diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
index 8685aae737..fad9b0b3c5 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/widget/LauncherAppWidgetHostView.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import android.widget.AdapterView;
 import android.widget.Advanceable;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.annotation.UiThread;
 
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView
 
         mIsAttachedToWindow = true;
         checkIfAutoAdvance();
+
+        if (mLastLocationRegistered != null) {
+            mColorExtractor.addLocation(List.of(mLastLocationRegistered));
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -366,7 +371,7 @@ public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView
         if (mTempRectF.isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
-        if (!mTempRectF.equals(mLastLocationRegistered)) {
+        if (!isSameLocation(mTempRectF, mLastLocationRegistered, /* epsilon= */ 1e-6f)) {
             if (mLastLocationRegistered != null) {
                 mColorExtractor.removeLocations();
             }
@@ -375,6 +380,20 @@ public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView
         }
     }
 
+    // Compare two location rectangles. Locations are always in the [0;1] range.
+    private static boolean isSameLocation(@NonNull RectF rect1, @Nullable RectF rect2,
+            float epsilon) {
+        if (rect2 == null) return false;
+        return isSameCoordinate(rect1.left, rect2.left, epsilon)
+                && isSameCoordinate(rect1.right, rect2.right, epsilon)
+                && isSameCoordinate(rect1.top, rect2.top, epsilon)
+                && isSameCoordinate(rect1.bottom, rect2.bottom, epsilon);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isSameCoordinate(float c1, float c2, float epsilon) {
+        return Math.abs(c1 - c2) < epsilon;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onColorsChanged(RectF rectF, SparseIntArray colors) {
         // setColorResources will reapply the view, which must happen in the UI thread.
@@ -391,14 +410,6 @@ public class LauncherAppWidgetHostView extends NavigableAppWidgetHostView
     protected void onWindowVisibilityChanged(int visibility) {
         super.onWindowVisibilityChanged(visibility);
         maybeRegisterAutoAdvance();
-
-        if (visibility == View.VISIBLE) {
-            if (mLastLocationRegistered != null) {
-                mColorExtractor.addLocation(List.of(mLastLocationRegistered));
-            }
-        } else {
-            mColorExtractor.removeLocations();
-        }
     }
 
     private void checkIfAutoAdvance() {