When your phone is closed

You can do a lot on the external display.

Swipe for settings, apps, notifications

Swipe in different directions to interact with your phone.

Action Gesture to use
Unlock phone Swipe up
Use quick settings Swipe down
View notifications

Swipe up

On the notification, touch down arrow to see more info or actions like Reply.
Close notifications Swipe down
Dismiss a notification Swipe sideways
View information panels Unlock, then swipe sideways

Open/close camera

Twist the phone twice quickly to open the camera. Or, press the Power button twice quickly. (If this doesn't work, set up the gesture.)

To close the camera, swipe up.

To learn about camera features, read the Camera app's help.

Answer or make calls

Task Gesture to use
Answer call Flip phone open
End call Flip phone closed
Make call Swipe to Contacts panel
See more options during call Tap the display

You can change how your phone handles calls when you flip it open/closed.

If you reject a call, you can send a quick text message from the external display.

Use information panels

When you wake and unlock the screen, you're on the home panel, where you'll see the clock. To get to other panels:

  • Swipe left or right
  • Pinch the screen to see all your active panels and tap the one you want
Apps
Open an app. Tap edit icon to change available apps.
Contacts, calling, messaging
Tap edit icon to add shortcuts for calling and messaging selected contacts. Or, make calls from the dialpad.
Calendar

View events from your Calendar.

  • Swipe down arrow the date down to see the full month.
  • Tap a day to see events and reminders.
  • Tap Today to return today's view.
  • To toggle between date view and hourly view , tap the icons.

Flip open to edit or add events and other Calendar tasks.

Weather

See the current forecast.

Tap down arrow to change location settings. To change the location shown on the widget, tap a location to select it .

Games

Play games made for your external display, and flip open for more games you can play on the main screen.

To add more games optimized for your external display, tap More games, then flip open to view and install them.

Widgets
Tap edit icon to add widgets from your favorite apps, like fitness trackers. Learn more about widgets.

Customize what you see

You can customize the external display by touching & holding a blank spot on the Home panel.

Add, remove, rearrange information panels

  1. Touch & hold the screen, then tap Manage panels.

    The Home panel stays in place and can't be removed.

  2. Adjust the other panels:

    • To add one, drag & drop it from More panels into your panel order.
    • To remove one, drag & drop it onto More panels.
    • To rearrange them, hold & drag them around the Home panel.

Change wallpaper

  1. Touch & hold the screen, then touch Wallpapers & shortcuts.
  2. Select a design and associated options.
  3. Touch to apply it.

Change animated clockface

  1. Touch & hold the screen, then touch Lock screen clockface.
  2. Swipe through clockfaces to find the one you want.
  3. If the clockface has additional settings like color options , you'll see icons at the bottom of the screen. Set options as desired.
  4. Touch to change it.

More settings

For more personalization options, like display and font size or flip actions, go to Settings > External display.