How to access your most-used app actions even more quickly.

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Found this article by accident and found some useful information. I hope it would be of some use to you too!

 

Android’s home screen is immensely customizable. While users mostly focus on icon packs, widgets, and launchers, one small, incredibly useful feature often flies under the radar: your ability to add shortcuts right to the home screen.

 

Android introduced the concept of actionable shortcuts years ago, and many popular apps have embraced it. Those are the options you see when you press and hold an app icon on the home screen. For example, a long-press on the icon for the Notes app might show you an option to create a new voice note, while Spotify lets you start a search without actually opening the app.

 

Tried on a Samsung A71 running Android 12 One UI version 4.1

 

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