The personalization of a Samsung Galaxy S7 has no real limit, and that's good, indeed, thanks to all the customization options that exist, you can enjoy an original mobile phone and your image. 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.
We will precisely, in this article, discover how to change the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7? In this context, 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7?
So we start our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S7 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 can navigate by swiping 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 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S7
- Now that you're on your home screen, pinch your fingers as if you're trying to zoom out
- You will see the different home screen pages available
- You can now using the small "+" Add a new page
- In the event that you wish to delete a page from the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 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?
We now go to the application icon part. It is the most popular home screen personalization feature on Samsung Galaxy S7. 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 Samsung Galaxy S7 home screen, do not hesitate to browse our guide.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Samsung Galaxy S7
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S7
- Go to the application list of your Samsung Galaxy S7 by swiping the screen upwards
- Locate the app you want add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7
- Hold your finger on the latter icon and select » 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 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 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 on the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7?
Last option, and not the least, it is possible to modify the home screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 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 want to constantly consult without having to open the app in question. Use the following procedure to display the list of Widgets available on your Samsung Galaxy S7 and add them to your Home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7
- 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
- You should know all the same 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 are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Samsung Galaxy S7, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S7.
