In order to pull up apps, you now swipe up on the lower portion
of the home screen to reveal a hidden app drawer.
Nova Launcher lets you do things like change the size
of your home screen icons manually, as well as installing custom icon packs so you can change the way they look too.
Up until now, the solution has been to gather up the built - in iOS apps you have no use for and combine them into a folder that's banished to the far reaches
of your home screen.
That means a lot of screen sweeping to get to the far reaches
of home screen number 7.
Just give a long press on an empty portion
of the home screen.
There are small enhancements, such as the Google Now widget on the top left
of the home screen, the revamped app drawer that you can access by simply swiping up from the quick access bar, and new gesture controls that let you open the notifications tray by swiping down in the fingerprint sensor in back.
Install this android app in your device and gives an amazing look
of your home screen.
Long - press on a blank area
of home screen to add widgets or change wallpapers and Google Now settings.
It lets you customize the look
of your home screen and how you interact with it.
On most Android phones these days, you'll find an app tray on the bottom
of the home screen.
To do this, move a folder to the top row
of your home screen.
The Google Now Launcher also gives you an easy way to use Google's voice search feature from any one
of your home screen panels, with «OK Google» hotword detection.
A turn of the bezel to the left
of the home screen pulls up different screens for each notification but it's when you turn to the right that you see the full dedication to fitness in Tizen.
But on just about every phone I've seen it on so far, the splash of primary colors clashes with the rest
of the home screen, giving it an unfortunate Fisher - Price kind of vibe.
The app drawer now opens up as almost like a window on top
of your home screen.
Widgets are a piece
of the home screen experience that most users don't use and that many don't understand.
Blinkfeed exists on the left - hand side
of the home screen, in place of the Google feed, but it can be removed.
Briefing is present on the left most panel
of the home screen.
Nova Launcher, one of the mainstays
of the home screen replacement market, does a lot of things really well.
LG has included a number of conveniences that stock Android can't match, like a more comprehensive set of quick toggles in the notification tray, a variety
of home screen layouts and themes, and programmable shortcuts for hardware buttons.
Updated November 2017: This article was updated to reflect changes in launcher UIs and the continual evolution
of home screen folders.
Swipe up on the launcher and it opens the app drawer with your most commonly used apps at the top and to the left
of home screen, automatically set up, is Google Now.
Google Now is a part
of your home screen.
A pair
of home screen images appeared on Thursday, courtesy of the well - connected @evleaks.
There's a higher degree
of home screen customization (including the ability to disable the app drawer), the new Dual Messenger functionality, modified power saving modes, and more.
Spotlight is your searching buddy on iOS, just as it is on macOS, and you can find it on the newest versions of iOS with a swipe down on the middle
of the home screen - just start typing out some search terms to see results appear on the display.
In other words, you can swipe up to access your app drawer, the Google Search widget is at the bottom
of your home screen, the At a Glance widget will showcase the weather and upcoming calendar appointments, and there's a fully - functional Google Feed on the left - side of your setup (for better or worse).
Samsung has added the ability to pick the size
of the home screen grid for its stock TouchWiz launcher.
There are tons of settings that you can use in tweaking every aspect
of the home screen to your liking, so ultimately, this is one of the best ways to personalize your Galaxy experience.
Not only does it includes numerous tweaks to alter the aesthetics
of your home screen, but it even has plenty of features that reduce clutter.
A nice touch, though, is that when you hold down the app drawer icon (the little dots in the bottom middle
of the home screen) for a second, a preview of each home screen pops up with the option of touching one to quickly navigate.
A user can just swipe in the middle
of the home screen and the app drawer will appear.
If you're a fan
of home screen widgets, you might be disappointed to see that the Xperia Weather app only offers a simple 4x1 widget.
You can swipe down in the middle
of the Home screen for search.
Speaking of the Pixel Launcher, in the Pixel 2, the search bar has moved from the top
of the home screen to the bottom, providing a buffer between the dock apps and the nav buttons and putting the search bar in a much more easily tapped location.
Instagram Direct is accessible via a new icon in the top - right hand corner
of the home screen, which reveals your personal inbox with any photos and videos that have been sent to your account.
It's even got double - tap to sleep and the Google Now screen to the left
of the home screen.
That's not the case with the AirTV, which relegates an entire operating system to a single button, hidden at the bottom
of a home screen that isn't really a home screen.
My Magazine, the newsfeed that lives to the let
of your home screen, has morphed into Flipboard (which powered it anyway).
Like Motorola and Sony — and, of course, Google — a quick swipe to the right
of the home screen accesses Google Now.
One of the best parts about this is that it ensures consistent size and padding with
all of your home screen icons.
Similar to the Huawei EMUI experience swiping down from anywhere on an open area
of the home screen panel will take you to the app launcher with a search bar at the top to help you quickly find and launch apps.
Such a sensor may not even need to live in the bottom center
of the home screen.
On the bottom
of the home screen, it should say the name of the current song, as well as «Devices Available.»
AppFlash is a new feature on the Moto Z2 Play that replaces Google Now to the left
of the home screen.
Most of the feature updates come in the redesign
of the home screen, and go first to the Pixel and Pixel XL from 2016.
This minimalist icon pack contains more than 1,400 small, white icons that will slim down the appearance of any launcher, leaving more room for widgets and cleaning up the overall look
of your home screen.
Swiping from the left
of your home screen will reveal Bixby Home, but the process takes significant time and is a bit janky.
Select your profile from the left - hand side
of the Home screen, and choose Profile > Set Gamerpic > Make One With Your Avatar.
First time users
of this home screen app will have an easy time navigating through each menu with little difficulty.