In the event that you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not sufficient, that you need to increase the size of the icons or to shrink them to display more, you will be happy to learn. that it is possible with the help of the features built into the latest versions of Android to do it on your Huawei Y6s. Today we will precisely show you how to change the size of the icons on your Huawei Y6s? Thus, you will be able to define the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen in the best possible way.

For that, in the first place, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Huawei Y6s , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, to conclude, how to use a Launcher to accomplish any desired modifications to the size of the application icons of your Huawei Y6s.

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How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Huawei Y6s?

So we start our little article by revealing the manipulation 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 Huawei Y6s:

  • Unlock your smartphone 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 Huawei Y6s.
  • 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 a Huawei Y6s?

We now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the technique to change the size of the icons in the application list of your huawei y6s? Alas, there is only one technique to do it, it is the same as seen just above but by modifying Application grid We have researched several ways to do this, the only possible way 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, otherwise you can use a Launcher and for that we suggest you read our next section. You can all the same, if ever your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Huawei Y6s.

How to use a Launcher to change the size of icons on Huawei Y6s?

Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Huawei Y6s will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will suddenly allow you to organize the home screens of your smartphone completely differently. We can use icon packs to offer a different visual that suits you better, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the grid locations… And, of course, the functionality that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Huawei Y6s. We will therefore show you the technique 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 Huawei Y6s, see our article.

In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Huawei Y6s, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Y6s.