Hello and welcome to part 2 of the complete tips and tricks guide to using your Nexus
6.
Today it's Homescreen basics.
On your main home screen you can swipe right to left to move between different screens
with different applications and widgets.
Swiping left to right will go back through the same screens.
You can keep track of which Homescreen you are on through the small dots positioned inbetween
your Homescreen and dock.
Each time you swipe a different dot will turn white.
From your main Homescreen if you swipe from left to right you will access Google now which
will display news, weather, sports scores, traffic alerts and more.
This feature is tied to the default Google now launcher.
The middle button in your dock is the application drawer and this is where you can access all
the applications on your device.
Again you can swipe from right to left to cycle through the apps and there is a dot
at the very bottom of the screen to show you where you are.
To add an application from the drawer to your Homescreen, press and hold on the app you
want and this will automatically switch back to your Homscreens.
You can then drag the app around the screen and then let go to drop it into place.
To move or delete that application, you can again long press on it to pick it up and then
drag it around the screen or drag it to the X symbol at the top of the screen to delete
it.
This only deletes the icon, it doesn't uninstall the application.
To create a folder of icons on your Homescreen, long press on an icon to pick it up and then
drop it on top of another icon to create a folder.
You can then pick up more icons to add to the folder.
Tap on the folder to access the icons in it.
To disband the folder long press on the icons in the folder and pull them out and drop them
on your Homescreen.
When one icon is left the folder will automatically disappear.
To rename a Homescreen folder, open it and then press on Unnamed folder.
The keyboard will pop up and you can type in your new folder name.
Press enter on the keyboard or tap off the folder to complete the renaming process.
To add a widget to your Homescreen, long press on a blank section of the Homescreen.
Three options will appear and you want to choose the middle widget option.
Widgets come in a variety of forms from many different applications, you can swipe through
the widgets to choose the one you want.
When you find a widget you want to add, long press on it to pick it up and then drop it
on your Homescreens.
As part of the widget you may have to select some options.
In this example I need to select a topic for my news widget.
Once it's added to your Homescreen it might have interactive features like this one which
lets you swipe through different news articles.
So, add a widget and have a play with it to see what it can do.
Many widgets can be resized and to do this you need to long press on it to pick it up
and then drop it in the same location.
A border will appear around the widget which you can than drag to adjust the size of the
widget.
Tap off the widget to confirm the new size.
To change your wallpaper, long press on a blank portion of your Homescreen and choose
the left of the three options which is wallpaper.
You will see various wallpaper options at the bottom of the screen and you can scroll
through them until you find one that you like.
Tap on it to preview the wallpaper and, if you want to use it, tap on 'Use Wallpaper'
in the top left hand corner to select it.
Now when you swipe through Homescreens you will see the wallpaper scroll along with it.
But if you want something a little more exciting you can trying adding a live wallpaper.
You will find these by scrolling past the static wallpapers to the named live wallpapers.
These will contain funky animations that always run in the background, so make sure you find
one that isn't too distracting.
Again, once you've found one that you like, press select wallpaper and that will default
to your Homescreen wallpaper.
If you swipe down from off the top of the screen this will display your notifications.
If you swipe down again when notifications are displayed, this will show various quick
settings.
You can gain instant access to this quick settings screen by swiping down with two fingers
from the top of the screen.
If you have downloaded another home launcher from the Googleplay store you can switch between
launchers by going to settings and then pressing on the 'Home' option.
This screen will display all the launchers currently on your handset.
When you select a new one and press the home button you will return to that launcher’s
home screens.
To switch to another home launcher simply repeat
the process.