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The Home Screen
After you unlock your Galaxy Note 4, you are presented with the Home screen. Your Galaxy Note 4 has
four Home screen panes (although you can create more). The Home screen panes contain application
shortcuts, a Launcher icon, Notification bar, Shortcuts, Favorites Tray, and widgets.
• Notification bar—The Notification bar shows information about Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular
coverage, as well as the battery level and time. The Notification bar also serves as a place where
apps can alert or notify you using notification icons.
• Notification icons—Notification icons appear in the Notification bar when an app needs to alert
or notify you of something. For example, the Phone app can show the Missed Calls icon,
indicating that you missed a call.
• Widget—Widgets are applications that run directly on the Home screens. They are specially
designed to provide functionality and real-time information. An example of a widget is one that
shows the current weather or provides a search capability. Widgets can be moved and sometimes
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