In the event that you have the feeling that the readability of your home screen is not good, that you want to enlarge the icons or shrink them to see more, know that it is possible thanks to the features integrated with the latest versions of Android to accomplish it on your Xiaomi. Today we will precisely show you how to change the size of the icons on your Xiaomi? Therefore, you will be able to define the format that suits you best to arrange your home screen in the best way.
For that, to start, we will learn how to change the size of application shortcuts on the home screen of your Xiaomi , then, how to modify it in the list of applications, and, finally, how to use a Launcher to accomplish any changes you want to the size of the application icons on your Xiaomi.
How to change the size of application icons on the home screen of a Xiaomi?
So we start our little article by revealing the procedure to follow 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 Xiaomi:
- 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 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 choose" 4 × 5 »You will have the largest possible icons, and fewer application icons displayed on the home screen of your Xiaomi.
- On the other hand, if 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 Xiaomi?
We will now move on to the second part of this guide, what is the manipulation to change the size of the icons in the list of applications of your Xiaomi? Unfortunately, there is only one way to do this, 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 we have found is using of a ROM , unofficial version of Android which will have a different organization and content, but it requires a lot of manipulation, or you can use a Launcher and in this context we advise you to read our next section. You can still, if your wish corresponds to a readability problem change the font of your Xiaomi.
How to use a Launcher to change the size of icons on Xiaomi?
Another solution to change the size of the icons on your Xiaomi 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 smartphone's home screens completely differently. You will be able to use icon packs to give a different look 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 Xiaomi. We will suddenly show 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 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 Xiaomi, see our article.
In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become a Xiaomi master, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi.
