The customization of a OnePlus 9 never stops, and it's a good thing for you, in fact, thanks to all the customization possibilities available, you will be able to enjoy an original phone that reflects your image. This is, among other things, one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive, however, which gives very little leeway to its users.
In this guide, we are going to learn how to change the home screen of your OnePlus 9? In this context, at first, we will discover 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 9 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your OnePlus 9?
We start with our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of a OnePlus 9 with the addition of a page. You may have already noticed that it is possible to have several pages on the home page of your smartphone 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 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, saves 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 of your games, on a third a widget of the agenda to follow your next appointments. Creating a new homepage on a OnePlus 9 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your OnePlus 9
- Once on the home screen, pinch your fingers as if trying to zoom out
- You will see the different active home screen pages displayed
- From now on, thanks to the small "+" Add a new page
- If you want to delete a page from the home screen of your OnePlus 9 you will have to click on the trash can logo
How to organize application icons on the home screen of your OnePlus 9?
We now move on to the application icon part. This is the most used home screen customization feature on OnePlus 9. 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 want add the time on your OnePlus 9 home screen, feel free to take a look at our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a OnePlus 9
- Unlock your OnePlus 9
- Access the list of applications of your OnePlus 9 by swiping the screen upwards
- Identify the application you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your OnePlus 9
- 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 OnePlus 9, you will now have to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The technique is particularly easy 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 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 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 OnePlus 9?
Last alternative, and not the least, you will be able to modify the home screen of your OnePlus 9 by adding Widgets to it. 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 consult frequently without having to open the app in question. Apply the following procedure to discover the list of Widgets available on your OnePlus 9 and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your OnePlus 9
- 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, 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.
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the OnePlus 9, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: OnePlus 9.
