Change what’s on your Home screen on Android

If no app is open, your Home screen will appear. By default, your main Home screen shows the date, weather, and a few apps.

Important:

Go to Home screen

Depending on your phone, either:

  • Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
  • Tap Home  or Home .

On some phones, you can have more than one Home screen. Swipe right or left to move between them.

Customize your Home screen

Change an app

At the bottom of your screen, you'll find a row of favorite apps.

  • Remove a favorite app: From your favorites, touch and hold the app that you'd like to remove. Drag it to another part of the screen.
  • Add a favorite app: From the bottom of your screen, swipe up. Touch and hold an app. Move the app into an empty spot with your favorites. 

Change other Home screen settings

  1. On your Home screen, touch and hold an empty space. 
  2. Tap Home settings.

Search on your Home screen

  • To type your search, tap Google .
  • To speak your search, or to tell your phone to do something, say "OK Google." You can also tap Assistant Assistant. Learn about your Google Assistant

Tip: To use the 'Ok Google' command, you'll need to have Google Assistant enabled on your device.

Turn search bar animations on or off

You'll sometimes find animations in the search bar on your Home screen. The animations are temporary for special events, like holidays.

To turn these animations on or off:

  1. Touch and hold the search bar.
  2. Tap More  and then Preferences.
  3. Turn Searchbox effects on or off.

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