Sony C5502, C5503 manual Small apps, Widgets

Small apps

You can get quick access to several small apps at any time using the small apps bar. A small app only takes up a small area of your screen, so you can interact with a small app and another application at the same time on the same screen. For example, you can have a web page open and then open the Calculator small app on top of it and perform calculations. You can download more small apps from Google Play™.

To open a small app

1To make the small apps bar appear, press .

2 Tap the small app that you want to open.

You can open several small apps at the same time.

To close a small app

•Tap on the small app window.

To download a small app

1From the small apps bar, tap , then tap and tap .

2Search for the small app that you want to download, then follow the instructions to download it and complete the installation.

To move a small app

•When the small app is open, touch and hold the top left corner of the small app, then move it to the desired location.

To minimize a small app

•When the small app is open, touch and hold the top left corner of the small app, then drag it to the right edge or to the bottom edge of the screen.

To rearrange the small apps in the small apps bar

•Touch and hold a small app and drag it to the desired position.

To remove a small app from the small apps bar

•Touch and hold a small app, then drag it to .

To restore a previously removed small app

1Open the small apps bar, then tap .

2Touch and hold the small app you want to restore, then drag it into the small apps bar.

To add a widget as a small app

1To make the small apps bar appear, press .

2Tap > > .

3 Select a widget.

4 Enter a name for the widget, if desired, then tap OK.

Widgets

Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Homescreen. They also function as shortcuts. For example, the Weather widget allows you to see basic weather information directly on your Homescreen. But when you tap the widget, the full Weather application opens. You can download additional widgets from Google Play™.

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