glance. Pleeease let me have the weather always on!!!
The screen could burn in. The Date/Time change theire position after some time, but the Weather always is on the same spot.
"burn in".... Isn't that something that relates to eighties analog TV's?
Nope, it was more common with Plasma HDTVs. AMOLED screens are susceptible to burn in as well.
No. Otherwise glance always on would not work. Burn in affects plasma screens anyway, damn....
I don't know why Lumia 520 can't have glance when tht Asha 501 can....
Lol did you really just say that?
Its been that way since day 1 bro lol
There are no third party apps which support Glance.
In the updated Glance Screen you can select "hide glance screen" in Night mode. I believe this is new.
Yes.
Ya it's new feature added.
Hmm, so if I want the weather info, I have to drop the picture I want as background on my lock screen. That is not smart. It should allow some text info to be ontop of the background image.
Ya, agreed..you could do that using Umbrella 8 weather app..it ll show you current temperature number on glance screen..
It's a nice addition!
Finally, the same layout as the lock screen! Like I ever wanted since the black update with the notification icons...
Weather only shows up when night mode is off?
Why would you need Weather-Info in Night-Mode?
Not supported on my Lumia 625
Looking okayish on my 1320..but I have to sacrifice my choice for lock screen...thats not good..well ll try for couple of days and then see..
Updating
Now i don't my wife anymore for her 930 ;-)
Lol the obvious use is that the battery life is saved, especially if you're not near a charger and secondly this reduces the strain we put on the lock button. Some users have reported a broken lock button. With glance you can see all of your relevant info in a glance lol
Not to mention double tap to wake
I don't get weather either. The calendar doesn't work. The information of out of date. Crap!
I really love glance! No other platform actually gives us this functionality
I don't want weather on the lock screen,. Glance forces this if you want it on the glance screen. No thanks
Anyone noticed that the quick notifications disappear after enabling the background app feature?
920 :D it worked
How to get weather on glance by selecting a different app in the background..??
I want a photo in the lock screen but weather on glance.. How to do this?
I grabbed it
Hey.... Bring it for Lumia 520....
Really? This is just slapping the current flagship owners right in the face :(
Why?
930/ICON doesn't have glance...
Get the 'affordable flagship' :P
The 1520 is the only one with all the bells and whistles. It is the flagship
Damn just updated the glance and in the setting when I go to glance screen it tells me to restart and I have restarted about 10 times and still in the settings it is telling me to restart again and no change in glance screen Lumia 620 WP 8.1 update 1 with cyan. Any fixes about the issue?
Well obviously, you have to use a compatible app as the lock screen back ground, and the only apps that are, is MSN Health and Fitness and MSN weather. So go to lock screen settings and choose weather as the background app. Not hard. Maybe you shouldn't have this phone.
I mean even after updating app there is no change in glance and glance setting always asks me to restart the phone. And by the way what is the problem with the phone?
Have you replaced the lock screen app with msn weather in locksceeen settings?
Yes.
Try deleting glance using time trick and reinstall from the store.
Hi, I have the same problem, i used the time trick and reinstalled the app with no changes. My phone is also a Lumia 620 with Cyan update. Any suggestions?
Found a fix. First uninstall the glance using the time trick, then go to storage sense and choose phone option for installing applications. Then download glance from store and enjoy! This error arises due to glance installed on sd card instead install it on phone memory.
Sigh, just on the day my Lumia 735 will arrive! :S
Just wait until other apps like awesome lock adds the API. Then it will be game on
Its a shame i turned it off due my battery not being as good as it used too
Funny how little things like adding weather info on the glance screen is more exciting and useful than that entire pathetic live lock screen app everyone uninstalled after 2 min.
I hope they update the Live Lock Screen Beta soon.
Exactly. Seems like the live lockscreen app is nothing more than a gimmick that didn't last too long. With all the excitement and subsequent disgust, it hasn't been updated since its inception.
