Service Widgets |
Service widgets allow you to:
Preview a wide range of app information, such as weather, calendar, and schedule, or directly access apps.
Access frequently-used app features, like music playback.
Select from a range of service widget styles and layouts to customise your home screen.
Apps with a widget bar at the bottom support service widgets.
To remove the widget bar, go to
.This feature is not supported in some cases, such as when your device is in Simple mode.
Add Service Widgets to Your Home Screen
You can add a service widget to the home screen in any of the following ways:
Swipe up on an app icon to expand its service widget, and touch
to add the service widget to the home screen.
Swipe up on an app icon to expand its service widget, touch and hold down on the service widget, select More snippets, and select your desired style. Then touch Add to home screen.
Touch and hold down on an app icon, touch Snippets, select your desired style, and touch Add to home screen.
If there is no space available on the current screen, the widget will be pinned to the next screen. If neither screen has any space, a new screen will be created for the service widget, to the right of the current screen.
You can also touch and hold down on a service widget on the More snippets screen, and drag it to any blank area on the home screen. If you decide not to add the service widget to the home screen while dragging it, drag it to the cancel zone instead at the top of the screen.
Service widgets cannot be pinned to folders.
- You won't be able to swipe up on an app icon to expand the service widget in Drawer mode.
Edit and Remove Service Widgets
Edit Service Widgets:
Touch and hold down on a service widget, and select Edit to set which information will display for the widget. For example, you can select cities for the Weather service widget, or select a time zone for the Clock service widget.
Remove Service Widgets:
Touch and hold down on a service widget, and select Remove to remove it from the home screen.
If you uninstall an app, the corresponding service widget will also be removed.