The customization of a HUAWEI Mate Xs has no limit, and that's good, indeed, thanks to all the customization options that exist, you will be able to benefit from a unique device that reflects your image. This is one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains simple to use, but leaves little room for the creativity of its users.
We will precisely, in this article, learn how to change the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs? For this, first, we will 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 HUAWEI Mate Xs and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs?
So we start our article on customization of the home screen of a HUAWEI Mate Xs with the addition of a page. You have probably already noticed it, you can have several pages on the home page of your smartphone in which you will be able to 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 appear on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes life easier, avoid wasting time, and, in one click, open your favorite app. You will be able to put 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 is actually very simple :
- Unlock your HUAWEI Mate Xs
- Once on the home screen, pinch your fingers as if trying to zoom out
- You will have a preview of the different home screen pages in place
- From now on, you will be able to use the small "+" Add a new page
- If you ever want delete a page from the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs you will have to click on the logo in the shape of a trash can
How to organize the application icons on the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs?
We now move on to the application icon part. This is the home screen customization feature on HUAWEI Mate Xs that people use the most. 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 essential 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 wish add the time on your HUAWEI Mate Xs home screen, you can browse our article.
How to Add App Shortcuts to the Home Screen of a HUAWEI Mate Xs
- Unlock your HUAWEI Mate Xs
- Access the list of applications of your HUAWEI Mate Xs by swiping the screen upwards
- Identify the application you want add a shortcut to the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs
- Hold your finger on the latter's icon and click » 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, you will now have to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The maneuver is particularly simple 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 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 position it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs?
Last option, and not the least, you will be able to customize the home screen of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 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 consult regularly without having to open the app in question. Follow the procedure below to discover the list of Widgets available on your HUAWEI Mate Xs and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock your HUAWEI Mate Xs screen
- Two options, 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 appear, 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 choose among different formats to match your needs.
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