A home screen, homescreen, or start screen, is the main screen on a device or computer program. Home screens are not identical because users rearrange...

mobile devices, users can pin web pages as shortcuts icons to their home screen. These shortcut icons look similar to regular apps and web developers...

ticker directly on the home screen. The home screen appears whenever the user unlocks the device, presses the physical "Home" button while in an app...

device is in portrait or landscape orientation. The first page of the home screen can be configured to show a column of widgets from applications for easy...

groundwork of the iPhone's operating system, including a grid-based Home Screen called SpringBoard, and a set of 16 built-in apps, including Text, for...

expanded the screen for app switching. Users double-pressed the home button and were taken out of the current app for a view of full-screen thumbnails of...

the home screen were made, including a refined UI which only now takes up a small circle and text bubble on the screen instead of the entire screen, quick...

the Lock Screen. iPadOS 18 was released on September 16, 2024. It allowed users to change from Light mode to Dark mode, customize home screen and use Apple...

version of iPadOS that supports the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 4. The home screen grid is reduced by one row to accommodate the new widgets when placed...

social media integrations, and digital manuals. The Nintendo Switch home screen has battery, Internet and time information in the top right corner, and...

drop-in replacement for the device's existing home screen ("launcher"). It provided a replacement home screen that allowed users to easily view and post...

'Discover' tab on updated home screen presents personalized recommendations for movies, shows and live TV. Earlier, the Android TV home screen used a vertically...

forecast, the user's email inbox, or a news ticker directly on the home screen. A home screen may be made up of several pages, between which the user can swipe...

SpringBoard is the standard application that manages the iPhone's home screen. Other tasks include starting WindowServer, launching and bootstrapping...

enlarged to always show their contents without text labels directly on the home screen. Apps can support "snippets", which expose a portion of the app's functionality...

TV screens and video projectors changed the equipment used in home cinema set-ups and enabled home users to experience a higher-resolution screen image...

information on their device, such as contacts, email messages or apps. The home screen was expanded to let users add up to 11 pages, showcasing a total of 180...

of day. Unlike in iOS 14, widgets cannot be placed directly on to the home screen in iPadOS 14; this was only allowed starting in iPadOS 15. A series of...

touch-sensitive buttons on the front — Home, Menu, Back and Search. The Home button returns to the home screen where applications can be launched. The...

often larger screens, though electric screens are available for home theater use as well. Electric screens are similar to pull-down screens, but instead...

another. This feature was previously only available in iPadOS. The various Home screens can be reordered, deleted, hidden, or limited using Focus mode. From...

revamped the design for Messenger on Android and iOS, bringing a new home screen with tabs and categorization of content and interactive media, red dots...

A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals...

read QR codes and recognize landmarks. Bixby Home can be found by swiping to the right on the home screen. It is a vertically scrolling list of information...

such as folders on the home screen, significantly increasing the number of apps that can be displayed. Support for home screen wallpapers on the iPhone...

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gradients. Criticism has been aimed at the inability of the home screen and lock screen to work in horizontal display orientation. With the Android 4...

desktop, while on a mobile phone they serve as the background for the home screen. Though most devices include a default background image, modern devices...

hand-held interfaces and features a "home" screen, from which all applications and settings are accessed. The home screen is divided into areas for launching...

also introduced a number of other new features, including a refreshed home screen, near-field communication (NFC) support and the ability to "beam" content...