The personalization of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge never stops, and that's good, in fact, thanks to all the customization options available, you have the opportunity to enjoy an original phone and your image . This is one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains intuitive but leaves little room for the creativity of its users.
In this article, we are going to discover how to change the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge? To do this, to begin with, 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
We therefore start our guide on personalization of the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with the addition of a page. You've probably already noticed, it is possible to have several pages on the home of your 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 give you the possibility of organizing and sorting the different information that you want to integrate on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes your life easier, saves time, and, with 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 calendar widget to keep an eye on your next meetings. Creating a new home page on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- 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 appear.
- You will now be able, thanks to the small "+" Add a new page
- If you ever want to delete a page from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge you will need to click on the trash can logo
How to organize the application icons on the home screen of its Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the home screen personalization feature on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge that people use the most. 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge home screen, you can look at our article.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- Go to the application list of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge by swiping the screen upwards
- Identify the app you want to add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- 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 device
How to move app shortcuts to the Home screen
Once you have added all the applications you want on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7, you will now have to move them to position them on the right page and in the right place. The procedure 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 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge?
Last alternative, and not the least, you will be able to customize the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge by adding Widgets. Widgets are interactive blocks which will 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. Follow the procedure below to discover the list of Widgets available on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- 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 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
- 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.
In case you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, we invite you to look at the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S7.
