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Galaxy S8 Tip: Follow these steps to remove the dedicated app drawer for an iPhone-like experience
The newly released Galaxy S8 and S8+ come with a newer user interface that the company now calls Samsung Experience 8.0. It offers plenty of customization options to users, including various layouts, icon grid settings, theme packs, icon packs, and more. The new app drawer can be accessed by swiping up or down on the home screen […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Galaxy S8 Tip: Here’s how to hide apps or games in the app launcher
The newly released Galaxy S8 and S8+ come with a newer interface which also includes a new, Google Pixel-like app drawer. Apart from allowing you open the app drawer by swiping up or down on the home screen, the new launcher also allows hiding apps. Of course, there's an option to completely secure apps and […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Galaxy S8 Tip: How to change the order of the on-screen buttons
The Galaxy S8 is Samsung's first flagship smartphone to sport on-screen buttons. However, instead of opting for the stock Android arrangement (Back, Home and Recents), the company kept its traditional order — Recents, Home and Back. Fortunately, as they aren't physical buttons, you can switch the order of them. Here's how: Head into Settings. Hit Display. Select Navigation […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Galaxy S8 Tip: How to change the color of the navigation bar
By now, you're probably well aware that Samsung opted for a set of on-screen keys for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, but something you may not know is that you can change the color of them. Why would you want to, I hear you ask. Well, we've found that some hues provide a more immersive […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Galaxy S8 Tip: Let the callee know that your call is important using this feature
The Galaxy S8 or S8+, which were officially launched today, come with a newer user interface with improved icons and a lot of new features. One of those features is the Important Call feature in its dialer app. When you want to let the other person (the callee) know that you need to talk to […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Galaxy S8 Tip: Use all apps in fullscreen mode on the phone’s tall display
Update: Samsung has updated its software to make this process much simpler. Now, after you open an app, hit the recent apps (multitasking) key next to the home button, then tap on the green circular button to restart it in full-screen mode. To go back to non-full-screen-mode, just tap the recent apps key and hit […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
How to take screenshots on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+
With the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, Samsung has gotten rid of its traditional hard home button and capacitive back and recents keys and has finally brought to the fore on-screen navigation keys. Since there's no hardware home key, some of its functions, such as launching the camera, have been relegated to the power button. Some […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
How to enable battery bypass feature for cooler gaming on your Galaxy phone
Samsung introduced the Pause USB Power Delivery feature with the Galaxy S23 series, or at least that's when we discovered the feature exists. It's been available on some older flagships for some time, though we cannot say exactly when it was introduced. When enabled, it stops charging the battery and bypasses the power directly to […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 1 year ago
How dangerous is saltwater for my Samsung Galaxy smartphone?
Many Galaxy smartphones can survive a drop in the pool, but surviving a drop in saltwater is an entirely different ballgame.
- By Anil Ganti
- 2 years ago
Get some peace of mind with Galaxy Note 10 SOS messages
Samsung’s SOS messages emergency feature has been around for a few years now, and unsurprisingly, it’s available on the Galaxy Note 10 series as well. When enabled, the feature allows users to send a quick alert with their location to up to four predefined emergency contacts by pressing the side Bixby/Power button three consecutive times. Galaxy […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 5 years ago
Galaxy S10 Tip: Swipe down on the home screen to access notifications
With smartphone screens getting bigger by the day, getting to Android's notification panel can be a chore, especially if you have small hands. Android allows you to swipe down on the fingerprint sensor to open the notification panel, but with the fingerprint sensor sitting under the display on the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+, that convenience […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Top 5 gadgets for the Galaxy S9
The Samsung Galaxy S9 is a quick upgrade from the Galaxy S8 and improves upon many previous features. Being released during the first quarter of 2018, the Galaxy S9 boasts a very swift and incredible biometric security feature. It also has a better camera that gives an amazing low-light performance. So if the Samsung Galaxy […]
- By Michael Davis
- 6 years ago
How to make YouTube full-screen on the Galaxy Note 9
Wondering how to make YouTube full-screen on Galaxy Note 9? You may not know what to do if you have just moved to a Samsung device with its latest Galaxy Note flagship. This wasn't a problem before Samsung launched the tall and narrow Infinity Display with the Galaxy S8. The YouTube app initially had a […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 6 years ago
How to enable Galaxy Note 9 landscape home screen mode
It was previously only possible to use Galaxy Note devices in landscape mode with apps that supported the orientation. The home screen would remain in portrait but that changed with the Galaxy S9. It's also possible on Samsung's latest flagship but you will need to learn how to enable Galaxy Note 9 landscape home screen […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 6 years ago
Don’t forget to enable swipe-down notifications on the Galaxy Note 9
Having difficulty accessing notifications on Galaxy Note 9? The gorgeous 6.4-inch 18.5:9 aspect ratio Infinity Display can present that problem to users with small hands. If this worries you then fret not as there's an easier way, you just need to enable swipe-down notifications on Galaxy Note 9. Samsung's love affair with extra-tall aspect ratio […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 6 years ago
