In the event that you have the impression that the readability of your home screen does not suit you, that you need to enlarge the icons or to shrink them to see more of them, know that it is possible with the helps features built into the latest versions of Android to do this on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? This way, you can choose the format that best suits you to arrange your home screen optimally.
In this context, first, we will discover how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, to conclude, how to use a Launcher to make any changes you want to the size of the application icons on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
So we start our little article by showing you the technique for change the size of app icons on your home screen.
We therefore reveal the only way that we have found, it is in fact to use a trick of the customization options of the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge:
- Unlock your phone screen
- On the home screen, long press on an empty space or pinch the screen with your fingers as in the event that you want 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 choose" 4 × 5 You are heading to have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
- On the other hand, in the event that you choose » 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
We now move on to the second part of this article, What is the procedure to change the size of the icons in the application list of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? Unfortunately, there is only one way to do this, it is the same as seen 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 will have a different organization and content, but that requires a lot of manipulation, otherwise you can use a Launcher and in this context we advise you to read our next section. You can nevertheless, in the event that your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
How to use a Launcher to edit icon size on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge will be to use a Launcher. A Launcher is an application that will replace the software overlay or the basic Android launcher and will therefore allow you to organize your phone's home screens completely differently. You will be able to use icon packs to offer a different visual that suits you more, use the dark mode , position your icons or Widgets anywhere on your screen and in the grid locations… And, of course, the function that interests you the most adjust the size of the icons of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. So we are going to teach you 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
- Make a long press on your home screen in an empty space to reach 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, see our article.
In case you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S7.
