What is a Widget on Android?

A widget is a program or application that actually runs on your home screen without having to be opened up or attached to an application. For example, I have a weather widget right here which tells me the weather outside of my city and gives me the time. This widget is not necessarily attached to any application other than being the widget itself. However, if I tap on it, I can get more functions such as my 5-day forecast.

Widgets come in different forms and can be either standalone or attached to applications. For instance, a Score Center or ESPN score center widget will tell me the scores of the game as they are happening, but if I want more information, I can just tap on it and it will open up the ESPN score center app. In this case, the widget is tied to an application.

Another example of a widget that is attached to an application is the power controls widget. This widget lets me control my wireless toggles without having to go through the settings. For instance, if I want to turn Bluetooth on and GPS off, I can do so without actually going all the way to the settings by scrolling down to the wireless controls.

On the other hand, there are also standalone widgets that do not rely on any applications. For example, a music widget has a music player that you can open up by scrolling over to the music section and tapping it right here. Instead of having to go through the steps of opening the music player app, I can simply swipe over to my home screen that has this music widget and play the song "Right Now" by pressing play.

This music widget also allows me to pause or skip to the next song. This is a great functionality that makes it a lot more convenient to use. Additionally, I have other widgets such as YouTube that allow me to look through my subscriptions by flicking through videos if I find one appealing. If I want to make a note for myself, I can also use the Color Note app with this widget.

Furthermore, I have a widget for my bookmarks that allows me to go straight to my favorite website without having to open up my web browser and type in the URL or go through my bookmarks. This is a great feature that saves me time and makes it easier to access my desired websites.

Lastly, there are also dictionary widgets that allow me to look up words or definitions directly from my home screen. For instance, if I'm trying to look up the word "dog" or its definition, I can do so right from my home screen by typing in the word and hitting enter. This is a lot faster than having to go through my app list or tapping on the dictionary app.

