The customization of a Motorola Moto G42 never stops, and that's good, in fact, using all the customization options that exist, you have the possibility of benefiting from a unique device and to your picture. This is just to mention one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive but leaves little room for the creativity of its users.
In this article, we will see how to change the home screen of your Motorola Moto G42? To start, 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 Motorola Moto G42 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of its Motorola Moto G42?
We start with our article on personalization of the home screen of a Motorola Moto G42 with the addition of a page. You've probably already noticed that it's possible to have several pages on your phone's home page that you can navigate through by swiping your screen from 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 applications and data that you want to integrate into your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes life easier, saves time, and, in 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 of your games, on a third a widget of the agenda to keep an eye on your next appointments. Creating a new homepage on a Motorola Moto G42 is actually very simple :
- Unlock your Motorola Moto G42
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers like you want to zoom out
- You will see the different active home screen pages displayed
- From now on, you will be able to use the small "+" Add a new page
- If you want delete a page from the home screen of your Motorola Moto G42 you will have to click on the logo in the shape of a trash can
How to change the application icons on the home screen of your Motorola Moto G42?
We now move on to the application icon part. This is the most popular home screen customization feature on Motorola Moto G42. 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 important to be able to access these apps quickly and not have to search for them each time in the list. If you want add the time to your Motorola Moto G42 home screen, do not hesitate to look at our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Motorola Moto G42
- Unlock your Motorola Moto G42
- Go to the application list of your Motorola Moto G42 by swiping the screen upwards
- Identify the app you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Motorola Moto G42
- Hold down the latter's icon and click » Add to Home Screen ", This term may change depending on the Android version installed on your mobile 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 Motorola Moto G42, you will now have 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 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 put it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of your Motorola Moto G42?
Last possibility, and not the least, it is possible to customize the home screen of your Motorola Moto G42 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 want to consult regularly without having to open the app in question. Apply the following procedure to discover the list of Widgets available on your Motorola Moto G42 and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Motorola Moto G42
- 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 see the list of available Widgets appear, you will have a preview of their rendering, click on the one you want and move it like any application shortcut
- Note all the same 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.
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