Your Android device has an accelerometer that detects its orientation by measuring angular velocity and helps rotate your screen.

If your Android's auto-rotate functionality is on, but the phone screen doesn't auto-rotate, it could indicate a minor glitch or hardware issue. In this case, your first step is to restart your phone.

There are two ways you can enable auto-rotate for the home screen on Android. Using the built-in auto-rotate feature found on Pixel and some other smartphones, and using third-party launcher apps ...

Google has re-introduced the option to auto-rotate the home screen on smartphones in the latest beta version of the Google App on Android. Also new in the update is a handy icon normalization feature.

One such addition is the ability to enable auto rotate for your Android device's home screen. Meaning, you can rotate an Android smartphone from portrait to landscape when viewing any of your home ...

It's easy to forget about auto-rotate in everyday smartphone usage, but once it stops working, it can be an annoyance you'll want to remedy immediately.

This app will rotate the Nexus 7 home screen to landscape and offers control over apps that won't rotate on teh Nexus 7.