QUICK ANSWER Android widgets are mini app windows that provide vital information from an app at a glance. To add a widget to your home screen, long-press on a space on the screen and tap Widgets ...

If you're fairly new to Android widgets, don't worry; they're quite easy to use. You just need to add them to your home screen.

Here we explain how quick and easy it is to add a WiFi Hotspot widget to your Android device, making it just one click away to activate WiFi tethering.

Android’s notification bar puts all sorts of info at your fingertips — and with one simple tweak, you can make it do even more.

If you like your Android home screen to give you quick access to information, services, and apps, consider adding a small collection of these widgets.

It’s a super-simple setup that empowers you to create your very own Android widgets from almost any website on this wide, wild internerp of ours.

One of the biggest advantages of Android over iPhone is widgets. Android has them, iPhone does not. Here are 15 of the best widgets available for Android.

Lockscreen widgets are disabled out of the box with Android 4.4 KitKat. Here you'll find a quick and easy how to video to get them back.

The widget doesn’t have to lead home either —you can plot a course for wherever you like, accessible with one tap on the home screen.