Almost all Android smartphone users will want to customize their phone’s wallpaper and style. One of the style options you may wish to modify is the app grid. The app grid represents how the apps displayed on your smartphone are arranged in rows and columns. In most cases, your phone will have a 5×5 app grid layout by default.
In this article, you will learn about the app grid and how to change the app grid of your Android 12 smartphone.
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What is the app grid?
Apps can be moved, arranged, removed, and even grouped on your phone screen in a variety of ways. You can accomplish this by dragging apps left, right, up, or down to specific locations of your choice. In any case, the app layout will be fixed in a row-and-column format. We call this the app grid.
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| App Grid – 3×3
(Android 12) |
App Grid – 4×4
(Android 12) |
Changing app grid on Android 12
It is possible that the default app grid of your Android 12 phone may not suit your needs or preferences. It would be possible to change the app grid to something else in this case.
As an example, if you change from 5×5 to 4×4, each phone screen will display 16 apps instead of 25.
More apps on your screen will result in smaller app icons. In contrast, fewer apps on your screen will result in larger app icons.
How do I change the app grid size on Android 12?
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Tap Settings (or long-press an empty area on the home screen)
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Tap Wallpaper & style
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Tap App grid
The app grid will be successfully set on your Android 12 phone.
App grid options on Android 12
Presented here are some of the available app grid layouts for phone apps currently available on Android 12 mobile phones (tested with Google Pixel, as of April 2022):
- 5×5
- 4×4
- 4×5
- 3×3
- 2×2
