Home Screen Basics; Customize Your Home Screen - Samsung GALAXY S8 User Manual

Pull down the status bar and tap

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.
Status bar: The status bar displays icons to notify you of your phone's status (on the right side)
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and notifications (on the left side).
Status area: Displays phone and service status information such as signal strength, battery
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status, Wi-Fi and data connectivity, ringer status, and time.
Notification area: Displays notifications for incoming messages, missed calls, application
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updates, and more.
Edge screen: Drag left to display the Edge screen.
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Widget: Widgets are simple application extensions that run on your phone's home screen.
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Primary app shortcuts: Shortcuts that appear in the same location on all of your phone's home
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screens.
Back: Returns you to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options menu, the notification
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panel, or the keyboard.
Home: Returns you to the home screen.
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Recent apps: Access recently used apps.
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Tip: Tap Home to return to the main home screen from any other screen.
Extended Home Screens
In addition to the main home screen, your phone features extended home screens to provide more
space for adding icons, widgets, and more. Tap
swipe the screen right or left to move from the main screen to an extended screen.
If you are not already using the maximum number of screens for your phone, you can add more
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screens by touching and holding an empty space on a home screen, sliding the thumbnails to the
left, and then tapping
While on an extended screen, tap
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Customize Your Home Screen

Learn how to set the wallpaper and add, move, or remove shortcuts, widgets, and folders from the
home screen.
Set Up Your Device Learn About Your Device
Settings.
Add page.
Home to return to the main home screen.
Home to display the main home screen and then
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