Want to make your old Samsung phone feel like new? Here's how

The Galaxy S26's launch is just around the corner. Samsung has confirmed that it will unveil the new flagship lineup on February 25, 2026 in San Francisco.

Some of you might feel the need to upgrade while others will want to keep holding on to their existing devices. If you're in the latter, watch our latest SamMobile TV video to learn how you can make your old Samsung Galaxy phone feel like brand new.

Our video shows that you don't need to spend a lot of money to get that new phone feeling, so you can keep that FOMO in check once the new lineup is released. There are a couple of ways you can go about making things feel a bit snappier. You can head over to the developer options menu and fine tune the animations so that they appear a bit faster.

The video also highlights how you can utilize various gesture settings to tune things up a bit to extract a bit more speed out of the user interface. That's essentially what the new phone feeling is, it's when the UI feels a bit more snappy than the phone you already have.

A key feature users should take advantage of often is called auto optimization. It will do several tasks in the background that help maintain performance at a high level, including restarting the device automatically just to freshen things up.

There are many more tips that you can follow as highlighted in the full video below to make sure you don't rush into spending your hard-earned money on a brand new phone. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more informative videos.