+1⬆
Got it! Nice weather glance. Thanks wpc
My poor Lumia Icon... Miss my Glance feature but I guess I've gotten used to not having it.
I like it... I just don't want the weather as my lock screen... Dang!
Wonder if that guy will complain again today about his 930 not being supported like yesterday.
update glance>downld msn weather> open
weather, check the weather and exit.. go to
glance in settings>it will ask you to restart> after
restart go to lockscreen settings and choose
weather and on glance allow background apps>
lock ur phone and see the magic..;)
Not in L520..uhhh..:/
Not working on L720 running DP. The new glance screen app advises that Weather and H&F are supported but they do not appear in the lock screen list! Also noticed the Detailed Status Notification slider in the Glance Screen app is on but greyed out...cannot be changed!
Anyone notice battery issues? I installed this and configured weather, works great and love it but in 1 hour my battery is at 30%.
Forget it. I rebooted and the battery is now reporting 89%. Strange though.
Apparently, everyone did forget you, sorry
That's why my l620 is difficult to give up even for l730 Posted via the Windows Phone Central App
Well...this is great...but one thing i would want is to get bing images and weather over that....there is no such setting available in Weather Lock Screen....i don't want to display clouds nd all on lock screen.....otherwise glance is just a mirror image of actual lock screen....just that everything is black ...lol
Observed...font change...the text is looking better now...
Lumia 930 doenst habe a glance screen ... Wuuw
Wow...whther looks cool in glance mode....
Really awesome...good work Microsoft
Battery fast draining after PD latest update also with cyan.
I would like to have weather on glance but not on my lock screen, now I have to choose between glance's weather or keeping my background photo, meh
It took them freaking time to add the date in glance. Also why coudnt they add "widget" support for(just posible to add weather from glance settings) glance? Im not changin my lock screen changer app to ugly weather lock screen app. Also its sad to see that Microsoft killed glance background beta this might be the last update for clange since microsoft if moving to 1080p screens and it consumes too much power to use glance
Hey Rich, Grab a 1020 or 1520 and reacquaint yourself with some great hardware that supports "Glance" ;)
If I put a text to display on the Glance Screen, so would the Weather be hidden and vice-versa? How is it working as of now? I won't be able to install this update until few more hours. Thanks in advance. :)
Shame i cant leave lock screen pictures from bing and glance information from the weather app.. i dont want to see the clouds everytime i unlock the phone in the UK
Is glance screen in the Lumia 630??
Now they need to update Glance Background to support Bing images and I'm done. What I want is both background to be the same...
That doesn't even make sense. There'd be no energy savings at that point. You might as well just turn on your screen.
It's smoother and faster in the glance screen's transition to the lockscreen as well. Great update to the glance screen!
Does this mean I have to have MSN weather as my lock screen as well? Because if that is so, then its a let down...
Yep. That's the tradeoff--and one I'm not willing to make. Gotta have my Bing image fix.
I feel the same! Gona keep this new glance on for a while though, well until I can't handle seeing clouds everytime I unlock my phone haha...
I knew not ask Nokia phones supported glance, but never knew why. Anyone care to enlighten me?
BTW Glance screen now also supports Full HD resolution - the font is now smaller on devices like Lumia 1520 which is good. Need more apps to start supporting Full HD screens.
Good job!
Eating battery
Did they seriously completely removed the quick text on glance.?? Honestly, that was the most important for me and no one seems to notice it!!
They sure did. I hope MS comes here and sees the comments and says oops and then reintroduces the glance feature with the capabilities it did have with what they've added in this update. I used the text feature all the time. I can see engineers sitting around and saying " ahhh no one uses the text feature nor do they want different screens for glance and lock screen, we don't see a need for those features so the masses wont notice it being gone. No way....."
I agree! Glance text was a very useful feature...I hope they can bring it back in the next update.
a little help here. my weather shows on lockscreen but not on glance screen. what should i do.? Lumia 920. thank you
Still wish I could get 8.1 on my Icon..
