Samsung One UI 4.1 replaces recent apps with ‘Recommended’ apps in recents menu

Samsung One UI 4.1 is the latest version of One UI 4.0 with some changes and tweaks to improve your Samsung phone experience. Many of you have tasted it and must be enjoying the new version of your smartphone with One UI 4.1 latest features.

But with a fascinating twist, One UI 4.1users are stuck in a recent apps issue. After grabbing the latest One UI 4.1 some users noted that the recently closed apps screen showed recommended apps instead of recent apps.

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In addition, Some users shared their experience on the community forum that: The latest UI update replaces recent apps with recommended apps without any measure, there are some apps that users operate all the time, but now it doesn’t seem to have that option, and it’s just a replacement for stock apps from Samsung. Returns a list that the user doesn’t even use I’ve gone through the settings in logical places, but it doesn’t seem like users have a proper option to change it.

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After

Probably the app icons displayed on the recently closed screen are Gallery, Note, Calculator, and Calendar, all these applications are dedicated to Samsung only, there is no third-party application icon displayed on the recently closed screen.

Users are asking Samsung to either replace it with the recent app or do not show anything in the recent button. In addition, a moderator suggested solving the problem with the following solutions.

Wipe cache partition and check if the recent apps are working, below are the steps to perform a clear cache partition.

• Turn off the unit
• Press and hold the volume up button and press and hold the on/off button. When the Android logo is displayed, release all keys (“Installing system update” is displayed before displaying the Android system recovery menu options).
• Press the volume down key repeatedly to highlight “wipe cache partition”.
• Press the Power key to select. Press the Volume Down button to highlight “Yes” and press the Power button to select. When the wiping of the cache partition is completed, “Reboot System Now” is highlighted.
• Press the Power button to reboot the unit.