home screen
nounDefinition of home screen
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: television sense 2
… it's the kind of movie that plays better on the home screen, where you're less likely to miss any of the fiendishly witty lines of the screenplay … and can replay some of the stunning special effects.— Molly Haskell TV viewers soon may be seeing some of their black-and-white film favorites blushing with new color on the home screen.— Ron Miller
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: the graphical user interface that is displayed by default by an electronic device (such as a smartphone or computer) or software application and that provides quick access to commonly used functions, settings, etc.
[Journalist Catherine] Price's suggestions range from the extreme, such as a "digital sabbath" during which you turn your phone off for 24 hours, to the seemingly slight, such as reorganising your phone's home screen so you can't see the bright, tempting colours of your favourite apps the second you turn it on.— Caroline Crampton The Netflix interface—the home screen that greets users when they open the app—is constantly evolving.— James Titcomb
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Perhaps the most highly anticipated new feature for the world's most popular smartphone operating system is gesture navigation that lets users seamlessly swipe between apps and the home screen. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, "Google rolls out Android 10 for Pixel phones," 4 Sep. 2019 A half-hour after being installed, for instance, an app would hide its icon and create a shortcut on the device home screen. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "85 Google Play apps with 8 million downloads forced fullscreen ads on users," 19 Aug. 2019 Moving icons into folders, and then moving folders off the home screen? — John Herrman, New York Times, "The Horrible Place Between the Apps," 4 July 2019 The common and true argument is that narrative novelty, diverse stories, exciting new writers, directors and actors, and welcome surprises are everywhere to be found on home screens, while most of what plays in theaters is big, safe and familiar. — Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: Summer 2019's Sad, Stale State of the Movies," 8 July 2019 Since its debut, SeriesFest has seen a major shift in the way TV is consumed, with digital streaming replacing destination-viewing on home screens. — John Wenzel, The Know, "Denver’s TV-pilot festival SeriesFest finds itself in a position of power for Season 5," 21 June 2019 The woman determined the phone was Little’s because of the photo on the home screen, the affidavit said. — oregonlive.com, "Portland elder care nurse accused of recording co-workers in employee bathroom," 10 June 2019 It’s been replaced by Face ID, which scans your mug to unlock, and a swipe-up gesture from the bottom that brings you back to the home screen. — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Seattle Times, "IPhone XR: The best $250 you ever saved on a new phone," 23 Oct. 2018 The days of notifications flooding your iPhone home screen will soon come to an end. — Alyssa Newcomb, NBC News, "Apple's big developer conference includes a bunch of new features," 4 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'home screen.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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