If you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you want to increase the size of the icons or reduce them to display more, you should know that it is possible thanks to the features implemented on the latest versions of Android to perform on your Honor 8. We will precisely, in this guide, explain to you how to change the size of the icons on your Honor 8? As a result, you will be able to choose the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen in the best possible way.
To do this, first of all, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Honor 8 , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to make any changes you want to the size of the application icons of your Honor 8.
How to change the size of the application icons on the home screen of an Honor 8?
So we start our little tutorial by showing you the procedure for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We present to you the only way we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Honor 8:
- Unlock your mobile phone screen
- On the home screen, long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with two of your fingers as if you never wanted to zoom out
- Click on the » Home screen settings "And in the" tab Home screen grid »You will be able to choose the distribution of your screen, for example if you select» 4 × 5 »You will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Honor 8.
- On the other hand, if you ever select " 5 × 6 »You will have many more icons and therefore smaller app shortcuts
How to change the size of the icons in the application list of an Honor 8?
We now move on to the second part of this tutorial, what is the method to change the size of the icons in the application list of your honor 8? Unfortunately, there is only one way to do it, it is the same as seen just above but by choosing Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way that we have found is to use of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which is going to have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and for that we recommend that you read our next section. You can still, if ever your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Honor 8.
How to use a Launcher to edit the size of icons on Honor 8?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Honor 8 will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will allow you to organize the home screens of your mobile phone completely differently. You will be able to use icon packs to give a different look that you like more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the locations of the grid… And, of course, the function that interests you the most adjust the size of your Honor 8's icons. We will therefore explain the procedure to use Nova Launcher :
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install the app Nova Launcher
- Set the app as the default launcher
- Long press on your home screen in an empty space to access the Launcher settings
- Click on the menu » Icon layout »
- In the setting " Icon size ", Move the cursor to choose the size (in percentage) you want to assign to your icons
If you want customize the home screen of your Honor 8, see our article.
In case you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Honor 8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8.
