l Switch to a recently used app: Swipe left or right on the screen to nd the app you want to use,
and touch the app tab.
l Close an app: Swipe up on an app tab to close the corresponding app.
l Close all apps: Touch to close all apps.
Navigate with Gestures
Avoid navigation keys from blocking your screen content. Navigate easily with gestures. Gesture
navigation allows you to quickly go back to the previous screen, return to the home screen, and view
recent tasks.
Open Settings, go to System > System navigation, and select Gestures. You can then:
l Go back to the previous screen: Swipe inward from the left or right edge of the screen.
l Return to the home screen: Swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen.
l View recent tasks: Swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen and hold.
l Enable Google Assistant: Touch Settings to enable Google Assistant. Swipe upwards from the
bottom left or right corner of the screen to enable Google Assistant.
Notication Panel and Status Bar
Disable Disruptive App Notications
Find it annoying to receive so many different types of app notications? You can set and disable app
notications to prevent this from happening.
Open Settings, and go to Notications. You can:
l Disable push notications from an app: On the Notications screen, nd and touch the desired
app, and then turn off .
l Prevent all apps from pushing notications: Touch Batch management, and then turn off All.
Customize
Notications
Not a fan of the default notication reminders? You can customize your notication reminders so that
you get your notications the way you want them.
Open Settings, then go to Notications > More notication settings. From here, you can:
l Enable Notications turn on screen: Enable Notications turn on screen. When your Phone
screen is off, it will turn on when a notication is received.
l Set Pulse notications light: Turn on Pulse notication light, and the notication light will ash
whenever you receive new notications.
l Set notication method: Touch Notication method. Depending on your preferences, you can
select Icons, Numbers, or None.
Home Screen
15