Android Refresh Tuesdays – AMOLED theme

Welcome to Android Refresh Tuesdays, where every Tuesday we show you how to give your Android home screen a fresh new look, based on a weekly theme.

This week's theme is AMOLED, as chosen by nearly 60% of last week's voters. As usual, you can vote for next week's theme below, or suggest one in the comments!

Now, as we'll be doing an AMOLED theme, it obviously helps to have a phone with an AMOLED display so you can fully appreciate our final result. We'll of course be focusing on pitch blacks, as on top of looking great on AMOLED screens, keeping most of your screen black (which means most of the pixels are turned off) might even help prolong your battery life a bit. Let's go!

Previous Android Refresh Tuesdays:

• Minimalist theme
• Space theme

Step 1: Choosing the right wallpaper for an AMOLED screen

It's no secret that black wallpapers with minimal motives look best on phones with AMOLED displays, not to mention are easy on the eyes. You could go with a pitch black wallpaper, or make things a little more interesting by using a black wallpaper with some colorful elements.

In any case, here are some nice wallpaper suggestions that match our theme. Download the image you like best, then apply it as your phone's wallpaper.



Downloads: Street time lapse wallpaper, green plant wallpaper, circle of fire wallpaper.

Alternatively, you can download a dedicated wallpaper app like AmoledPix, which offers countless 4K wallpapers that look great on AMOLED screens. It has ads of course, but it can save you quite a bit of time in searching for the perfect wallpaper.

If you want the wallpaper you saw in the thumbnail, open AmoledPix, tap on the search button on the top right, type in "King Kong" and open the second result. To apply this as your wallpaper, next tap "Set as" and "Set As Home Screen".