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What is a Widget Anyway?  

Widgets are the tools available on your Android’s home screen. Android notes that there are several different types of widgets, from information widgets that display weather or time information, to control widgets that let you direct your app to do something without opening the app itself.

What Are Some of These Dreaded Widgets?

Widgets can make your home screen look great. They can also perform a variety of functions well. The problem, then, with many widgets is that they are usually bad for your phone’s battery life. This is because (for the most part) their purpose is to constantly update. Here are some of the worst widgets for your phone’s battery life:

1. HD Widget. This is a popular widget because it lets you choose vibrant backgrounds, themes, and layouts to customize your phone. Even though it costs $0.99 to download, over a million users have chosen to download this widget. What’s the problem, then? Users complain about the big battery drain this colorful widget causes on their phones.
2. Go Switch Widget. This widget lets you toggle off common phone uses like Wi-Fi, GPS, screen brightness, and screen lock. While the widget is certainly helpful — and seems like it would help to preserve your battery — in fact, Go Switch Widget is also reported by users as using up battery life.
3. Beautiful Widgets Pro. It’s a shame that Beautiful Widgets Pro eats your battery because it’s such a good-looking and popular widget. Like HD Widget, Beautiful Widgets Pro lets you customize your home screen with themes and layouts while also letting you add elements like clocks and weather.

Widgets may be installed on your Android smartphone already and there are plenty more that you can add to your device from the Google Play store. But when it comes to must-have widgets, Facebook is frequently a list-topper.

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Adding the Facebook Comments Widget

Who doesn’t check their Facebook app multiple times per day? Make it easy to see who has liked or commented on your Facebook posts by installing Facebook, approving the permissions it requires, and adding the widget to your homescreen. How do you add a widget, like Facebook, to your homescreen?

For some phones, you can easily tap the display on a blank portion of the screen, and press down and hold for a second until a new prompt appears, asking what you would like to add to the screen. In this case, you don’t want a folder or a page, but an app — so choose Facebook.

For other phones, you may simply press on the screen until the main screen shrinks, revealing your list of options, like widgets. From there, you can cycle through what you need to add to your homepage or lock screen simply by touching the name of the widget, holding it, and dragging it where you want it.

If you ever decide you do not want to have the Facebook widget, simply press it, hold it down, and a new prompt will appear asking if you’d like to delete it. Other phone models may have you press, hold, and drag the widget to a delete button or trash can icon.

While it’s convenient to have your new Facebook likes and comments appear on your homescreen, you may want to carefully consider having them appear on your lockscreen. In the event that you lose your phone, or simply set it on your desk at school or work for a minute, someone else could see your social media activity.