Add Widgets, Shortcuts, Or Folders - Motorola Moto G7 Play Manual

Personalize your phone : Home screen

Add widgets, shortcuts, or folders

Add widgets
Widgets stream information, giving some of an app's functionality without opening the app. For
example, the Calendar widget shows your daily agenda and gives you one-touch access to
your full calendar.
To add a widget:
1. Touch & hold the home screen.
2. Touch Widgets.
Widgets are listed under their related apps.
3. Touch & hold a widget to add it.
You can make some widgets larger to view more content:
1. Touch & hold the widget until it's highlighted.
2. Release it to see an outline.
3. Drag a corner or side to resize.
Add app shortcuts
1. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to open your app list.
2. Touch & hold the app you want.
3. Drag the app or one of its actions to an empty spot on your home screen. Or, drag it to the
edge of the screen and drop it onto a new home screen panel.
Add task shortcuts
Many apps icons include shortcuts to common tasks, so you don't have to open and navigate
the app.
1. Touch & hold an app icon to see available task shortcuts.
2. Do one of the following:
• To perform the task, touch it.
•
To create a shortcut for that task, drag
Here are examples of task shortcuts for various apps. Not all apps include task shortcuts.
App Task shortcuts
to an empty space on your homescreen.
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