It's so beautiful.. Now I am thinking not to ditch my L720 for 730
They don't fill the same niche anyway...
Love the update, it's great! Adds more customization, and makes things look cleaner. Plus 3rd party app support is fantastic. I hope they open up the API to more developers soon, I'd love for my lock screen app to take advantage of this!
Feeling sad for the 730 users.
Not Available For My Lumia 520 :(
Too bad that the lumia x30 series didn't get glance screen support :(
830 supports glance.
The main addition for me is the "Day and Date"
Nokia Motion Monitor is not supported after update /1520 :(
Class on the 1020
Pretty unfortunate that you have to set the lockscreen to the app just for Glance to get that data. MSN Weather doesn't let you choose a picture - and the pictures it uses straight up suck. Hope in the future they add some sort of API so the Glance screen can be updated directly and separately from the Lock screen.
I have a Lumia 822 and when I go to the link in the store it does not show their is an update for Glance.
Figured it out, apparently it installed the new glance in the background and I needed to reboot the phone. All is good now, the weather is really cool.
I do miss Glance on my 930.....................
Now all that is need is MSN Weather to have the option to use custom images as the lockscreen background. I like the Glance integration but not a fan of the generic images Weather offers.
I too would like the option of keeping my lock screen photos rather than the weather page. I don't need that when I've just been informed of the weather on Glance. Also the extraneous info, IE date, email notification, etc. used to disappear after a while, revealing only the time and the rest of the cool pic I chose for the Glance screen. Working on my 920
My text on lockscreen is missing
Yeah that's gone. I hopw MS reads these commentsand says OOOPS.. And then they update Glance BACK to the features it did have plus these new ones.
My nokia 1100 and 1110i used to have glance support. Just FYI.
Would be even better if MSN Weather would allow us to use our own background on the lockscreen. Apart from that, it's pretty cool. Reminds me of my old Nokia N9
I don't like the Microsoft Weather app for the lock screen (it doesn't even support Bing wallpaper) and since it is needed for Glance I guess no weather glance for me.
How big is the download? Can't wait till I get home on WiFi but I've a data limit to consider!
funny. the weather info times out like 5 seconds meaning it disappears from glance but once you wave your hand infront of the camera it reappears. this maybe tomsave baterry. But now lockscreen seems to be redundant.
I turned off glance a couple weeks ago. It gets annoying to be unlocking my phone and seeing the same info twice. I really haven't missed it.
With Glance you don't need to unlock your Phone for basic information.
Cool feature but not cool enough to have to have the Weather App take over my lock screen completely.
Glance is the best WP feature, thanks MS!
I wish they had glance for 521
It doesn't work independently of Lock Screen Beta, so no custom lock screen if you want Weather on Glance... Pathetic!
+720. Pity for 730/735.
Nice one from Glance!
Now it shows date and month, or was this there before? Can't remember
Glance Background Beta is only available in the US, not the UK store. Why?
It's not available for my 630 :[
Power Saving mode was still showing a battery with a heart in the middle instead of a shield. As long as they fixed this........
All I see is a weather photo on the lock screen, nothing on glance
-930
Glance was great before....now it's even better! Adding background app support will open up doors for other apps to utilise that space too. Day, date and weather is a massively welcome addition to the time on my Glance Screen. Love it!
But why does the weather time out after 10 secs when Glance is set to always on? Seems a bit silly that you then have to double tap or unlock to see it when you'll see it on your lock screen anyway
Just wave your hand over the display if you want to see the weather again. It's probably to prevent screen burnout.
Do developers have the necessary APIs to make their features/apps available on the glance screen? I'm not a huge fan of bing/MSN/MS Weather app.
Are available any other apps supporting new Glance Screen? Can developers access this feature or it's only MS speciality?
Not on my 930... :(
why glance is not supported by lumia 520?
