About your home screen

You see the home screen when you turn on and unlock your phone or touch .

Swipe right or left to move between home screens.

What’s on the screen

  1. Status bar: Displays the time and icons that tell you about your phone's battery and network connections. Swipe down to see your notifications and quick settings.
  2. Widget: You can add widgets to your home screen for quick access to information or frequent tasks.
  3. Shortcut: You can add shortcuts to open apps or web pages you use frequently.
  4. App tray: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to see the list of all your apps.
  5. Favorites tray: Provides one touch access to your most-used apps from any home screen page. You can customize which apps appear here.
  6. Navigation:

    takes you back one screen.

    returns you to the home screen from any app.

    lets you switch between recent apps. Touch to see a list of recent apps. Touch twice to switch between your two most recent apps. Touch & hold to use split screen.

    NoteIf you're using the fingerprint sensor to navigate, the icons are hidden. To restore these icons, turn off one button navigation.
  7. Folder: Add folders to organize app shortcuts.

When the phone is in Battery Saver mode, the top (status bar) and bottom (navigation buttons) of the home screen turns orange.

Add/remove screens

You can add more home screens to the right. To add a page, drag an app shortcut or widget to the edge of an existing page and place it on the new screen.

To remove a home screen, drag all apps, shortcuts, widgets, and folders off the screen. After you remove the last item, the home screen will be removed.

Customize your home screen

Organize it:

Change how it looks: