Android OS

You can add app icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of any Home screen where there’s free space. You can also change the wallpaper.

For an introduction to Home, see Getting to know Home. 

Add an item to a Home screen

1. Open the Home screen where you want to add the item.
   


2. Touch the Customize button at the top-right of the screen.
   


3. Touch the category of item you want to add.
   If there are no empty spots on the Home screen, Add is dimmed; you must delete or move an item before you can add another item, or switch to another Home screen. 
   
   
4. In the menu that opens, touch the tab for the category of item you want to add. 
   
   
   • Widgets are miniature apps. Learn about widgets.
     
     
   • App shortcuts are app icons you can place on your Home screens, so you can touch them to open those apps without opening the Apps screen first. 
     
     
   • Wallpapers are images from Gallery (pictures you shot with Camera, synced from Picasa, and so on), still images included with the system, and live wallpapers (such as a map that centers on your location or an animated scene). They take the place of the default background to your Home screens. See Change Home screen wallpaper.
     
     
   • More includes shortcuts to Browser bookmarks, to directions in Maps, and an assortment of other useful items.
   If there are more items in the category than can fit on one screen, outlines of additional items appear to the left or right. You can slide the screen left or right to see the additional items.
    
5. Drag an item onto the Home screen where you want to add it.
   
   If you pause before lifting your finger, the Home screen enlarges so you can place the item where you want it. Otherwise, it gets placed in the first available spot.

   Some items prompt you for more information before they are added to a Home screen. For example, bookmarks prompt you to pick the Browser bookmark you want to add, Contacts shortcuts prompt you to pick the contact you want, and so on.

Move a a Home screen item

1. Touch & hold the item you want to move, until the Home screen grid appears. Don’t lift your finger.
2. Drag the item to a new location on the same Home screen, or drag the item to the outline of another Home screen to the left or right to move it to another Home screen.
3. When the item is where you want it, lift your finger.

Remove an item from the Home screen

1. Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until the Home screen grid appears. Don’t lift your finger.
   The Remove button appears in the top-right of the screen.
2. Drag the item to the Remove button.
3. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.
   The item is removed from the Home screen, but it’s not deleted from your tablet. You can always put it back.

Change Home screen wallpaper

1. Touch the Customize button at the top-right of a Home screen.
2. Touch Wallpapers.
3. Touch Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.

   Touch Gallery to use a picture that you have captured using the camera or copied to your tablet. You can crop the picture before setting it as a wallpaper.

   Touch Live wallpapers to open a scrolling list of animated wallpapers installed on your tablet. Some live wallpapers change according to the time of day, in response to touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other information. Some live wallpapers have a Settings button.

   Touch Wallpapers to open a screen where you can sample the wallpaper images that come with the tablet. Slide the miniature images left and right to view the samples. Touch a sample to view a larger version.

   You can download additional wallpapers from Google Play .

4. Touch Save or Set wallpaper.