Memory size, surely for keep the glance display working must use 100mb ram a thing that would matter in, the 520 but are you not missing a lot glance v only show day time in black white screensaver so are you not missing a lot
Why it's still not available for Lumia 625.
does 830 supports glance?
Yes
Absolutely. Sent from my Lumia 830.
Its not working after puting weather as my lock screen
Custom text display disappeared ... :(
Works great for me! My only issue is that they need to update it so I can have my own background when the phone is turned on!
My glance screen setting doesn't even open now ! L720 it says restart I did restart twice still the same
"Double tap to wake" no longer works after installing the update on my 1520. Anyone else experiencing this?
Not me. Hell, I'd anything double tap to wake feels more responsive now as since the update it has worked the first time every time.
Where does the text information went? It's not possible to show text again?
Not available on my Lumia 830...
:( My 930's only let down
Can't install on 925 w/ 8.1 dev preview. Anyone else with the same issue?
No problems here on my locked T-Mobile US branded Lumia 925. Running Lumia Black Firmware and WP 8.1.1
Cant i have a different lock screen and differnt glance screen? I suppose not, so need to wait till Awesome Lock starts to support glance screen. Or Microsoft needs to support different apps controlling the lock screen and glance screen.
I wish it could be part of the glance screen bur not the lock screen. It's redundant to have to see the weather twice.
Why do I have to change the lock background to make it Weather in order to get the weather glance... Weather glance is a cool feature but it has to be kept what from the lock background
Why does it seem like MS half asses so many things? On this, it doesn't work in night mode. You have to use Microsoft Weather (that could change). Microsoft Weather doesn't use Bing Background Images. So in order to use this Substantial Update, I have to stop using a different MS feature, my own background. Hopefully Amazing Weather will be able to do this soon.
Awesome
shit but please make it available for l520 too
I wish we could show weather on the chance screen but still keep a photo for the lockscreen. This is annoying.
I love it.... Great new addition! Posted via Windows Phone Central App
My glance screen appears to be broken now, I can no longer see it at all... Shame, I like my glance screen.
Meh...takes up too much real estate on my 822's tiny screen, and unless another phone is coming to Verizon soon, the Icon doesn't have glance. Not too excited :)
Hope they figure a way to get this on the Icon. I miss Glance from my 928...not enough to switch back, but it's a really nice feature.
Its buggy, I can't turn on the glance after the update... :(
It's a nice feature but I don't like how I have to set the weather app as my lock screen for it to work. If they integrate the app to the live lock screen that would be awesome!
As if I needed another reason to love my 1520! Every Windows device needs this. Make it a thing Microsoft, build it into the OS or install the app on every device. At least the mid and high ranges!
What happen to text on glance, feeling sad
Like this addition but I'm torn between using it and not having the live lock screen beta running. Hopefully there will be a way to storage the two.
Too bad MSN Weather is so inaccurate....
Too bad MSN weather is so inaccurate.... And in California of all places
Oh yeah! Finally, i can see the current DATE (not just time) in the glence screen. I dont need to enter Lock Screen anymore! (Lumia 1520)
How can i put any text like i had previously? Nokia lumia 925
Doesn't seem to work in conjunction with lockscreen beta...
They should add the setting to put the weather app of your choice on the glance screen. MSN weather doesn't pick up my location...
Why when shows information the glance display shows up the battery status in energy saver mode and worst my battery life decreased about 60%
Why glance weather disappear after 30 second? My setting glance is always On,,old my phone 920
To prevent a burn-in.
If the weather isn't showing, go to lockscreen settings, select Weather as background, then stay there for 2-3 minutes without letting the screen going timed out
Just when I thought I should get a 930, glance update happened :-S
Why glance weather disappear after 1 minutes?? My setting glance is always On,,sent my old phone l920,
Lumia 930 owner here so I'll just say hi to everyone...
It works only once? Worked once now its working on my Lumia 1520
Make ur lock screen msn weather app,then change on glance setting
Very cool. I like it!
