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Your Home screens
After you finish setting up your device, the main Home screen appears for
the first time. Here, you can add app icons and widgets (an "at-a-glance"
view of an app's most important information) to your Home screens.
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To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
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To see notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen with one
finger.
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To open Quick Settings—frequently used settings—swipe down from
the top of the screen twice with one finger or once with two fingers.
See
Quick
Settings.
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To open Settings
fingers or swipe twice with one finger, then touch the Settings icon
at the top right.
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From the Home screen, touch Google at the top of the screen, or say
"Ok Google" to search, send messages, ask for directions, or give
other instructions.
Status bar
The status bar is at the very top of the screen. On the right, you can see
the Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength, how much battery power is left, and
the time. On the left, you can see which apps have sent you notifications.
See
Sound and
Navigation basics
At the bottom of your device's screen, you'll find a navigation bar with
these three buttons:
Back
Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was
in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you
can't go back any further.
, swipe down from the top of any screen with two
notification.
- Quick Links:
- Quick Start Guide
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