The customization of an Honor 8X has no real limit, and that's a good thing for you, indeed, thanks to all the customization possibilities available, you can enjoy a smartphone that is unique and in your image. This is just to name one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive but leaves little room for the creativity of its users.
In this article, we are going to discover how to change the home screen of your Honor 8X? To do this, first, we'll find out how to add a new page to your home screen, then, how to add or remove app shortcuts on the home screen of your Honor 8X and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your Honor 8X?
So we start our article on personalization of the home screen of an Honor 8X with the addition of a page. You have probably already noticed, it is possible to have several pages on the home of your mobile phone in which you can navigate by sliding 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 be able 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 follow your next meetings. Creating a new homepage on an Honor 8X is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Honor 8X
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers like you want to zoom out
- You will have a preview of the different accessible home screen pages
- You can now with the help of the small "+" Add a new page
- In the event that you want to delete a page from the home screen of your Honor 8X you will have to click on the trash can logo
How to change the application icons on the home screen of its Honor 8X?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most used home screen personalization feature on Honor 8X. In fact, we spend on average more than 2 hours a day in front of our screen and we mainly use this time only on 2 or 3 applications like Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. It is therefore important to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. In the event that you want add the time on your Honor 8X home screen, do not hesitate to consult our article.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of an Honor 8X
- Unlock your Honor 8X
- Go to the application list of your Honor 8X by swiping the screen upwards
- Identify the application you plan to add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Honor 8X
- Hold your finger on the latter's icon and click » Add to Home Screen ", This term may change depending on the Android version installed on your phone
How to move app shortcuts to the Home screen
Once you have added all the applications you want on the home screen of your Honor 8X, you will now have to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The handling 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 edge of the screen (as far to the left or right as possible depending on the location of the page you want to drop it on) and wait to change page until you reach the one where you want to put it
How to add Widgets on the home screen of your Honor 8X?
Last alternative, and not the least, it is possible to customize the home screen of your Honor 8X by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which can 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 want to constantly consult without having to open the app in question. Follow the technique below to display the list of Widgets available on your Honor 8X and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Honor 8X
- Two possibilities, 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 discover the list of available Widgets, you will have a preview of their rendering, click on the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
- You should know despite everything that they are more or less big, and that depending on the application it is sometimes possible to choose among different formats to match your needs.
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Honor 8X, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8X.
