In order to quickly access apps on your Google Pixel 6a, we recommend that you add their icons to the home screen. To find out how you can properly set up these shortcuts, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.
How to add an app shortcut to the Pixel 6a home screen
If you want to add a shortcut for an app on the home screen of your Google Pixel 6a, then you need to do the following:
1. To start off, make sure you turn on your Pixel 6a and then unlock its screen if you haven’t done these actions already.
2. Next, you need to open the list of installed applications. In order to do so, you can swipe upwards from an empty area of the home screen.
3. In the Installed Apps menu, tap, hold and then drag the application icon that you want added to the home screen.
4. You should now be in the home screen template. Here, you need to drag the app icon into an area where you want to appear in the home screen.
If you changed your mind in the template screen, then you can drag the icon to the Cancel option located at the top.
5. After you added the shortcut to the home screen, you will be able to move it around again by tapping, holding and dragging its icon.
How to add app folders to the Pixel 6a home screen
In order add app folder to the home screen of your Google Pixel 6a home screen, the you need to take the following steps:
1. Tap, hold and drag the app icon into the same area as the other app that you want to put in the same folder.
2. Make sure that the app icon you are dragging is overlapping with the other app in order to put these applications in the same folder.
How to add a disabled app shortcut to the Pixel 6a home screen
To add an app that you previously disabled to the home screen, then you need to do the following:
1. Start by opening the Settings App of your Google Pixel 6a smartphone.
2. You then need to select Apps from inside the Settings menu.
3. In the Apps sub-menu, you then need to select the “See all apps” option.
4. From the All Apps sub-menu, tap the drop-down menu located at the top.
5. In the drop-down menu, select the “Disabled apps” option.
6. Next, you need to select the application that you previously disabled.
7. In the App Info screen, you need to select the Enable option.
8. Go back to the home screen and then swipe upwards from an empty space to open a list of installed apps.
9. You should be able to find the app that you enabled here.
10. Tap, hold and drag the app icon in order to add the shortcut to your home screen.