Here’s how you can customize side keys on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, Watch 5

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 series smartwatches come with two keys/buttons – the Home button and the Back button, which you can customize according to your preferences.

One of the handiest features of your watch that you may not know about is the double-press key feature. Both Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 lets you change the Home button’s press and hold and double-press actions, and customize the Back button’s single press action.

But do note that you cannot customize the single press action of the Home button which is set to open the Home screen by default. Twice pressing or holding the back button also cannot be customized. There is no default action nor do you have the option to customize it.

Here’s how you can customize side keys on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 or Galaxy Watch 5:

How to customize side keys:

On your Galaxy Watch home page, scroll up and down to open the app drawer and open Settings. From here, enter the “Advanced features” section and select the “Customize keys” option.

Now to customize the Home button’s double-press action, tap “Double press” and select any action or app from the list. Once selected, you can press the “Home button” twice to open your selected app or action.

Meanwhile, to customize the “Press and hold action” of the Home button, tap it. Unlike the Double Press action, you cannot use this to select an app or action. By default, this is set to Bixby but you can choose to open the Google Assistant or Power Menu instead.

Lastly, to customize the back button’s single press action, scroll down and select “Short press” under “Back key”. This button is set to go to the previous screen by default, but you can change it to show recent apps.