The personalization of a Huawei Y7 never stops, and that's good, in fact, using all the customization options that are offered, you will be able to benefit from a unique smartphone and your picture. This is just to name one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains easy to use but leaves little room for the creativity of its users.

Today we are just going to see how to change the home screen of your Huawei Y7? To do 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 Y7 and, finally, how to use Widgets.

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How to add a page to the home screen of your Huawei Y7?

So we start our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of a Huawei Y7 with the addition of a page. You have undoubtedly already noticed it, it is possible to have several pages on the home page of your mobile phone 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 allow you to organize and sort the different information that you want to appear on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes 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 keep an eye on your next meetings. Creating a new home page on a Huawei Y7 is actually very easy :

  • Unlock your Huawei Y7
  • Once on the home screen, pinch your fingers as if you wanted to zoom out
  • You will see the different active home screen pages appear.
  • You can now thanks to the small "+" Add a new page
  • If you ever want delete a page from the home screen of your Huawei Y7 you will need to click on the trash can logo

How to change the application icons on the home screen of its Huawei Y7?

We now go to the application icon part. This is the most used home screen personalization feature on Huawei Y7. 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 ever wish add the time on your Huawei Y7 home screen, we invite you to watch our article.

How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Huawei Y7

  • Unlock your Huawei Y7
  • Go to the application list of your Huawei Y7 by swiping the screen upwards
  • Identify the application you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Huawei Y7
  • 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 app shortcuts you want on the home screen of your Huawei Y7, it will now be time to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The technique 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 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 on the home screen of your Huawei Y7?

Last possibility, and not the least, you can customize the home screen of your Huawei Y7 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 constantly consult without having to open the relevant app. Follow the technique below to discover the list of Widgets available on your Huawei Y7 and add them to your home screens:

  • Unlock the screen of your Huawei Y7
  • 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, you will have a preview of their rendering, click on 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.

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Huawei Y7, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Y7.