The personalization of an Echo never stops, and that's good, indeed, thanks to all the customization options that are offered, you have the possibility of benefiting from an original device and in your image. This is just to name one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive, however, which gives its users very little leeway.
We will precisely, in this guide, discover how to change the home screen of your Echo? In this context, to begin with, we will see how to add a new page to your home screen, then, how to add or remove app shortcuts on your Echo home screen and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of his Echo?
So we start our guide on the customization of the home screen of an Echo with the addition of a page. You've probably already noticed that you may have multiple pages on your phone's home that you can navigate to by swiping your screen to one side or the other. These pages are really interesting in the sense that they will give you the possibility to organize and sort the different applications and data that you want to integrate on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes your life easier, saves time and, with one click, opens your favorite app. You will have the possibility to put on a first page only your social networks and the time, on a second, all your games, on a third a calendar widget to keep an eye on your next meetings. Creating a new home page on an Echo is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Echo
- Once on the home screen, pinch your fingers as if trying to zoom out
- You will see the different active home screen pages appear.
- From now on, you will be able to use the small "+" Add a new page
- If you ever want to delete a page from the home screen of your Echo you will need to click on the trash can logo
How to organize the application icons on the home screen of my Echo?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most used home screen personalization feature on Echo. Indeed, we spend on average more than 2 hours a day in front of our screen and we are very often on 2 or 3 applications like Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. It is therefore essential to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. If you want add the time to your Echo home screen, you can take a look at our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of an Echo
- Unlock your Echo
- Go to your Echo's list of apps by swiping the screen up
- Find the app you are considering add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Echo
- Hold down the latter's icon and click » Add to Home Screen ", This term may vary depending on the Android version installed on your mobile phone
How to move app shortcuts to the Home screen
Once you have added all the app shortcuts you want on your Echo's home screen, you will now have to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The procedure is particularly simple and you have already done the hard part:
- Leave the icon of the app you want to move
- Drag it to the location on the screen where you want to position it if you don't want to change the page
- Otherwise, drag and hold it towards the side slice of the screen (as far to the left or to the right as possible depending on the location of the page on which you want to drop it) and wait to change the page until you reach the one where you want to put it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of my Echo?
Last alternative, and not the least, it is possible to customize the home screen of your Echo by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which will display the data of a specific application, such as the calendar, your emails, the time, the date… They are very practical for information that you need to constantly consult without having to open the app in question. Follow the steps below to discover the list of Widgets available on your Echo and add them to your Home screens:
- Unlock your Echo screen
- Two alternatives, either you pinch the screen as if you wanted to zoom out, either you leave pressed in an empty place where you want to add a Widgets
- Now click on » Widgets »And you will see the list of available Widgets, you will have a preview of their rendering, choose the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
- Note all the same that they are more or less big, and that depending on the application it is sometimes possible to use different formats to match your needs.
In the event that you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Echo, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Echo.
