There are a number of extra helpful settings that are not enabled by default you can get pleasure from by tapping on Advanced settings within the notifications hub. The first is to activate Show all notifications. Instead of a measly three notification icons on the highest left of the display within the standing bar, you may see all of the notifications you’ve got but to acknowledge. You must also activate Notification historical past—helpful for the occasions you unintentionally swipe a notification away earlier than you bought an opportunity to learn its contents. I additionally like utilizing the snooze perform to remind myself about notifications later within the day, and you’ll faucet the Show snooze button to show this on. (You’ll see slightly bell icon on the underside proper nook of your notifications; press that to snooze them.) 

Keep the Always-on Display … Always On

The Always-on Display is there to allow you to rapidly see the time or any pending notifications while you look at your telephone, however by default this function is ready to Tap to indicate, that means you must faucet the display to see the Always-on Display. Bizarre. To repair this, go to Settings > Lock display > Always-on Display and select Show all the time. It does drain extra battery life, but it surely’s price attempting out to see how a lot. I’ve discovered having it on to be extra helpful. Here, you too can customise the look of the clock on the lock display. 

Wake the Phone When You Lift It

You can have your Samsung Galaxy telephone wake while you elevate it as an alternative of requiring a faucet on the display. You may double-tap the display to show it on and double-tap it once more to show it off. Reading an online web page and the display occasions out and turns off? There’s a repair for that too. Go to Settings > Advanced options > Motions and gestures and toggle on Lift to wake, Double faucet to activate display, Double faucet to show off display, and Keep display on whereas viewing. Now the display will not flip off so long as you are observing it head-on. 

Disable the Samsung Wallet Swipe Up

If you turned on gesture navigation, you may instantly understand how annoying it’s that Samsung Wallet, by default, involves life while you swipe from the underside fringe of the display. Sure, it is a quick approach to entry your bank cards, but it surely’s really easy to unintentionally set off while you simply wish to see your current apps. If you utilize Samsung Wallet, you may flip this off by heading to the Menu tab within the app and tapping the gear icon, after which Quick entry. Tap Access areas and default card and toggle off Lock display, Home display, and Screen off. Don’t use Samsung Wallet in any respect? Just press and maintain the icon within the app drawer and faucet Uninstall. 

Get Rid of Folders within the App Drawer

Seeing folders within the app drawer annoys me. When I’m rapidly looking for an app and I do not discover it within the record, it is often as a result of it is in a folder. One of the primary issues I do once I arrange a brand new Samsung telephone is type the app drawer alphabetically. To do that, swipe up from the house display to entry the app drawer and faucet on the triple-dot icon on the prime proper. Tap Sort and select Alphabetical order. If you actually like folders in your app drawer, simply press and maintain an app and drag it on prime of one other to create one. But if you do not need them, press and maintain any folders you discover within the app drawer and faucet Delete folder. 

Turn off the Edge Panel

See that translucent pane on the proper fringe of your display? Have you unintentionally opened it while you meant to swipe again and go to a earlier web page or app? Me too. This is known as Edge Panel, and it is a tucked-away panel that permits you to get speedy entry to a set of apps (of your alternative). It’s like a persistent dock. 

This may be immensely helpful, so I encourage you to mess around with it first. Open it and faucet the gear icon on the backside to customise it and select the apps or panels you need (you may have it present contacts, the climate, and a lot extra). You may go to Settings > Display > Edge panel > Handle to tweak the place of the panel and alter the transparency, measurement, etcetera, which could make it tougher to unintentionally set off. If you simply wish to flip Edge Panel off, head to Settings > Display > and toggle off Edge panels.   

Reorder Your Quick Settings Tiles

The Quick-Settings tiles while you pull down the notification drawer are useful, whether or not you wish to rapidly activate the flashlight or use the Do Not Disturb mode. The format is usually a little unusual while you first arrange a Samsung telephone, however don’t fret, you may reorder it. Swipe down from the house display twice till you see a vertical triple-button icon on the prime proper within the notification drawer. Tap this, then Edit buttons. You can press and maintain any of the tiles to maneuver them round, even conceal ones you do not use (and discover hidden ones that you just would possibly). Press Done. 

Turn on the Color Palette

Want to match your telephone’s system theme along with your wallpaper? Press and maintain wherever on the house display till you see the house display settings menu, then faucet on Wallpaper and elegance. Tap Color palette, and toggle it on. You can select from a set of colours it pulls out of your wallpaper, or from a set of primary colours. Toggle Apply palette to app icons for a extra cohesive look, although this solely works if an app helps the function (most first-party apps do). 