It is working fine for my Lumia 820
Works perfectly on my 1020. I look forward to more apps having that capability.
Sucks' it doesn't work with Bing image.
It worked smoothly and beautiful on my 820 Lumia black, nice move Microsoft!!!
L620 gets glance screen..why not L520?
Weather was working on Lumia black, however it's not working when I have updated to cyan :(
As others have pointed out. This is stupid. Why must I have my lockscreen tied to this? It really defeats the purpose of 'glancing' at the info if I then instantly see the same info on my lockscreen, but now with a crappy background image. (Yes its fine if I really am JUST glancing at the screen) I like my photos on my lockscreen, and its something I can't do without. Turning this crap off.
If you can't get this working, note that Live Tiles has to be turned on in the Weather app. Neither the Glance nor lock screen will show the weather if it's off.
I wish they have the glance weather support and the lock screen background separate. The app background doesn't look cool :(
Too bad Weather is never accurate for me.
Works great on my Lumia 720.. Follow the proper steps and this should work for all.
I want to use a different app for this glance screen then I do the normal lock screen...
After trying and trying it still didn't work! This due to cyan update, did a hard reset/factory settings, and voila it works like a charm (also other glance problems and 4g problems are solved now!)
Very nice, I've always wanted an "Always On While Charging" setting! However, I have Bing as my lockscreen background app--so it kind of sucks that I have to switch to the MSN Weather for my background to make it show up on Glance (which I'm guessing is causing some of the confusion reported in the comments).
Don't work with live lock screw either. That has to be disabled. Too bad. I was all excited.
Yeah, I love it
Sweet, now can anyone tell me which top end device can show you time, date, day and weather without touching your device. That is without it being unlocked!! Answer my WP!!
Now if I could only use Weather Flow instead of Weather (I like their lock screens better), and still have weather-in-Glance support. Oh, and perhaps an option to show hourly weather instead of daily weather (or both, if the screen doesn't get too busy).
I should have to set weather app as my background in order to have this feature. It should already be implemented within the operating system it self. However when it works it's good.
i received the update this morning but i dont see the options in ur screen shot, is it only 8.1 versions getting this update and if so could you note it in your article
I've been playing with the Health and Fitness app all day and I don't know how to make anything pop up with it and glance. Anyone else have any luck?
The same here! Anybody?
Why i can't get it on my lumia620???i have glance
?
I guess you got have cyan update. It shows the date, hours and notifications but not the background running Bing Weather app. On my pfd nl 620 to no avail yet.
Wait, so I have to change my lock screen to Weather in order to have glance show weather? Kinda redundant, yeah? I like my lockscreen to show Bing photos, and I want glance to show weather. Kinda crappy how this works...
Very confused, the app appears to be on my phone, but only option is to share it.... ?
Nice ideas but it has disabled Glance Background. I'm getting increasingly worried that Microsoft can't be trusted to not ruin Nokia
You have to get cyan update first I guess as it not available for my Lumia 620.
Works on my 1520 but not on my 1020.
I feel it sucks battery like a bitch now. With data/wifi turned off, nothing running in the background and even having battery saver on, I lose ~10% during the night. What's up with that?
Hey guys. Previously I was able to enter my own name to be displayed in the Glance screen. Now I can't seem to do this. Has this been removed?
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Hey guys. Previously I was able to configure Glance screen to show my name. Now I seem to be unable to do this after the update. Has this function been removed?
Why does Glance app say last updated 3/21/2014 V. 2.3.0.4,
not 10/3/2014 ?
In my lumia 920 ,after the glance update it shows me shield on battery (battery saver symbol) though my battery is fully charged and i haven't even turned on battery saver mode. Can any one tell me what to do to remove that un-neccessory symbol ? plzz
Works fine on my L1020, does not show extra info if on night mode or on battery saver mode.
