Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add a Webpage Shortcut to Home Screen in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

There are several ways available that can be used to speed up the way you access your favourite webpages, one of which is by adding a shortcut to that webpage to home screen. This will let you to quickly access to that webpage even without you have to open up the Internet app first. All you have to do is simply by tapping the shortcut on the home screen and the webpage will be loaded shortly.


How to add a webpage shortcut to home screen?
Before doing this steps, make sure you have a free space in your home screen otherwise it won't work. Well, if you want to add shortcut to webpages in home screen, you can do so by using two methods available: from an opened webpage or from the bookmarks list.

Method #1: From an opened webpage

1. Open Internet app.
2. Enter the URL or webpage address in the address bar and then tap Go.
3. Wait until the webpage is fully loaded.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Add shortcut to home.
5. A shortcut of the currently opened webpage has been created on home screen.

Method #2: From the bookmarks list
This method can be used if you have bookmarked the webpage you want to add its shortcut to home screen. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Tap located at the bottom right corner of the screen to view all bookmarked webpages.
3. Long tap the required bookmark you want to add its shortcut to home screen until it's selected.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Add shortcut to home.
5. A shortcut of the selected bookmark has been created on home screen.

As a note, this feature will be more useful if you use it to add shortcut of your favourite or most frequently accessed webpages to home screen since it will be able to help you to save more time by skipping some steps you used to do when accessing those webpages with other methods.