Personalization of a HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 never stops, and it's a good thing for you, in fact, using all the customization possibilities available, you have the possibility to enjoy a unique phone and in your image. This is one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive but gives very little leeway to its users.
Today we are just going to discover how to change the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2? For that, to begin with, we will discover how to add a new page to your home screen, then, how to add or remove app shortcuts on the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
So we start our tutorial on customization of the home screen of a HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 with the addition of a page. You have probably already noticed that it is possible to have several pages on the home page 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 of organizing and sorting the different information that you want to integrate on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes life easier, saves time, and, in one click, opens your favorite app. You will have the possibility of putting on a first page only your social networks and the time, on a second, all of your games, on a third a widget of the agenda to follow your next appointments. Creating a new homepage on a HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2
- Once on the home screen, pinch your fingers as if you wanted to zoom out
- You will see the different home screen pages available
- You will now be able to use the small "+" Add a new page
- In the event that you want delete a page from the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 you will have to click on the trash can logo
How to organize the application icons on the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
We now move on to the application icon part. This is the most used home screen customization feature on HUAWEI Mate Xs 2. Indeed, 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 essential to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. If you ever want add time on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 home screen, we invite you to take a look at our guide.
How to Add App Shortcuts to the Home Screen of a HUAWEI Mate Xs 2
- Unlock your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2
- Access the list of applications of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 by swiping the screen upwards
- Find the app you want add a shortcut to the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2
- Hold your finger on the latter icon and select » Add to Home Screen ", This term may vary 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 HUAWEI Mate Xs 2, it will now be time to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The maneuver is particularly easy and you have already done the hardest 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 in the event that you do not want to change the page
- Otherwise, drag and hold it towards the side slice of the screen (as far to the left or right as possible depending on the location of the page on which you want to drop it) and wait to change page until you reach the one where you want to position it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
Last option, and not the least, you will be able to customize the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which will be able to display the data of a specific application, such as the diary, your emails, the time, the date… They are very practical for information that you need to consult regularly without having to open the app concerned. Apply the following procedure to discover the list of Widgets available on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2
- 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 discover 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
- Be aware 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 want as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the HUAWEI Mate Xs 2, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Mate XS 2.
