Go effectually on your Android phone

Yous can get effectually on your phone in different ways. Acquire how to choose an option, and so utilize that option to move between apps and other items.

Choose how to become around

Motility between screens, webpages & apps

Go back

Open the previous screen you were looking at. You can become back more than than once. But when you reach the Dwelling house screen, you can't become back any further.

Go to Abode screen

Discover all open apps

  • Gesture navigation: Swipe up from the bottom, agree, and then let go.
  • ii-push button navigation: From the bottom of your screen, swipe upwards to the middle.
  • 3-push navigation: Tap Overview .

From here, you can:

  • Shut apps: Swipe upward on the app prototype.
  • Open an app: Tap its prototype.

Switch betwixt apps

Movement items around

Select or move items

Tap to select

To select or beginning something on your phone, tap it.

Tap to blazon

To type something, tap where you lot want to type. You lot'll find a keyboard open.

Touch and hold

Touch and hold an item on the screen. Later on the particular responds, elevator your finger.

Drag

Bear upon and agree an item. Without lifting your finger, move your finger on the screen. When your finger is in the right identify, elevator it. For example, y'all tin can move apps around your Home screen by dragging them.

Swipe or slide

Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen without pausing. For example, yous tin can swipe a Habitation screen left or right to find your other Home screens.

Change the size and direction of items

Double tap to change size

On some pages like a webpage or map, tap twice to go closer ("zoom in").

Pinch & spread to alter size

In some apps, put 2 or more than fingers on the screen to alter the size. To shrink, pinch your fingers together. To enlarge, spread them apart.

Rotate

As y'all turn your phone, most screens can rotate with it. To turn rotation on or off, swipe downwardly from the top with 2 fingers and tap Automobile-rotate.

If y'all use an older Android version

Choose how to get effectually (Android 9)

  1. Open up your phone'south Settings app.
  2. Go toSystem and then Gestures and then Swipe upward on Home push button.
  3. TurnSwipe upwardly on Abode button off or on.
    • If you turn it on, you're using ii-button navigation.
    • If you turn it off, you're using iii-button navigation.

Next, acquire how to move around using your 2 or three buttons.

Related resources

  • Alter what's on your Abode screen
  • Find, open, and close apps
  • Add apps, shortcuts, and widgets

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