Navigating applications

You can navigate between applications using the navigation keys, the small apps bar, and the recently used applications window, which lets you switch easily between all recently used applications. Some applications are closed when you press to exit while others continue to run in the background or pause. If the application is paused or runs in the background, you can continue where you left off the next time you open the application.

1Recently used applications window – Open a recently used application

2Favorites bar – Open a shortcut for applications or widgets

3Task navigation key – Open the recently used applications window and the small apps bar

4Home navigation key – Exit an application and go back to the Home screen

5Back navigation key – Go back to the previous screen within an application or close the application

To open the recently used applications window

Press .

To close all the recently used applications

Tap and then tap Close all.

To open a menu in an application

While using the application, press .

A menu is not available in all applications.

Small apps

A small app is a shortcut used for applications and widgets. You can get quick access to the small apps at any time using the favorites 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 favorites bar appear, press .

2 Tap the small app that you want to open.

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.

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