Your Phone's Home Screen; Home Screen Basics; Home Screen Layout - Samsung Galaxy S7 User Manual

Your Phone's Home Screen

The following topics describe how to use and customize your phone's home screen, understand the
status bar, and use the notification panel.

Home Screen Basics

The home screen is the starting point for your phone's applications, functions, and menus. You can
customize your home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.

Home Screen Layout

Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen. Swipe the screen left or right to display additional
screens.
Item
Status area
Status bar
Your Phone's Home Screen
Description
The status area of the status bar (on the right) displays phone and service
status information such as signal strength, battery status, Wi-Fi and data
connectivity, ringer status, and time.
The status bar displays icons to notify you of your phone's status (on the right
side) and notifications (on the left side).
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