11Home screen
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open
your favorite apps, web bookmarks, contacts, mail
labels, playlists, and more. Widgets are live apps or tools
that provide news, weather, messages, and other
updates.
To see other panels of shortcuts and widgets, flick the
home screen left or right.
• To open something, touch it. Touch Home or
Back to return to the home screen.
Tip: When you open a widget, touch Menu to see
any options or settings. You can choose accounts for
some widgets, like
Calendar
,
Email
,
Facebook
, and
Gmail
.
• To resize widgets, touch
and hold a side until you
feel a vibration, then drag.
• To add shortcuts to the
home screen, touch
Apps , touch and hold an
app, then drag it to a spot
on a home screen panel.
To create a shortcut folder, drag one shortcut onto
another to put them both in a folder. To add other
shortcuts, drag them onto the folder icon. To name
the folder, touch it and enter a name at the bottom.
• To add widgets, touch Apps , touch
Widgets
at the
top, then touch and hold a widget.
• To move widgets or shortcuts, touch and hold them,
then drag to a new location.
• To remove shortcuts or widgets from the home
screen, touch and hold them, then drag to
Remove
at
the top.
• To change wallpaper, touch and hold a blank spot on
the home screen.
Shortcuts in the favorites tray at the bottom of the home
screen appear in all home screen views. You can drag
shortcuts or folders in or out of the favorites tray (except
Apps ) for instant access from any home screen.
Search
Touch Search , touch the
Google
text box that
appears, then start typing your search text.
As you type, suggestions appear below the search field:
• To search for a suggestion, touch it.
Touch here to enter text.
Touch to search
by voice.
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