The grid layout for shortcuts and widgets has been the standard for a long time – even before smartphones took over. But it is rigid and boring and it limits your ability to customize the look of your homescreen.
With the One UI 7 update, Good Lock offers a new and improved Home Up module that lets you break free from the grid. Each app icon, folder and widget can be freely resized, moved and even rotated.
The default Galaxy S25 Ultra homescreen and a Home Up customization
This is enabled by the new “DIY Home Screen” feature in Home Up. Here's a quick demo:
The video above just shows the basic tools, but stickers allow you to get creative. You can, for example, cover an app icon under a sticker to make it look like a part of the image.
The DIY Home Screen feature also includes controls over the animations as you enter and leave the homescreen, which emphasizes the custom elements that you have added.
If the fixed row of icons at the bottom of the screen, the Favorite Apps Row, gets in the way of the look you are trying to achieve, you can go into the Home Up settings and disable it.
Again, these features require One UI 7 – check this roadmap to see when your Galaxy phone will get it. Good Lock is not available in all regions, but One UI 7 is changing that – it will be available to all users everywhere, as soon as they get the update, of course.
