# Using the home screen widget | SmartMail Documentation

> The SmartMail widget shows the unread count and your latest emails on your phone's home screen.

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# Using the home screen widget

The SmartMail widget shows the unread count and your latest emails on your phone's home screen.

- Any user who has signed in to the app

## How do you use the home screen widget?

The SmartMail widget shows the unread count and your latest emails on your phone's home screen. Who can do this: Any user who has signed in to the app. The widget refreshes when you leave the app and return to the home screen: reading, archiving or changing the theme for an email in the app is reflected in the widget immediately. Press and hold an empty area on the home screen and select Widgets.

## Add widget

Press and hold an empty area on the home screen and select **Widgets**.

Find the **SmartMail** widget in the list (description: unread count and latest incoming emails) and drag it to the home screen.

If your phone asks, select which mailbox to show; **All** shows all your mailboxes together.

- 1Mailbox selection

- 2New email

- 3Email

Android application with demo data.

## Use widget

Tap the mailbox name in the top left 1. From the **Which mailbox should be shown?** window, select the mailbox to appear in the widget 4 5.

To write a new email, tap the plus icon 2.

Tap an email 3; it opens in the app under the account it belongs to.

If the list is long, **Show more** appears at the end; when you tap it, the list stays in place and new emails are added below.

- 4Which mailbox should be shown?

- 5Select mailbox

Android application with demo data.

**Note** The widget refreshes when you leave the app and return to the home screen: reading an email, archiving it or changing the theme in the app is reflected in the widget immediately. When the app is closed, it refreshes about every half an hour.

**Caution** When there is no connection, the widget keeps its last view; if it could not be drawn at all, it says **Could not connect**.

## Related pages

- [Selecting a mailbox](/en/smartmail/belgeler/mobil/kutu-secmek)

- [Notification permissions and sounds](/en/smartmail/belgeler/mobil/bildirim-izni-ve-ses)