One of the best features of an Android phone is that of widgets for the main screen, so that you always have interactive information or quick buttons under control. Widgets are applications that are embedded on the phone screen and allow quick access to its functionality . You can then keep a photo frame that shows a photo slideshow, the music player controls, the clock with weather, a button that enables the flashlight, or a news aggregator that updates automatically.
Many Android applications also include their widgets that can be added quickly on the screen by tapping and holding on an empty spot. The option that allows you to browse the widgets available and installed on the phone should then appear, to be added only by touching and dragging them to the part of the screen where you want to see. Widgets do not open as normal general menu applications, they are activated by pressing the home screen button and do not open new windows, they immediately activate the function.
In this article we see which are the best widgets to download for free for Huawei, Motorola, Samsung, LG and all Android phones .
READ ALSO: Most useful widgets for Android smartphones to start the day
Before starting with the list, it must be said that Android widgets must always be used without exaggerating, since they take up memory and can slow down the performance of older or less powerful smartphones. It should also be noted that widgets take up space on the phone's desktop and that applications with widgets generally cannot be moved to the SD card .
Best free widgets to download and install on Android
1) volume control to manage all volumes, including the ringtone and music volumes, quickly.
2) Battery HD to always have an eye on the state of charge of the battery in a drawing and activate the quick settings or the view of the use of the battery.
For the battery there is also Battery Widget, the lightest and most minimal.
3) Widget with ON / OFF switches and control buttons to quickly activate, with a touch, the wifi, the GPS, the bluetooth, to adjust the brightness, to synchronize the data, to activate the airplane mode and to put the mute or the vibration. In many Android smartphones, the power saving control widget is included which is similar, but not customizable.
4) ColorNote Notepad Notes is a widget for attaching colorful post-its to display on the Android screen with notes and to-do lists.
5) Evernote and Google Keep, the best clipboard apps, has a widget for syncing data, instant access to notes, searches, voice memos and more.
6) The Stats Monitor Widget to view the status of the phone: memory, CPU usage, network usage and other statistics.
7) Calendar Widget is the widget to have a customizable calendar that can also be synchronized with Facebook or with Google Calendar.
Another calendar to put on the phone and interactive screen is Event Flow Calendar, highly customizable, it is a very nice widget to see the calendar and events.
Of course, Google Calendar also has its own widget for the screen.
8) Speed Dial Widget is used to set up some contacts and call them with a touch or send them messages.
Another Widget with your favorite contacts is the Contacts widget .
9) Messages Google includes the widget to quickly read SMS messages from the Android phone screen.
10) FlashLight is the best application for having different types of flashlights on the Android phone which also has a widget to activate the flashlight with a touch .
11) MEteo Trasparente is a widget with digital clock, weather and other information, with nice and clean graphics.
Another Widget is also very elegant, which updates the weather forecast automatically and shows the clock to quickly access the alarm.
READ ALSO: Best Widgets with Weather and Time on Android transparent and customizable
12) Moon Widget shows the Moon and moon phases on the phone screen.
13) Weather Forecast is one of the best widgets to always have the weather forecast on your mobile phone, always in sight, with indications on the weather and temperature, if there is sun or rain.
SEE ALSO: Best weather app for Android with temperatures and weather forecast
14) Simple Weather Widget is a widget with tomorrow's weather forecast and temperatures for every city in the world, clean, clear and without ads.
15) aCalendar shows notifications and data about the last calls made or missed, the new SMS, and the events on the calendar.
16) Google News is the best feed reader with widgets to read the news directly on the screen of the Android phone.
Those who used Google Reader can instead use the Feedly widget to put directly on the full screen.
17) Plume is the best widget for Android capable of showing the latest news and updates of your contacts on Twitter and Facebook.
18) Sysinfo is the widget that indicates in a screen the system information with percentages and quantities on available RAM memory, processor usage, space on internal and SD memory, battery, system cache and more.
19) In another article, the Widgets to check the residual credit and the internet thresholds of a rechargeable.
Data Usage is a widget to always keep under control the traffic thresholds of the data connection.
20) Chronus is a super customizable widget that allows you to see a lot of information on the home screen and the lock screen, from notifications to time, weather and news and much more.
21) Dimmer is a widget that allows you to change the brightness of the screen, even higher than the minimum required by Android. Ideal for reading your cell phone at night in bed.
22) WiFi Manager is the control on the Android screen for managing WiFi networks with many options to search and select the network to connect to or disconnect from.
23) With UCCW you can transform the Android screen in the most different ways
24) Dialer Widget is a widget with the numeric keypad and the address book to make calls quickly from the main screen.
25) Elixir is a collection of customizable buttons that can be added on the screen to do things like turn on and off wifi, bluetooth, cellular data, location, airplane mode, synchronization and much more.
26) Data Enabler to activate and deactivate the data connection with a touch (does not work on lollipop)
27) Desktop Visualizer to create custom launch icons for applications
28) EAS: Easy App Switcher is a widget for creating a fast application launcher.
29) 2G-3G On Off to open the data connection settings.
30) Hotspot Toggle to quickly activate and deactivate the hotspot function
31) All Goals, the app for following the results of football matches, has its own widget to keep an eye on the results in real time.
32) Todoist, as a widget to mark appointments and things to do.
33) Do not forget that all Android phones include Gmail widgets to view emails, Google for Google assistant information, Google Maps, to quickly start driving to a specific destination (like at home), Play Music to start playing music.
34) Among the most popular apps with Widgets we mention Netflix, to see the movies in a box on the screen, then also Shazam, to recognize a song on the fly with the quick button, then the Google Translate, VLC for video controls, Whatsapp for received messages and quickly write to selected contacts.
