How To Customize Home Screen – Android Lollipop

You can customize Home Screen through changing wallpapers, adding widgets, adjusting screen order, creating folders etc.

• To change your wallpaper, add a widget, adjust Search settings, or change screen order, touch & hold the background of any Home screen.
• You can have any number of Home screens to the right. To add a new screen, swipe to the rightmost screen and drag an app or widget to the right edge.
• The screen to the left of the main Home screen is reserved for Google Now, and is available only when Google Now is turned on.
• To create a folder, slide one icon quickly on top of another.
• To name or rename a folder, open it and touch its name.

To change the wallpaper:

• Touch & hold the background, then touch Wallpapers icon.
• Swipe right to left to choose a wallpaper image. Or choose an image from your Photos, Downloads or Drive.

To add an app icon to a Home screen:

• Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app.
• Touch All Apps.
• Swipe from right to left, if necessary, to find the app you want.
• Touch & hold the app until the Home screen appears, slide it into place, and lift your finger.

To add a widget:

• Touch & hold the background, then touch Widgets. On Nexus 4, 7, or 10, open All Apps > Widgets.
• Swipe right to choose a widget, which provides a quick view or way to access information on your home screen, like a larger size clock or a view of information in your Google Play library.

To move an app or widget to another position:

• Touch & hold the icon.
• Slide your finger to the new position.
  • To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen.
  • To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly into it.
• Lift your finger.

Note: This guide will work on devices using Android 5.0 Lollipop or above; like Nexus 6, Nexus 9, etc.

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