Home Screen: Carousel View Or App Grid View - Amazon Fire Phone User Manual

Home Screen: Carousel View or App Grid View

Access items from the Home screen in carousel view or app grid view.
In carousel view:
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Navigate the carousel: Swipe your finger left or right across the screen to move through the
carousel. Your most recently accessed items appear first.
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Preview items: Below most items in the carousel, you will find a preview of relevant items, such as
your most recent text messages, e-mails, or photos under the Messaging, Email, and Photos apps,
recommendations related to a Kindle book, or your most recently accessed settings.
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Open an item: Tap an item in the carousel or one of the preview items to go directly to it.
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Switch to the app grid: Press the Home button. You can also swipe up from the four app icons at
the bottom of the screen.
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Pin an item to the carousel: Press and hold an item, and then select Pin to Front from the pop-up
menu. To remove an item from the carousel, press and hold a pinned item, and then select Remove
from Carousel.
In app grid view:
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Navigate the app grid: If they span multiple screens, swipe up and down to view all of your apps.
Toggle the Cloud / Device switch in the upper left to view the apps you have in the Cloud available
to download to your device, and the apps you already have downloaded to your device.
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Open an item: Tap an app to open it.
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Organize your apps: Press and drag an app to move it around the screen and reorganize your
apps.
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Switch to the carousel: Swipe down to navigate back up to the carousel.
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Create a Collection: To create a Collection, press and drag a media item (such as a book, video, or
app) on top of another media item from the same media category, and then add a name for the
Collection. For example, a book can be added to a Collection that contains other books; however, a
book cannot be added to a Collection that contains apps.
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