Add Widgets To The Home Screen - Samsung GALAXY S8 User Manual

Apps screen grid: Choose a dimension option to determine how icons are arranged on the
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Apps screen. The numbers indicate how many icons can be placed horizontally by how
many icons can be placed vertically.
Apps button: Add an apps button to the Home screen for easy to access to the Apps
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screen.
Hide apps: Select apps to hide, tap Apply.
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Hello Bixby settings: Configure Hello Bixby features.
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Add Shortcuts to the Home Screen
You can add shortcuts for quick access to favorite apps from the home screen.
To add a shortcut:
1. From home, swipe up to access Apps.
2. Touch and hold an app shortcut to open the options menu.
3. Tap Add shortcut to home.

Add Widgets to the Home Screen

You can add widgets to your phone's home screen. Widgets are simple application extensions that
run on your phone's home screen. Unlike a shortcut, the Widget works like as an onscreen
application.
1. From home, touch and hold an empty space, and then tap Widgets.
2. Touch and hold a widget icon to select it.
3. Drag the icon to an empty location on the home screen.
Add Folders to the Home Screen
You can group home screen shortcuts into folders for convenient access.
1. From home, touch and hold an app shortcut and drag it on top of another app shortcut until a
highlighted box appears.
2. Release the app shortcut to create the folder.
Enter folder name: Enter a name for the folder.
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Palette: Change the color.
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3. Add apps: Place more apps in the folder. Tap apps to select them, and then tap Add.
4. Tap anywhere outside of the folder to close it.
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