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With One UI 5.0, Samsung phones will only show five quick setting icons in the notifications tray. The number of quick settings shortcuts varies by smartphone brand, but on Google Pixel devices, the notifications tray shows up in a 2×2 grid. When expanded completely, it shows up in a 4×2 grid. Samsung, on the other hand, shows six quick settings icons and a 4×3 grid when the notifications tray is expanded fully. Comparatively, Samsung shows more shortcuts than Pixel phones.
With Android 13-based One UI 5.0, Samsung has toned down the number of shortcuts from six to five. Interestingly, the 4×3 grid has been left untouched, and now the icons are placed wide apart from each other. Being a Samsung user, the five icon layout in the notifications tray looks visually incorrect, and the spaces between them would remind you of something missing.
Moreover, the whole point of the quick settings is to allow users to access certain features quickly. Removing one icon from the tray defeats the whole purpose. If Samsung continues with this layout, users would require to perform a second swipe to access the full list of their usual toggles.
Samsung could easily walk back on this decision before the rollout of the final and stable version of the One UI 5.0 update.
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