In conclusion, widgets are a great feature that offers a lot of convenience and functionality on Android devices. They come in different forms, such as standalone or attached to applications, and can be used to control various aspects of our lives, from weather forecasts to music playback and even accessing websites directly from our home screens.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys dve here from F up.com and in this video I want to talk to you about what a widget is on Android how they're different from being shortcuts and also how they're beneficial to having on your home screen so first thing is what is a widget a widget is a program or an application that actually runs on your home screen without actually having to be opened up or attached to an application so for example I have this weather widget right here which it tells me the weather um outside of my or in my city also gives me the time which is pretty cool but it does it's not necessarily attached to any application other than being the widget itself of course if I tap on it I can get more functions such as my 5-day forecast but then there are some widgets that are actually attached to application so for example this Score Center or ESPN score center widget will tell me the scores of the game as they're happening but if I wanted more information I could just tap on it and it will actually open up the ESPN score center app so in that case it is tied to an application but this power controls widget for example um lets me control my wireless toggles without having to actually go to the settings so for example if I wanted to turn Bluetooth on and turn GPS off I could do so without actually having to go all the way to settings scrolling all the way to the wireless controls and you know turning them on and off from here so definitely a lot more convenient uh having a widget on your home screen instead of having to uh go through the settings uh I'll go ahead and show you some other widgets that I have on my home screen just so you guys can get a better idea as far as how widgets work this is a music widget so you have a music player on your phone that you can open up you know I can open this guy up by scrolling over to music and tapping it right here and it opens up my music player but instead I don't have to go through that step cuz all I got to do is swipe over to my home screen that has my uh music widget and I can play this song Right Now by pressing play I can pause it I can skip to the next song and uh so on and so forth so pretty cool functionality to have makes it a lot more convenient some other widgets um you know example is YouTube I can look through my subscriptions by flicking through videos if I find one appealing I could tap on it and watch it if I wanted to make a note for myself I can make a little Post-it uh with this with color note app which is a you know a widget that can remind me of what I want of course I could resize widgets with Ice Cream Sandwich so I can make it you know small or big I could stack two right next to each other um um I also have a widget for my bookmarks so let's say for example I wanted to go straight to my favorite website you know let's say phone buff.com right here I don't have to actually open up my web browser and type in Fone or go through my bookmarks here I can just tap on my home screen it'll go straight to the website I want another example is a dictionary widget let's say I'm trying to look up the word dog or the definition of it I could do it right from my home screen and it'll load uh the dictionary app right away with the word I search instead of me having to go through you know my home screen or through my app list and tapping dictionary and going through here and then typing dog and then hitting uh enter so definitely a lot faster um but that's pretty much you know what widgets are hopefully that gives you a better idea as far as how widget work and you know the differences between them such as the ones that are attached to applications like the ESPN score center one the ones that are completely Standalone which are like the power controls and um you know the music app which if I wanted to go to my music player app I can just tap it and get the full app too so widgets you know could really offer you a lot on your home screen and make things a lot easier and more convenient um that's pretty much it for me in this video if you found it helpful hit the like button subscribe and don't forget to visit phonebuff outcom for more cell phone news reviews and how-tos thank youwhat's up guys dve here from F up.com and in this video I want to talk to you about what a widget is on Android how they're different from being shortcuts and also how they're beneficial to having on your home screen so first thing is what is a widget a widget is a program or an application that actually runs on your home screen without actually having to be opened up or attached to an application so for example I have this weather widget right here which it tells me the weather um outside of my or in my city also gives me the time which is pretty cool but it does it's not necessarily attached to any application other than being the widget itself of course if I tap on it I can get more functions such as my 5-day forecast but then there are some widgets that are actually attached to application so for example this Score Center or ESPN score center widget will tell me the scores of the game as they're happening but if I wanted more information I could just tap on it and it will actually open up the ESPN score center app so in that case it is tied to an application but this power controls widget for example um lets me control my wireless toggles without having to actually go to the settings so for example if I wanted to turn Bluetooth on and turn GPS off I could do so without actually having to go all the way to settings scrolling all the way to the wireless controls and you know turning them on and off from here so definitely a lot more convenient uh having a widget on your home screen instead of having to uh go through the settings uh I'll go ahead and show you some other widgets that I have on my home screen just so you guys can get a better idea as far as how widgets work this is a music widget so you have a music player on your phone that you can open up you know I can open this guy up by scrolling over to music and tapping it right here and it opens up my music player but instead I don't have to go through that step cuz all I got to do is swipe over to my home screen that has my uh music widget and I can play this song Right Now by pressing play I can pause it I can skip to the next song and uh so on and so forth so pretty cool functionality to have makes it a lot more convenient some other widgets um you know example is YouTube I can look through my subscriptions by flicking through videos if I find one appealing I could tap on it and watch it if I wanted to make a note for myself I can make a little Post-it uh with this with color note app which is a you know a widget that can remind me of what I want of course I could resize widgets with Ice Cream Sandwich so I can make it you know small or big I could stack two right next to each other um um I also have a widget for my bookmarks so let's say for example I wanted to go straight to my favorite website you know let's say phone buff.com right here I don't have to actually open up my web browser and type in Fone or go through my bookmarks here I can just tap on my home screen it'll go straight to the website I want another example is a dictionary widget let's say I'm trying to look up the word dog or the definition of it I could do it right from my home screen and it'll load uh the dictionary app right away with the word I search instead of me having to go through you know my home screen or through my app list and tapping dictionary and going through here and then typing dog and then hitting uh enter so definitely a lot faster um but that's pretty much you know what widgets are hopefully that gives you a better idea as far as how widget work and you know the differences between them such as the ones that are attached to applications like the ESPN score center one the ones that are completely Standalone which are like the power controls and um you know the music app which if I wanted to go to my music player app I can just tap it and get the full app too so widgets you know could really offer you a lot on your home screen and make things a lot easier and more convenient um that's pretty much it for me in this video if you found it helpful hit the like button subscribe and don't forget to visit phonebuff outcom for more cell phone news reviews and how-tos thank you\n"