The personalization of a Sony Xperia Ace has no limits, and this is a good thing for you, in fact, by using all the customization options that are offered, you will be able to benefit from a unique phone and at your image. This is just to name one of the big advantages over Apple, which remains easy to use but gives very little leeway to its users.
In this guide, we are going to learn how to change the home screen of your Sony Xperia Ace? In this context, first of all, 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 Sony Xperia Ace and, finally, how to use Widgets.
How to add a page to the home screen of its Sony Xperia Ace?
So we start our tutorial on personalization of the home screen of a Sony Xperia Ace with the addition of a page. You have probably already noticed that you can have several pages on the home page 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 allow you to organize and sort the different information that you want to appear on your screen. Using the home screen on Android makes life easier, avoids wasting time, and, in one click, opens your favorite app. You will be able to position your social networks and the time on a first page only, on a second, all of your games, on a third a calendar widget so as not to miss your next meetings. Creating a new homepage on a Sony Xperia Ace is actually very easy :
- Unlock your Sony Xperia Ace
- 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 accessible home screen pages
- You can now, through the small "+" Add a new page
- In the event that you wish to delete a page from the home screen of your Sony Xperia Ace you will have to click on the logo in the shape of a trash can
How to organize the application icons on the home screen of its Sony Xperia Ace?
We now go to the application icon part. This is the home screen personalization feature on Sony Xperia Ace that people use the most. Indeed, we spend on average more than 2 hours per 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 wish add the time to your Sony Xperia Ace home screen, we invite you to watch our article.
How to add app shortcuts to the home screen of a Sony Xperia Ace
- Unlock your Sony Xperia Ace
- Go to the application list of your Sony Xperia Ace by swiping the screen upwards
- Locate the app you are planning to add as a shortcut to the home screen of your Sony Xperia Ace
- Press and hold the icon of the latter 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 app shortcuts you want on the home screen of your Sony Xperia Ace, it is now time 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 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 edge of the screen (as far to the left or right as possible depending on the location of the page on which you want to drop it) and wait to change page until you reach the one where you want to position it
How to add Widgets to the home screen of your Sony Xperia Ace?
Last alternative, and not the least, it is possible to modify the home screen of your Sony Xperia Ace 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 constantly consult without having to open the relevant app. Follow the steps below to discover the list of Widgets available on your Sony Xperia Ace and add them to your home screens:
- Unlock the screen of your Sony Xperia Ace
- 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, click on 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 use different formats to match your needs.
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Sony Xperia Ace, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia Ace.
