Widgets are small client-side applications installed on handsets. Samsung Mobile Widgets use web technologies based on TouchWiz UI to access various handset functions

Usually they´re designed to handle simple tasks such as providing an interface to web search sites, performing basic calculations, displaying news headlines, weather forecasts, stock tickers and suchlike, but they can also act as complex apps providing multiple functions. Samsung Mobile Widgets are quick and easy to develop and simple to install on handsets.