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.

●Swipe down from the top to display notifications.

●Swipe up from the bottom to display Google Now cards.

●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.

All apps—Displays a list of all apps.

To see all widgets, touch the Widgets tab.

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.

●To quickly return to the Home screen, touch .

Recent apps—Opens a list of apps that you have used recently.

●Touch an app to open it.

●To remove an app from the list, swipe it to the left or right.

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