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5 useful One UI 4.1-based Home screen tweaks that you can try on your Samsung phones
Every smartphone user loves a comfortable, clean Home Screen – and that must apply to your Galaxy phone and tablet. Samsung allows you to customize and style your Home Screen by changing the screen layout or by adding widgets, folders, and other additional Home screens. It will make your device more organized and easier to navigate.
Here you will find 5 useful Home screen tweaks that you can try on your Samsung Galaxy smartphones. Without wasting our time, let’s start.
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One UI 4.1-based Colour Palette (Dynamic Theming)
Samsung has welcomed Material You Dynamic Theming to Android 12 with One UI 4 update. You can choose a colour palette based on your wallpaper and get the same look on your home screen and operating system.
- Swipe down to display Notification Center. Tap the Settings gear at the top of the screen.
- Select Wallpaper and Style and press Color Paint.
- Select a color palette and watch the live preview.
This feature also uses the palette in the app icon with the options at the bottom of the color palette. When done, click the Done button and enjoy the new look on your Samsung home screen.
Gesture Navigation
Similar to every Samsung smartphone, your Galaxy S22, Samsung has opted to keep the option to enable Navigation Buttons. Making it easier for some people to navigate through their brand new smartphones. Samsung actually has this enabled by default.
But if you decided you wanted to try the Gestures and forgot how to re-enable the buttons, well that’s what we’re going to show you how to do.
- Open your phone Settings apps and select to Display option.
- Scroll down to the Navigation Bar and tap on it.
- Choose between Gestures and Navigation buttons. Click on the Button.
Order App Drawer Alphabetical
By default, Samsung’s app Drawer is organized no matter what you want: new apps appear at the end, and you can freely rearrange apps however you like. If you want your app drawer to make sense without having to manually select it, open it, tap the three dots in the upper right corner, and then Sort >> Alphabetical order.
Select Google Discover for Samsung Free Panel when swiping to the right
Earlier, when you swipe up on the home screen, you would see a Samsung Free panel. Frankly, Samsung Free was another bad alternative to Google Discover, and it looks like Samsung has finally agreed to the Galaxy S22 – Swipe right on one of the latest destinations and you’ll see Google Discover. If you’re a fan of Samsung Free or just you want to see your options, you can switch to both. Here’s how to switch between Google Discover and Samsung Free.
- Long click on the home screen of the Samsung phone and swipe right on the media page.
- Select Google Discover or turn off conversion to remove the media page entirely.
Smart Widgets
Widgets are an essential part of customizing the home screen for all smartphones. Users can view this as a “just look” of much-needed data and app functionality that the user can access directly from the home screen.
Samsung One UI 4.1 comes with some significant improvements that meet user expectations. Additionally, with the new Smart Widgets, users can store up to 7 Smart Widgets, including third-party apps, which they can view by swiping left or right.
Smart Rotation provides simple and useful information by automatically analyzing user situations and behaviors, as well as displaying highly related Streak widgets.
To access and customize your own One UI 4.1 Smart Widgets:
- Press and hold the home screen to pull up your home screen editor.
- Select Widgets> Smart Widgets, and then select the widget style you want.
- Depending on the genre, you may have access to more features.
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Samsung launched Music Frame WICKED Edition in the UK. The company has also announced its partnership with Universal Pictures. The Limited Edition Music Frame is available in the UK through the official online store and select retail locations.
Music Frame is Samsung’s customizable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled speaker designed to blend seamlessly into any environment. The special edition Music Frame brings three WICKED photo cards, including an exclusive image, and a unique WICKED bezel.
Buyers can also customize their Music Frame with different photo cards, as well as play music from their mobile device or link to a smart TV with Q-Symphony.
The WICKED Music Frame campaign will be supported across Samsung’s full ecosystem across Digital, Social, CRM, and Samsung’s experience stores.
The campaign showcases the power of Samsung’s unique technology – a combination of art and technology to offer consumers a personalized and immersive audio experience.
The Movie IP partnership will also be extended into retail partners featuring 8k and 4k trailer content, as well as Soundbar experiences with tracks from the soundtrack.
WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz, starring Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-winning powerhouse and Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman misunderstood because of her unusual green skin who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman gilded by privilege and ambition who has yet to discover her true heart. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Samsung could pack the Galaxy Z Flip FE and Z Flip 7 with Exynos processors. The company could launch its first affordable foldable phone next year. The device could get a different camera and processor from the Galaxy Z Flip 7.
Leaker Jukanlosreve revealed that Samsung could use the Exynos 2400e in the Galaxy Z Flip FE and Exynos 2500 in the Galaxy Z Flip 7. The former Exynos variant powers the Galaxy S24 FE, while the Exynos 2500 is an upcoming product.
Samsung previously intended to use Exynos 2500 in the Galaxy S25 series. However, the chip has a major performance difference from its Snapdragon counterpart. This led the company to solely rely on the Snapdragon 8 Elite for the S25 series.
Exynos 2500 is being manufactured using Samsung Foundry’s 3nm process node. The yield rate is quite low (around 20%), which is far from the production threshold. However, Samsung chose the path to produce the chip at such a low yield rate.
Exynos 2400 has proven to be a decent chip with no frustrating flaws. The Exynos 2400e could be used in the Z Flip FE. The “e” model could be made using IPoP (Integrated Package on Package) tech, which is cheaper than the standard method.
Recently, a Korean media outlet reported that Samsung Foundry has started mass production of a 3nm Exynos 2500 chip. It was initially intended to be used in the S25 and S25 Plus, but issues pushed it towards the second-half debut in the Z Flip 7.
New York became the first US state to bring retail consumer rebates for appliances under the Inflation Reduction Act. Applauding the move, Samsung launched a huge energy-saving opportunity for the residents of New York.
Samsung started offering up-front discounts to consumers statewide through New York’s IRA HEAR program. Consumers can now access IRA’s Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate (HEAR) program.
IRA HEAR rebate program advantages
- Save up to $840 on Samsung’s innovative ENERGY STAR products, including laundry appliances like heat pump dryers and all-in-one combo washers + heat pump dryers.
Visit Samsung’s home appliance page to learn more about the options available.
Samsung said this is just the beginning of its rebates journey in New York. The company looks forward to working with partners to expand these retail rebates to more products and in more states across the United States.
Pay attention, the IRA provides rebates and tax credits to households across America. New York is leading the way in providing direct retail point-of-sale appliance rebates, supporting an affordable clean energy transition.
Inflation Reduction Act
Signed in August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act is the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history.
It provides home appliance rebates for discounts on electric energy-efficient appliances like Induction cooktops, ranges, and heat pump laundry appliances.