Has anyone else had issues with glance after the update? I went into the setting and it asked me to restart my phone, I did that and now glance doesn't work at all, I get absolutely nothing any more. I tried turning off glance, then on again and still nothing. So yeah, has anyone else experienced this?
I hope Glance supports MSN Weather without setting it as the lockscreen wallpaper.
Would be cool if you could set a different app to be used on the lock screen than the glance screen. For example weather on the glance screen and then maybe just the Bing photo on the lock screen.
I have MSN weather and i cannot make it appear in glance screen. Any ideas?
Just when my 620 got used to the Cyan update, battery wise... this glance update drains my battery again...
Now is managed to make it work disabling Night mode and enabling the Meteo app under lock screw settings. A welcomed addition to our Glance screen phones, ty MS
Cool in my 620
it doesn't work on my nokia lumia 920. how to get it?
Why does the Windows Store not have this update it says Last updated 3/21/2014 Version
2.3.0.4
Not working properly for 720, doesn't work after few minutes.
Is there any way to fix?
Not working properly for my 720, stops working after few mins.
Is there any fix available??
Good update but not so useful for how I use the device. Call me when Cortana is an option for background push app!
It appears that the Glance update removed a very usefull feature , the custom text that could be included the Glance screen. The Glance update is worst that the previous edition. It is made to address Microsoft interests, rather than their customers. It is made to address their marketing interest of MSN Health and Fitness and MSN weather etc. By the way the update to their so called new MSN Health and Fitness from the Bing Health and Fitness is also made worst. It removes the capability to synch to Healtvault. Thus a lot of data collected over a long periods and with a lot of effort suddenly without warning and without a option to export and save , become useless.
Like the weather shows on glance screen but it is too boring the lock screen shows the same weather. Hope the lock screen can choose Bing picture because it change everyday and the glance can show weather.
Custom text is no longer available! Sadly, it was the only feature that allowed me to put ICE number in a visible place.
Cant get glance on Lumia 630. Oh well
I'm sorry, but I'm not giving up my beautiful rotating Bing Images for weather on Glance, particularly when it only lasts a few seconds without waving a hand over it anyway. Allow me both, and I'll be in.
This may have been on before. Since the update to my glance screen on 1520 phone I have lost the text showing my address & land phone number. What will happen now if I mislay it? Please can I have it back.
Yes, I have Lumia 1520 and tied this and it works. Just wave hand over face of phone and it displays the weather info.. Also, from the Lock Screen settings (accessed through and while in the Glance settings) select "Open App" and get back out and it will work. :-) HOwever, I do like the different pictures of Bing on the lock screen after double tapping the Glance screen to open the phone. I like the different pictures each day. Too bad I can't have both. The weather on my Glance screen AND The Bing pictures each day on my swipe up lock screen. Common MS give me both options!
Hi guys, my glance screen shows wrong battery info just beside the clock, can anyone suggest me how to fix this? I tried uninstalling glance background sensing that could be the problem but to no avail.
I hope it will be available to my Lumia 520 Windows phone 8.1
I just noticed that I don't have Glance Screen anymore - I dont know when this happened. I waved my hand over the screen just now to view it but there's none. Where is it?? -Lumia 1020-
p/s: Now the glance screen option on the settings page is blank. can someone please help me with this?
Why no glance screen on Lumia 630????
Since the update, glance for Bing weather is on off randomly.
How dose ut do that with the weather. It dose not show anything after trying all the possiblites. Using 720.
M missing the test and notes to keep in the glance screen. Please get it back. And the flexiblitiy to show weather, when needed and health and fitness tracking when m on the move. Cause I love the way it shows the info for the health and fitness.
Hi guys I'd like to stay on Amber. Is there a way to get latest Glance on Amber, or MUST i upgrad emy 920 to Cyan??
Why 730 does not have glance screen?
Any one reply plz
I have lumia 720, after upading denim version, galance background is not working..
hello i could not abel to see the glace screen in setting it will show plain screen Please help me with this

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