User's Manual

Apps, widgets, and shortcuts
About apps, widgets, and shortcuts
When you tap
on your home screen, a tray opens where you can access installed apps and widgets and set up
shortcuts.
• The Apps tab includes a complete list of the apps installed on your device, including apps that you download on Google
Play
™
.
• Widgets are like miniature apps that you can often interact with on the home screen. For example, the BBM widget
shows a small view of your current chats. The Bookmarks widget shows all of the websites that you have bookmarked so
that you can open them right from the home screen.
• Shortcuts help you perform the tasks that you do the most. For example, if you frequently write email, you can set up an
email shortcut. Tapping the shortcut opens an email composer.
Search for installed apps, widgets, and shortcuts
1.
On the home screen, tap .
2. Enter a search term in the Search apps, widgets, and shortcuts field.
Add an app, a widget, or a shortcut to your home
screen
1.
On the home screen, tap .
2. Tap Apps, Widgets, or Shortcuts.
3. Touch and hold an app, a widget, or a shortcut, and then release your
finger when the home screen appears.
After you add a shortcut to your home screen, you might be prompted to set up the shortcut. For example, if you add the
Email Contact shortcut, you must tap the contact that you want to send an email to.
About pop-up widgets
Pop-up widgets are associated with the apps that you add to the home screen. When you add an app that includes a pop-
up widget, an indicator appears beneath the app icon (
). Pop-up widgets are useful because they allow you to have
widgets that don't take up space on the home screen.
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