The customization of a OnePlus 6 has no limit, and that's a good thing for you, in fact, with the help of all the available customization possibilities, you will be able to have an original smartphone and to your image. This is just to name one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive, however, which gives its users very little leeway.
We will precisely, in this guide, learn how to change the home screen of your OnePlus 6? To do this, to begin with, we'll 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 OnePlus 6 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your OnePlus 6?
We therefore start our guide on personalization of the home screen of a OnePlus 6 with the addition of a page. You may have already noticed, you may 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 integrate on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes your life easier, avoids wasting time, and, in one click, opens your favorite app. You will be able 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 to follow your next meetings. Creating a new home page on a OnePlus 6 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your OnePlus 6
- 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 home screen pages available
- You will now be able, thanks to the small "+" Add a new page
- If you want to delete a page from the home screen of your OnePlus 6 you will have to click on the trash can logo
How to change the application icons on the home screen of your OnePlus 6?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the most popular home screen personalization feature on OnePlus 6. 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. In the event that you want add the time on your OnePlus 6 home screen, do not hesitate to look at our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a OnePlus 6
- Unlock your OnePlus 6
- Go to the application list of your OnePlus 6 by swiping the screen upwards
- Locate the app you want to add as a shortcut to the home screen of your OnePlus 6
- Hold down the latter's icon and click » Add to Home Screen ", This term may change depending on the Android version installed on your device
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 OnePlus 6, 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 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 OnePlus 6?
Last alternative, and not the least, you will be able to customize the home screen of your OnePlus 6 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. Use the following procedure to discover the list of Widgets available on your OnePlus 6 and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your OnePlus 6
- 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 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
- Note, however, that they are more or less large, and that depending on the application it is sometimes possible to choose from different formats to match your needs.
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the OnePlus 6, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: OnePlus 6.
