<strong>5 must have android widgets</strong>:

Over the Apple invention iPhone , Android phones let you enjoy the benefit of widgets on your home screen to quickly view and manage the essential apps. Widgets provide you shortcut to the frequently visited applications and let you instantly access them. Is it providing the current weather report in selected cities, showing the callers to be dialed, updates on facebook, battery status, and stock report or displaying the appointments from calendar, widgets have a very functional role to play and android widgets are a blessed boon to those hurry-burry users.

Being android, the most beneficial widgets that your home screen cannot do away with are:

1)      <strong>Powerful control</strong>:

The simple settings of a Smartphone which are controlled in the Phone settings are now taken care by the most favorable powerful control widget. This lets you switch between Wi-Fi, brightness, Bluetooth and many more customized controls to quickly on/off and adjust the light of the screen right from the home screen at just a tap away. The widget features over 30 settings which includes 4G, auto sync, battery meter, sound effects and many more.

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2)      <strong>Android system info</strong>:

Now a glance at your home screen provides you with all the critical information and helps you in handling the tasks efficiently. The widget guides you on the battery life, Bluetooth, free RAM, free ROM, phone profiles, signal strength, reboot/recovery required, auto sync and many more. Toggling between options would improve the efficiency of your Smartphone and hence the widget has the productive factor to serve.
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<strong>3)      </strong><strong>Pulse:</strong>

The widget converts your home screen in to a news hub with frequent updates on the latest happenings around the world. The handiest widget Pulse easily fits in with other widgets and features an elegant visual preview of news. The app projects a title with supporting content and image representing the inside story. Since pulse is the default widget, you can choose more news feeder apps from the web.
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4)      <strong>Google docs bar</strong>:

One of my favorites and the best widgets for your home screen lets you view and access your Google docs without having to open the browser. The Google docs’ widget lets you access your documents list, view the starred documents in the list, add photo to the documents or create a new one. The documents are placed right on your screen and are open to access at just a tap away.

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<strong>5)      </strong><strong>Dictionary.com:</strong>

Now getting the definition and meaning is just a tap away with the champion of words taking the form of widgets on android smartphones. Dictionary.com features all the words with meaning, usage, synonym and pronunciation simplifying your search for the brain-teasing words at a tap or by dictation. As a bonus, you could also enrich your knowledge with a word of the day that would keep you informed about every new word.

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Android widgets provides shortcut to the commonly used applications and folders so that they can operated with ease right on the screen without having to search the web or the files. The above mentioned prove to be the most beneficial widgets that are functional and helpful in everyday usage of smartphone.