IP Widget - IP Address Display & Info

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IP Widget is a sleek, ad-free Android tool that displays your device’s connectivity details—such as mobile carrier or Wi-Fi SSID, local and optional external IPs—via a customizable homescreen widget. You can tailor visuals and configure quick actions, notifications, and lockscreen access. It updates efficiently using system events, so it’s battery-friendly. Available in 20+ languages, it’s ideal for users needing real-time, at-a-glance network status. Updated August 2025.

Key Features:

- Ad-free

- Option to choose what information to display

- Customize background, text size, color, and opacity

- Energy efficient: No constant polling for IP updates; the widget receives notifications from the system regarding changes.

- Displays local IP addresses (mobile, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, Ethernet)

- Optional display of external IP address

- Optional reverse hostname display

- Indicates Wi-Fi speed

- Shows Wi-Fi channel and frequency

- Identifies type of mobile connection (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, 4G, etc.)

- Connection details can be shown in the notification area (optional)

- Configurable actions when interacting with widgets/notifications (e.g., opening Wi-Fi settings, toggling Wi-Fi on/off, accessing IP Widget settings, refreshing widget content manually)

- Supports connections via Bluetooth and USB tethering

- Event logging to ipwidget.log on your SD card, with customizable output options

- Lockscreen Widget compatibility for Android 4.2+

- Offline notification feature (currently in beta)

- Wi-Fi tethering toggle (currently in beta)

- Enable/disable flight mode (not available on Android versions 4.2 and higher)

- Set aliases for BSSID

- Stores external IP address for each BSSID alias (as an alternative to Dynamic DNS)

- Displays Geo-IP location including city and country

- IPv6 support

Available Languages Include:

English,German,Spanish,Italian,Russian,Turkish,Polish,Swedish,Traditional & Simplified Chinese,Persian,French,Serbian,Portuguese,Bulgarian,Croatian,Dutch,Indonesian,Romanian,Bengali,Hungarian,Korean

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IP Geolocation powered by DB-IP

Frequently Asked Questions:

- Why are Channel and Frequency not displayed?

Starting with Android 6, location permission is necessary to scan nearby Wi-Fi networks, which is the only method to retrieve the current channel and frequency. Your location will never be detected or transmitted.

Permission Overview:

FULL INTERNET ACCESS

- Necessary for obtaining the external IP address. Disabling this feature results in no data connection being established.

READ PHONE STATUS AND IDENTITY

- Used to identify the type of mobile connection.

CHANGE WI-FI STATUS

- For toggling Wi-Fi.

VIEW WI-FI STATUS

- To retrieve the SSID.

VIEW NETWORK STATUS

- To obtain the local IP address.

MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS OR MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS

- Required for writing logs to the SD card, if enabled.

CONTROL VIBRATION

- For vibration notifications.

RUN AT STARTUP

- Enables notifications upon boot when notifications without the widget are active.

Why Consider IP Widget?

Clean & Lightweight – No ads, small app size, and plenty of customization for widget-based network monitoring.

Feature-Rich Overview – Offers detailed local and external network information with optional quick controls.

Efficient & Safe – Relies on system update signals to save battery power and respects privacy (no tracking).

Responsive Development – Regular updates (latest in August 2025) and multilingual support reflect active maintenance and accessibility.

User Feedback & Reception

Overall Rating 

A strong 4.3-star average from over 5,300 reviews and 100K+ downloads.

Positive Praise

“Useful and highly configurable.”

“Simple widget… couldn’t be happier… shows external IP and notification bar info.”

“Minimalist setup… lets me see VPN, battery percentage, temp—clever and concise.”

Additional Insights

Tabulated feedback on Chrome‑Stats highlights its elegant design, rich data output, and developer responsiveness as strengths—while noting occasional glitches such as inaccurate status reporting or update delays.