Expand Your Grids 

Want so as to add extra space to your private home display? You can tweak the grid format so as to add extra rows and columns so you may match extra on the display. Press and maintain wherever on the house display to see the Home Screen settings menu. Tap Settings > Home display grid and mess around with the completely different grid sizes to see what works for you. I choose maxing it out to 5X6. You can do the identical for the app drawer and even your folders by going to the App display grid and Folders grid, although I choose 5X5 and 4X4 for these, respectively.  

Turn on Battery Protection

If you propose to carry on to your smartphone for a number of years (as it is best to), then you definitely’ll wish to shield the battery in any respect prices. Try to maintain your telephone between 50 and 80 percent charged, as depleting it utterly or holding it topped up on a regular basis can lower the battery’s effectivity over time. Samsung has a function that may assist with this—head to Settings > Battery and machine care > Battery > More battery settings and toggle on Protect battery. This will restrict the utmost cost to 85 %, thereby extending the lifetime of your telephone. This does imply completely shedding 15 % per day, however strive it out for a number of days to see how severely it impacts your use. You can discover suggestions on how to save smartphone battery life here.

Turn on Dolby Atmos Sound

Samsung brags about the best way its telephones help Dolby Atmos for richer-sounding audio, however this function is off by default. To flip it on, head to Settings > Sounds and vibrations > Sound high quality and results. Toggle on Dolby Atmos. I often set it on Auto, and there is a barely noticeable distinction in audio high quality—music usually sounds slightly louder and extra strong. You’ll discover different sound settings you may mess around with right here, just like the Equalizer and Adapt Sound options to tweak the audio on your ears.

Get Rid of Bloatware 

Years in the past, Samsung did not allow you to uninstall numerous bloatware—apps that had been redundant or that you just by no means needed to make use of. Nowadays, you may uninstall most of those apps. Just faucet and maintain the app within the app drawer or house display and press Uninstall. If you may’t uninstall them, you may on the very least Disable them so that they disappear from view. This now works with Samsung’s Calendar app, which was beforehand troublesome to do away with. 

If you may’t uninstall or disable an app, your subsequent most suitable choice is to cover it. Open the app drawer, faucet the triple-dot icon on the prime proper, faucet Settings, and scroll right down to Hide apps on Home and App screens. Tap on the app you wish to conceal, and that is it!

Enable Link to Windows

Got a Windows PC? You can join your Samsung telephone to make and take calls out of your machine, see texts and photographs, and even use your telephone apps in Windows. On Windows, open the Microsoft Store app and search and set up Phone Link. On your Samsung machine, head to Settings > Connected gadgets > Link to Windows. Follow the prompts on the screens to pair the 2 gadgets by way of the QR code.

Switch Your Keyboard

If you are typically pissed off with Samsung’s default keyboard, you are not alone. I a lot choose Gboard, Google’s keyboard app. The excellent news is that it is easy to swap keyboards! Once you obtain the keyboard you need, whether or not it is Gboard or another third-party app, head to Settings > General administration > Keyboard record and default and faucet on Default keyboard. You would possibly have to toggle in your new keyboard on this menu first. Head again to General administration and faucet on Gboard settings to customise it to your liking. 

Turn on Smart Lock

Android has lengthy had a function that retains your telephone unlocked while you’re related to a different machine with Bluetooth (like a automobile or smartwatch), or if you happen to’re in a particular location, like your private home. Don’t flip this on if you happen to really feel uncomfortable having your telephone unlocked in these eventualities, however if you happen to discover it handy, you may head to Settings > Lock display > Smart Lock to mess around with it. I often choose turning on Trusted gadgets and selecting my automobile in order that I needn’t fuss with a passcode or fingerprint when I’m driving (not that I’m actively utilizing my telephone whereas driving). But I choose utilizing Smart Lock’s Trusted locations perform to primarily disable the lock display passcode when I’m house. 

Add Emergency Contacts and Emergency Sharing

It’s good to place your emergency contacts in your smartphone. To add folks, you may go to Settings > Safety and emergency > Emergency contacts and add family and friends out of your contacts. Head again to the earlier menu and ensure Emergency SOS is toggled on. This permits you to press the ability key 5 occasions to begin a 10-second countdown that may dial emergency providers. Toggle on Share information with emergency contacts to maintain them within the loop, and this may take you to Emergency sharing settings. You have the choice of permitting the telephone to ship footage from the entrance and rear cameras in addition to an audio recording when it sends your location to your emergency contacts. It’ll additionally add a warning in case your Galaxy telephone is sort of out of battery.