You can hide apps and files in here, setting a password, PIN, or fingerprint scan to protect them. Samsung Galaxy phones come with a Secure Folder app that acts like an encrypted digital safe on your phone. This will take you through a short configuration wizard that lets you hear sample sound configurations. If you’re less comfortable with technical terms and just want to feel out the best mix for you, go back to the Sound quality and Effects menu, tap Adapt Sound, and then Personalize sound. On the next screen, you’ll see a few equalizer options you can play around with, such as adjusting the balance between bass and treble. To tinker with the sound, go to Settings and tap Sounds and vibration, followed by Advanced Sound Settings > Sound quality and effects > Equalizer. Once you tweak the settings to find your ideal mix, the phone will remember your choices and keep those settings in place for calls, music, movies, and every other sound it emits. Samsung promises to create an audio experience tailored specifically to your taste, which is especially effective when you’re wearing headphones. A blue line will divide the screen in two-move it up or down to give a specific app more space, or drag it all the way up or down to exit split-screen view. The app will position itself at the top of the screen and you’ll have the opportunity to choose another app to fill the lower half of the view.
In the dialog box, choose Open in split-screen view. On the navigation bar, tap and hold the Recents button, scroll to the app you want to pin, and tap on the round app icon above the window. This will leave the clip on the top of the display while you keep working on something else underneath. But for a while now, Samsung’s operating system has taken this ability a step further: It lets you pin part of an app-such as a video, a portion of your Twitter feed, or a section of a map-in split-screen mode.
Many Android phones let you split the screen in two so you can view a couple of apps simultaneously. In there, you can also tap on any item and choose Edit to make it pop back into view at a certain time or location (for example, make a grocery list reappear when you’re in the supermarket). These entries, like any other reminder on your phone, will appear in the Reminder app. Second, you can receive a reminder about text messages too: Open Messages, long-press on the thread you want to save, and then pick Message options and Send to Reminder. Open Samsung’s own browser, tap the menu button (three dots on the top right) and then choose Share, followed by Reminder.
And when it comes to the Reminders app, Samsung phones have a couple of extra tricks.įirst, you can turn any website into a reminder. Turn websites and messages into remindersįor the forgetful, phone reminders are invaluable. From this repository, you can load the file into other apps and share it with other people the same way you’d share a photo. When you’re done, tap Stop to store the GIF in your Gallery app. Arrange the frame box, start playing the video, and tap Record to capture the clip you like. On a Galaxy phone, you’ll then swipe in from the right, and on a Note device you can remove the S Pen to display the Air Command Menu on the right side of the screen. Instead, all you need is an integrated app called Smart Select, available on Galaxy phones released in 2017 or later.įirst, open a video in the YouTube app, and then access Smart Select. Create GIFs from YouTube videosĮveryone loves a well-chosen GIF, and Samsung Galaxy phones let you create them straight from any on-screen YouTube video-no third-party add-ons required. We’ve collected seven cool tips and tricks featured on the latest models of Galaxy phones and Note devices-they should work on all of them, except where we state otherwise. Samsung likes to add its own flourishes to Android, which means Galaxy phones boast quite a few unique features that you won’t find on other devices running the operating system-or on iPhones for that matter.