Samsung Galaxy S8: How to Customise Your Home Screen in Android 7.0 Nougat

Home screen is the starting point where you can access apps, features, and other functions in your Samsung Galaxy S8. Fortunately, it's also a customisable part on your phone so you can do some customisations to fit your need, as the example, you can add more panels so you can place more items on your home screen, remove unused panels to simplify your home screen, change the order of the home screen panels for easier access to the favourite panels, or change the default/main home screen so you can easily access this panel from any screen simply by tapping the Home key.


How to customise your home screen?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On the home screen, pinch the screen using two fingers or long tap on an empty area to go to the screen where you can customise your home screen.
2. To add more home screen panels, do as follows:
   
   • Tap + below the home screen panels to quickly go to the panel that you can use to add a new one.
     
     
   • Tap the home screen panel with + inside.
     
     
   • A new home screen panel has been added. Now, you can use it to place more shortcuts to your favourite apps or widgets on your home screen so you can easily and quickly reach them each time you need.
3. To remove a home screen panel, do as follows:
   
   • Swipe the screen to the left or right to find the home screen panel you want to remove.
   • Tap at the top right corner of the home screen panel.
     
     
   • Tap Delete button to confirm removing the selected home screen panel.
     
     
   • The selected home screen panel and its contents(apps shortcuts and widgets) have been removed.
4. To rearrange home screen panels, do as follows:
   
   • Swipe the screen to the left or right to find the home screen panel you want to change its position.
   • Tap and hold the home screen panel and then drag it to other location.
     
     
   • The selected home screen panel has been moved to other location. As a note, it'd better if you place your favourite home screen panels in the top 3 position for easier access to those panels.
5. To change the default/main home screen, do as follows:
   
   • Swipe the screen to the left or right to find the home screen panel you want to set as the main home screen panel.
   • Tap above the home screen panel.
     
     
   • The selected home screen panel has been set as the main home screen. Now, you can easily access this home screen panel from any screen simply by tapping the Home key.

Samsung Galaxy S8 Front and Back Views

The newest Samsung Galaxy S series, Samsung Galaxy S8, is already here. This "unbox your phone" taglined smartphone has revolutionary design that will surely grab your attention at the first time you see it. Before using this phone, it'd better to know the layout so you can use it with more easily. As a note, this post is written based on Samsung Galaxy S8 SM-G950FD

Front view of the Samsung Galaxy S8

1. SIM card tray(at the top side of the phone): this tray has two holes that you can use to place two SIM cards if you want to use dual SIM mode or to place a SIM card and an SD card if you want to use single SIM mode.
2. Microphone (at the top side of the phone)
3. LED indicator: it will light up when the screen is off to show statuses of sound recording, unread notifications, and battery.
4. Iris detection LED: it will light up when your phone recognises your iris.
5. Light/proximity sensor: this sensor is used by the phone to make some features work when it's blocked by an object, as the example, the screen will auto turn off when this sensor is blocked by your face or ear during calls, the screen will auto turn on when you move your hand above this sensor, etc.
6. Earpiece
7. 8MP Front camera: you can use this to take a self-portrait photos. This camera is also used by the phone to make some features work, as the example, it'll detect your face so that the screen will stay on while you're looking at it.
8. Iris scanner: when you set iris as your screen lock type, this scanner will be used to scan your iris to unlock the screen.
9. Volume key: use this key to adjust the volume, take a picture, zoom in or out in some apps, etc.
10. Power key: use this key to turn on or off your phone, turn on or off the screen, launch the camera, etc.
11. Bixby key: use this key to easily access bixby.
12. Touch screen/main screen: use it to use apps, navigate your phone, etc.
13. Edge screen: use it to view edge panels(e.g, people edge, apps edge, smart select, etc.), and edge clock. You can also set your phone to light up the edge screen when you receive notifications.
14. Recents key: use this key to view the list of your recent apps, launch the split screen view, dock an area of an app at the top of the screen, etc.
15. Home key: use this key to turn on the screen, return to the home screen, etc.
16. Back key: use this key to return to the previous screen.
17. Headset jack(at the bottom side of the phone): use it to insert your headset.
18. USB charger or accessory port(at the bottom side of the phone): use it to insert a USB cable when you want to charge your phone, connect your phone to a PC, etc.
19. Microphone(at the bottom side of the phone)
20. Speaker(at the bottom side of the phone)

Back view of the Samsung Galaxy S8

1. Flash: it will light up when you turn on flash when taking photos, when you act your phone as a flashlight, or when you receive notifications if flash notification feature is enabled.
2. Heart rate sensor: use this sensor to measure your heart rate or easily take a self-portrait photo.
3. 12MP Rear camera: you can use it to take a photo using various shooting modes and effects.
4. Fingerprint sensor: when you set fingerprint as your screen lock type, this sensor will be used to recognise your fingerprint to unlock the screen.
5. NFC/Wireless charging coil: it will be used to pair your phone with other NFC capable device by holding them together back to back. It also be used to charge your phone with a wireless charger.