the smartest widget you already had on your phone

Another widget is an app that aspires to be the Swiss Army Knife of your smartphone. It shows information that is relevant to the user in real time. There are so many features and options in Another widget, and yet the concept app is very simple.

Another Widget

In Android you can have a lot of widgets on your home screen that are all good at one thing, but at the same time drain your battery. This widget is good at a lot of things and it has the ironic name ‘Another Widget’, loosely translated: ‘another widget’.

In this app, in addition to the time and date, you can also view the weather forecast at a glance and also upcoming agenda items if there are any. Does such an all-in-one widget sound familiar to you? That’s not surprising, because the app largely follows the concept of Google’s clever At a Glance widget for Pixel devices, except Another Widget works for all smartphones and is packed with useful options.

The app was released in 2017 by Italian developer Tommaso Berlose, and even though only one developer is working on it, new features are still coming out on a regular basis. Anyone can also take a look at the code of this app, as you can find it on the developer platform GitHub.

What can you do with it?

Okay great, but what can you do with Another Widget, besides checking your agenda, the time and the weather? A lot, let’s make a summary:

• You see the title and artist of music tracks that you play. It works with just about any music app.
• You can take the time of your next alarm see
• Receive battery advice, for example when your phone needs to be charged
• Give you text notes again. Unfortunately this doesn’t work with other apps like Google Keep or OneNote
• You get daily steps to be seen after a sporting activity. How do you need to connect the app to Google Fit
• View your latest notification
• You get a at random times greeting to see who cheers you up

“All this information in one widget?” you may be wondering. The great thing about Another Widget is that the app itself determines when which info is relevant. If you have a meeting within an hour, the app won’t bother you with the number of steps for that day. Those steps will then briefly appear again if you have just completed a sports activity, and when there is nothing more important to display.

Extensive Personalization

Another interesting feature of this app is the personalization options. You can adjust the design in detail. With the clock you can choose from colours, fonts, the size and shade of the text. In addition, you can also, for example, adjust the margins between all interface elements, just like the centering.

There is a whole range of options, but luckily this app also works without you touching all these personalization settings. Where you do have to put in some time is activating all the information that is displayed. Sometimes you first have to link services or grant Another Widget the necessary permissions. For the weather forecast, the agenda and the time you can also choose standard services that Another Widget uses.

Download Another Widget

If you also want to have the most important information available at any time, you can download Another Widget. The app is completely free, comes without ads, so the developer only makes money from donations. Are you going to try the app or have you been a user for a while? Let us know in the comments at the bottom of this article.