The personalization of a Huawei P8 never stops, and that's good, in fact, by using all the customization possibilities that are offered, you can benefit from an original mobile phone and in your image. This is among other things one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive, however, which leaves little room for the creativity of its users.
We will precisely, in this article, discover how to change the home screen of your Huawei P8? To do this, first of all, we will see 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 P8 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your Huawei P8?
So we start our guide on the personalization of the home screen of a Huawei P8 with the addition of a page. You have probably already noticed that you can 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 allow you to organize and sort the different applications and data that you want to appear on your screen. Using the home screen on Android can make life easier, avoid wasting time, and, with one click, open your favorite app. You will have the possibility to position on a first page only your social networks and the time, on a second, all your games, on a third a calendar widget so as not to miss your next meetings. Creating a new homepage on a Huawei P8 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Huawei P8
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers as if you're trying to zoom out
- You will have a preview of the different active home screen pages
- From now on, you will 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 P8 you will need to click on the trash can logo
How to change the application icons on the home screen of its Huawei P8?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most used home screen personalization feature on Huawei P8. 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. In the event that you want add the time on your Huawei P8 home screen, we invite you to consult our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Huawei P8
- Unlock your Huawei P8
- Go to the application list of your Huawei P8 by swiping the screen upwards
- Find the app you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Huawei P8
- Hold down 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 P8, 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 hard part:
- Hold down 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 on the home screen of your Huawei P8?
Last possibility, and not the least, you can customize the home screen of your Huawei P8 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 need to consult regularly without having to open the app concerned. Follow the steps below to display the list of Widgets available on your Huawei P8 and add them to your Home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Huawei P8
- 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, select the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
- Note however 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.
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become a Huawei P8 master, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Huawei P8.
