The Gemini North (ON) AO system, Altair, has been routinely operating in LOS mode since 2007. Due to the initial optical design, the NOS field-of-view (FoV) is limited to a radius similar to 25 '' which limits the potential science. To improve this, we have tested the AO/LGS operation using a peripheral wavefront sensor (PWF S) whose patrol field is similar to 4'-7' from the target. This expanded NOS FoV permits greater sky coverage but with decreased resolution, FWHM similar to 0.1 '' - 0.2 '' making this mode very suitable for non-imaging spectrographic and integral field unit observations. We present the hardware and software upgrades to PWFS and Altair as well as the software necessary for making this observing mode a routine and integral part of ON operations. Characterization and performance of this new operation mode, known as LGS+P1, are presented.