The lack of customization options bothers us when we think of pre-installed Android launchers. But that is not the case with the Samsung One UI launcher. It offers amazing features. What are those features? Let’s find where we dive deep into Samsung One UI Home launcher tips and tricks in this post.
Launchers are our gateway to the amazing world of Android apps installed on a phone. If we don’t like the launcher, we will not like the overall experience of our phone. Sometimes, we also miss the cool features offered by the launcher. The same happens with the Samsung One UI Home Launcher. Before you get confused, Samsung calls it the pretty mouthful Samsung One UI Home launcher. So we will also call it Samsung One UI launcher.
So, let’s check the hidden features and tips of Samsung One UI Home launcher.
1. Add to Home Screen
Previously, if you wanted to add an app to the home screen from your app drawer, you would simply long-tap it and drag it to the home screen. Now, if you do that, you can’t do that. Instead, you will see the Add to home page option. While this is one way to add the app to the home screen, you can still use the traditional way.
For this, you need to hold the app icon a little longer. That is, keep holding the app icon even if its options greet you. The main screen will appear. Press and hold the app icon to add.
2. Select Multiple Apps
Sometimes you may want to perform the same task in more than one application. For example, you might want to uninstall multiple apps or move them to a different screen. Similarly, you can remove multiple apps from your screen using the multi-select feature in your Samsung launcher.
To do this, long press one of the apps. Next, tap on Select items and then select items. Select the required option from above, i.e. uninstall or remove. Drag one of the selected apps to move them to a different screen. All apps will move.
Note: Multi-select works both on the home screen and in the app drawer.
3. Create Folder
I love launchers that let you create folders and Samsung One UI Home launcher is one of them. There are two ways to create a folder.
note: You can create folders both in the app drawer and on the home screen.
First, tap and hold one of the app icons. Then drag it over the other app icon you want your folder to be part of. Once a folder is created, tap the add icon to add more apps to it.
In the second method, long press one of the app icons you want to add to the folder. Then select Select items. Now tap on the apps you want to select. Finally, click on Create folder at the top.
4. Change Folder Color
One of the interesting features of the Samsung launcher is that it allows you to color-code your folders. This will further help you organize your apps.
To do this, open the folder and tap the color icon at the top. Choose the color you want. You can tap the color palette icon on the far right to choose from a wide variety of colors.
5. Use App Shortcuts
App shortcuts allow you to quickly access important features of an app directly from your home screen or app drawer without opening the app. To do this, long press the supported app icon. Then tap on the required option. For example, as you can see in the screenshot below, Twitter offers options such as new message, new tweet, search.
While this is not a Samsung One UI Home exclusive feature, it was worth mentioning here as it is a useful feature. Interestingly, you can use it on any Android phone running Android 7.1 Nougat and higher.
6. Disable App Drawer
Every person has their own preferences. Some like to have the app drawer, while others don’t use it. Fortunately, Samsung makes both types of users happy. By default, you get an app drawer in the Samsung One UI Home launcher. But if you want to disable it, it’s pretty easy.
To do this, tap and hold a space on your home screen. Tap on Home screen settings. Next, tap on the Home screen layout.
Just select the Home screen and tap on Apply.
7. Change Notification Badge Style
If you like to have iPhone style number badges on your Android launcher, then Samsung One UI Home launcher will not disappoint you. It offers two types of notification badges, dots and numbers.
To change this, go to home screen settings. Next, tap on the App icon badges. Choose the badge you want.
Pro Tip: Settings with a bar on the right have more options as you can see in the App icon badges.
8. Add More App Icons
You can change the grid size if you want to display more apps on a single screen on your home screen or in the app drawer.
To do this, go to the home screen settings. Next, tap the Home screen grid or the Apps screen grid. Select the grid size from the bottom.
9. Change Icon Style
You can take help of Samsung Themes to change the overall look of your Samsung phone running One UI. You can apply a theme or change the icon pack. To do this, long press a space on the home screen. Select Themes. