You spend a lot of each day staring at your phone's home screen, so it better be a good one.

This feature allows users to add a virtual home button on their device's screen, ensuring seamless navigation and functionality.

Is your phone’s home screen jampacked with pages of apps in random order — including some apps you never use? Sure, you can always find the program you need with search or the voice assistant ...

On your home screen, you really only want to see the apps you use regularly. To add an app to the home screen, tap the button to bring up your full app list.

Go back to the home screen and you’ll see that the search button has been replaced by the old set of dots that show how many home pages you have and which one you’re on. To search your apps ...

Open the Settings app on your iPhone running iOS 16. Scroll down and tap “Home Screen.” Toggle the Show on Home Screen option to the “Off” position to disable the button.

The only (optional) thing left to do is remove the Search button from the Home Screen by turning off the Show on Home Screen switch in Settings > Home Screen & App Library.

In iOS 16, Apple has added a Search button on the Home Screen of iPhones, just above the Dock. If you don't like this new addition and prefer the ...