Let's go back to dealing with the smartphone software after practically all the various manufacturers have now brought their new products to the market (only OnePlus is missing, which will unveil them on April 14, 2020). We do it with a first study on the Samsung One UI or the graphical interface of the smartphones of the Korean house.
Today we see 10 features that are present on Samsung smartphones that if known and used allow you to greatly improve the user experience, some of these especially in those large products. So let's make space for the video and then let's recap them quickly
10 tips on Samsung smartphones
1. Hide notifications on the lockscreen when needed
This is a function dedicated to the world of privacy, if activated it allows you to have a quick link in the shutdown menu to hide all the notifications shown on the lockscreen. To activate it you need to:
2. Edit the volumes panel
One of the most beautiful customizations that can be done to the software of Samsung smartphones is that of the volume panel, the one that appears when one of the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons is pressed. To do this you must:
From here you can change the color of the volume panel but above all the position by removing it from the uncomfortable position at the top and moving it to the right or left, certainly more within reach of a tap.
3. Customize the notification animation
On the smartphones of the Korean house, notifications also appear on the screen with an animation that is very different from the usual and graphically appealing. However, if you are not satisfied, you should know that there is a wide possibility of customization. You can in fact change the color of the animation, the size, the shape and even whether or not to illuminate the edge edges of the smartphone. It is enough for you:
- open the Settings and go to the screen;
- scroll through items and tap on curved screen -> edge lighting
4. Notifications on the app icon
If you always receive a lot of notifications this function will be very useful. Basically by activating "Notifications on Application Icon" you just need to hold down the icon on the Home Screen to see which notifications it has generated, so as to click them more easily. To activate it you must:
- go to Settings and then Notifications;
- tap on Application icon badge;
- and finally activate Notifications on application icon.
5. Gestures for the notification panel
This is the most useful hidden function of all and at the same time the simplest: it allows you to pull down the notification panel by simply dragging your finger from top to bottom. It is enough for you:
- press and hold in an empty space on the Home Screen;
- at the bottom click on Home Screen Settings;
- search and activate the “Drag down to notification panel” function.
6. "Brighter" notifications
If you often have the problem of not noticing the arrival of new notifications, perhaps because you want to keep your smartphone silent, you can make them much brighter. By going to Settings and then Accessibility, then in Advanced settings, you can enter the Notification with flash function where you can activate the flash of the camera and display when a new notification is received.
7. Free up memory by deleting unnecessary files
One of the pre-installed applications on Samsung smartphones is “File Manager” which is a file manager. Compared to the more classic File Manager, however, it allows you to analyze the memory in search of duplicate or unused files, use it if you always have the memory full. To do this you just need:
8. Hide apps
In a video about the hidden features about a software, the function to hide the Apps cannot be missing. On Samsung it has been present for several months now and to use it it is necessary:
- press and hold in an empty space on the Home Screen;
- at the bottom click on Home Screen Settings;
- search for and click the Hide app item and then select the applications to hide.
You can find your hidden apps by simply searching for them with the search function in the app list.
9. "Advanced" Screen Recording
Screen recording might seem of little use to most, in reality it allows several useful possibilities both if you want to explain documents and if you want to record a gameplay for example. By activating the function, directly from the quick links in the notification curtain, you can write on the screen and also include your image taken by the seflie cam. However, if you hold down the quick link, you can enter the settings of this function and adjust the resolution and the captured audio, deciding whether to take only that of the smartphone or also from the microphone.
10. Activate the Bixby Routines
They are often overlooked because they tend to be considered not very useful, in reality they are a turning feature on smartphones. If you know IFTTT, you have certainly already understood what we are talking about: in short, it allows you to automatically perform adjustments or functions when certain conditions are encountered.
For example, it is possible to set that at night the Do Not Disturb function is automatically activated or that when you arrive at a certain place it activates the Wireless connectivity instead of the data one and so on. Start using them because they are really full of surprises.
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