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IP Widget on Windows Pc

Developed By: Dieter Thiess

License: Free

Rating: 4,5/5 - 5.195 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.55.0
Size 1.7 MB
Release Date June 26, 24
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. [see more (14)]

Description from Developer:
Want to translate IP Widget into your language? Contact me:dieter.thiess@gmail.com

Simple IP Widget showing the mobile carrier name and ip or the wireless lan SSID and wireless la... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download IP Widget and install on Windows PC. IP Widget is free Tools app, developed by Dieter Thiess. Latest version of IP Widget is 1.55.0, was released on 2024-06-26 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of IP Widget is 4,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 5,195 users, 310 users had rated it 5*, 4,307 users had rated it 1*.

How to install IP Widget on Windows?

Instruction on how to install IP Widget on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install IP Widget on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install IP Widget using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "IP Widget" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install IP Widget on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "IP Widget" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.55.0.

Download IP Widget 1.55.0 on Windows PC – 1.7 MB

Want to translate IP Widget into your language? Contact me:dieter.thiess@gmail.com

Simple IP Widget showing the mobile carrier name and ip or the wireless lan SSID and wireless lan ip address.


Features:
- No Ads
- Select which information to display
- Configure background, text size, text color and text opacity
- Battery saving: No polling of ip information. The widget gets informed via the system when something changes.
- Show local ip address of device (mobile, wifi, bluetooth, USB, ethernet)
- Show external ip address (optional)
- Show reverse hostname (optional)
- Show wifi speed
- Show wifi channel and frequency
- Show type of mobile connecton (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, 4G...)
- Display informations about connection in notification area(optional)
- Action configurable when tapping the widgets/notification (open wifi settings, toggle wifi [on/off], open IP Widget settings, refresh widget content manualy)
- Supports connections via Bluetooth tethering, USB tethering (eg. HTC Sync)
- Logging events to ipwidget.log on your SD card, optionally, with customizable output
- Lockscreen Widget support for Android 4.2+
- Offline notification (beta)
- Wifi tethering on/off (beta)
- Enable/disable flight mode (not available on Android 4.2+)
- Set alias for BSSID
- Saves external ip address for each BSSID alias (as Dynamic DNS replacement)
- Show Geo-IP city & country
- IPv6 support
- Available languages:
-- english
-- german
-- spanish (by Fernando)
-- italian (by Stefano Meroni)
-- russian (by Igor Tropin, Oleg Barbos)
-- turkish (by Canan Özen)
-- polish (by Romuald Jackowski, Adam Starszak)
-- svenska (by Göran Helsingborg)
-- traditional chinese, simplified chinese (by Denny Su)
-- persian (by Mohsen Mirhoseini)
-- french (by Ozzii, toorzilla_)
-- serbian (by Ozzii)
-- portugese (by Bruno Xavier Lopo de Souza)
-- bulgarian (by Stefan Stefanov)
-- croatian (by Marijan Smetko)
-- dutch (by Vincent Riebroek)
-- indonesian (by SOLEH MARGIONO)
-- romanian (by Florin German)
-- bangla (by Md Monsur Alam https://fb.com/MdMonsurAlamid)
-- hungarian (by Egyed Ferenc)
-- korean

ideas? issues?
Write me an e-mail: dieter.thiess@gmail.com

IP Geolocation by DB-IP


FAQ
- Why are Channel & frequency not shown?
Since Android 6, the location permission is needed to scan for wifi networks around. This is the only way to get the current channel and the frequency. (also see the discussion in the Google Issue Tracker: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=185370)
Your location will not been detected nor transfered at any time.

List of Permissions

FULL INTERNET ACCESS
- Required to get external ip address. If this feature is disabled, no data connection will be established

READ PHONE STATUS AND IDENTITY
- Detect the type of mobile connection (GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA...)

CHANGE WI-FI STATUS
- Wifi toggle

VIEW WI-FI STATUS
- get SSID

VIEW NETWORK STATUS
- get local ip address

MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS OR MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS
- for writing ipwidget.log on the SD Card (if activated)

CONTROL VIBRATION
- Notifications vibration

RUN AT STARTUP
- Show notifications after boot when notifications without widget is activated
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to read from external storage.