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Switch to a recently used app: Swipe left or right on the screen to find the app you want to use,
and touch the app tab.
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Close an app: Swipe up on an app tab to close the corresponding app.
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Close all apps: Touch
to close all apps.
Navigate with Gestures
Avoid navigation keys from blocking your screen content. Navigate easily with gestures. Gesture
navigation allows you to quickly go back to the previous screen, return to the home screen, and view
recent tasks.
Open
Settings, go to System > System navigation, and select Gestures. You can then:
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Go back to the previous screen: Swipe inward from the left or right edge of the screen.
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Return to the home screen: Swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen.
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View recent tasks: Swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen and hold.
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Enable Google Assistant: Touch Settings to enable Google Assistant. Swipe upwards from the
bottom left or right corner of the screen to enable Google Assistant.
Notification Panel and Status Bar
Disable Disruptive App Notifications
Find it annoying to receive so many different types of app notifications? You can set and disable app
notifications to prevent this from happening.
Open
Settings, and go to Notifications. You can:
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Disable push notifications from an app: On the Notifications screen, find and touch the desired
app, and then turn off .
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Prevent all apps from pushing notifications: Touch Batch management, and then turn off All.
Customize Notifications
Not a fan of the default notification reminders? You can customize your notification reminders so that
you get your notifications the way you want them.
Open
Settings, then go to Notifications > More notification settings. From here, you can:
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Enable Notifications turn on screen: Enable Notifications turn on screen. When your Phone
screen is off, it will turn on when a notification is received.
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Set Pulse notifications light: Turn on Pulse notification light, and the notification light will flash
whenever you receive new notifications.
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Set notification method: Touch Notification method. Depending on your preferences, you can
select Icons, Numbers, or None.
Home Screen
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