35) Finally, in another article, the best apps to create custom widgets on Android of all kinds, as you want.
READ ALSO: best Android applications to download for free .
Not for the widget, but if you like this article you can install the Android Navigaweb app
Many Android applications also include their widgets that can be added quickly on the screen by tapping and holding on an empty spot. The option that allows you to browse the widgets available and installed on the phone should then appear, to be added only by touching and dragging them to the part of the screen where you want to see. Widgets do not open as normal general menu applications, they are activated by pressing the home screen button and do not open new windows, they immediately activate the function.
In this article we see which are the best widgets to download for free for Huawei, Motorola, Samsung, LG and all Android phones .
READ ALSO: Most useful widgets for Android smartphones to start the day
Before starting with the list, it must be said that Android widgets must always be used without exaggerating, since they take up memory and can slow down the performance of older or less powerful smartphones. It should also be noted that widgets take up space on the phone's desktop and that applications with widgets generally cannot be moved to the SD card .
Best free widgets to download and install on Android
1) volume control to manage all volumes, including the ringtone and music volumes, quickly.
2) Battery HD to always have an eye on the state of charge of the battery in a drawing and activate the quick settings or the view of the use of the battery.
For the battery there is also Battery Widget, the lightest and most minimal.
3) Widget with ON / OFF switches and control buttons to quickly activate, with a touch, the wifi, the GPS, the bluetooth, to adjust the brightness, to synchronize the data, to activate the airplane mode and to put the mute or the vibration. In many Android smartphones, the power saving control widget is included which is similar, but not customizable.
4) ColorNote Notepad Notes is a widget for attaching colorful post-its to display on the Android screen with notes and to-do lists.
5) Evernote and Google Keep, the best clipboard apps, has a widget for syncing data, instant access to notes, searches, voice memos and more.
6) The Stats Monitor Widget to view the status of the phone: memory, CPU usage, network usage and other statistics.
7) Calendar Widget is the widget to have a customizable calendar that can also be synchronized with Facebook or with Google Calendar.
Another calendar to put on the phone and interactive screen is Event Flow Calendar, highly customizable, it is a very nice widget to see the calendar and events.
Of course, Google Calendar also has its own widget for the screen.
8) Speed Dial Widget is used to set up some contacts and call them with a touch or send them messages.
Another Widget with your favorite contacts is the Contacts widget .
9) Messages Google includes the widget to quickly read SMS messages from the Android phone screen.
10) FlashLight is the best application for having different types of flashlights on the Android phone which also has a widget to activate the flashlight with a touch .
11) MEteo Trasparente is a widget with digital clock, weather and other information, with nice and clean graphics.
Another Widget is also very elegant, which updates the weather forecast automatically and shows the clock to quickly access the alarm.
READ ALSO: Best Widgets with Weather and Time on Android transparent and customizable
12) Moon Widget shows the Moon and moon phases on the phone screen.
13) Weather Forecast is one of the best widgets to always have the weather forecast on your mobile phone, always in sight, with indications on the weather and temperature, if there is sun or rain.
SEE ALSO: Best weather app for Android with temperatures and weather forecast
14) Simple Weather Widget is a widget with tomorrow's weather forecast and temperatures for every city in the world, clean, clear and without ads.
15) aCalendar shows notifications and data about the last calls made or missed, the new SMS, and the events on the calendar.
16) Google News is the best feed reader with widgets to read the news directly on the screen of the Android phone.
Those who used Google Reader can instead use the Feedly widget to put directly on the full screen.
17) Plume is the best widget for Android capable of showing the latest news and updates of your contacts on Twitter and Facebook.
18) Sysinfo is the widget that indicates in a screen the system information with percentages and quantities on available RAM memory, processor usage, space on internal and SD memory, battery, system cache and more.
19) In another article, the Widgets to check the residual credit and the internet thresholds of a rechargeable.
Data Usage is a widget to always keep under control the traffic thresholds of the data connection.
20) Chronus is a super customizable widget that allows you to see a lot of information on the home screen and the lock screen, from notifications to time, weather and news and much more.
21) Dimmer is a widget that allows you to change the brightness of the screen, even higher than the minimum required by Android. Ideal for reading your cell phone at night in bed.
22) WiFi Manager is the control on the Android screen for managing WiFi networks with many options to search and select the network to connect to or disconnect from.
23) With UCCW you can transform the Android screen in the most different ways
24) Dialer Widget is a widget with the numeric keypad and the address book to make calls quickly from the main screen.
25) Elixir is a collection of customizable buttons that can be added on the screen to do things like turn on and off wifi, bluetooth, cellular data, location, airplane mode, synchronization and much more.
26) Data Enabler to activate and deactivate the data connection with a touch (does not work on lollipop)
27) Desktop Visualizer to create custom launch icons for applications
28) EAS: Easy App Switcher is a widget for creating a fast application launcher.
29) 2G-3G On Off to open the data connection settings.
30) Hotspot Toggle to quickly activate and deactivate the hotspot function
31) All Goals, the app for following the results of football matches, has its own widget to keep an eye on the results in real time.
32) Todoist, as a widget to mark appointments and things to do.
33) Do not forget that all Android phones include Gmail widgets to view emails, Google for Google assistant information, Google Maps, to quickly start driving to a specific destination (like at home), Play Music to start playing music.
34) Among the most popular apps with Widgets we mention Netflix, to see the movies in a box on the screen, then also Shazam, to recognize a song on the fly with the quick button, then the Google Translate, VLC for video controls, Whatsapp for received messages and quickly write to selected contacts.
35) Finally, in another article, the best apps to create custom widgets on Android of all kinds, as you want.
READ ALSO: best Android applications to download for free .
Not for the widget, but if you like this article you can install the Android Navigaweb app
