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- clock widget is one of the most popular Android widgets around and it's all about the extensions I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and these are the best extensions for your - clock widget widgets are undoubtedly one of the best parts of the Android experience they offer at a glance information and turn what might otherwise be a boring homescreen into something that looks great or is interactive or even both one of the most popular widgets available today was made by one of Google's own Roman Nurik and is called - clock widget on the surface it looks like nothing more than a standard clock widget that displays a few bits of information but it doesn't take a lot of digging to realize there's a lot more to it than that within the settings sure you can tweak the appearance of the widget change the clock and date style the opacity of the background and you can even change the color of the text in the daydream mode but as soon as you enter - clock settings you're met with the defining feature of the widget extensions you can add and rearrange the order of the existing extensions and if you hit action overflow you will be given the option to get more extensions from Google Play there are dozens and dozens maybe even hundreds of - clock extensions and more are being added as standalone extensions or packaged within existing apps all the time to save you the time and trouble of sifting through them all we've composed a list of our favorite - clock extensions most of these extensions don't do a whole lot they aren't meant to they're just there for shortcuts or to display some snippet of info Google Voice 4 - clock for example displays your unread count for Google Voice SMS - clock Hangouts extension does the same for the hangouts app and plume extension 4 - clock the same for the plume twitter client press has a built in extension 4 - clock which displays the number of unread articles and my personal favorite cloud desk clock extension helps me keep tabs on my Klout score there are also extensions for - clock that allow you to monitor your phone status such as - clock Hardware extension which displays your current CPU usage as well as how much RAM is being used - clock storage extension helps monitor how much free storage your device has left and - clock battery extension as the name alludes displays your battery level percentage as well as other useful formation about your battery usage such as how long you've been on battery power temperature how long until fully depleted or charged etc we also like to keep up with the weather at a glance and eye on the sky weather has a nice extension for - cloud built into the existing app and we like to keep track of the sunrise and sunset times with - o'clock sunrise extension if you need to keep track of how far away a certain date or event is count town - o'clock extension is quite useful unlike most other extensions it allows for up to three countdown timers that can be customized it's 241 days 8 hours and 19 minutes until my next birthday and it's 93 days until Thanksgiving not every extension for - clock however is simply for displaying information power lock - clock + widget is a settings toggle extension configure the extension to do what you need in the initial setup and tap the extension in the widget view it can toggle Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS and turn the display off or lock it if you have a password or PIN set a great use for daydream mode and from the lock screen these are the - clock widget extensions we regularly use but they are many more we didn't cover so be sure to tell us your favorite extensions in the comment section below and answer a question for us is - clock widget and its many extensions helpful to you or is it something you can do without personally I don't go a day without - clock and at least a half dozen extensions it's the epitome of what an Android widget should be that's going to do it for this video if you enjoyed it let us know by clicking the thumbs up button below and subscribing find us on Twitter Facebook and Google+ at pocket now you can find me on Twitter at Casper tech I'm Taylor Martin and I will see you next time you