2 Using the Home screen
The Home screen provides a central location where you can access information and email, browse
the Web, stream videos, view photos, and access social media websites.
NOTE: The appearance of the Home screen may vary.
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Swipe down from the top to display notifications.
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Swipe up from the bottom to display Google Now cards.
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Touch an icon to perform the action described in the table.
Icon Description
Search—Allows you to type one or more keywords to search with Google.
Voice search—Allows you to touch , and then speak one or more keywords to search with
Google.
Back—Opens the previous screen.
Home—Opens the central Home screen.
● To see a left or right Home screen, swipe to the left or right.
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To quickly return to the Home screen, touch
.
Recent apps—Opens a list of apps that you have used recently.
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Touch an app to open it.
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To remove an app from the list, swipe it to the left or right.
All apps—Displays a list of all apps.
To see all widgets, touch the Widgets tab.
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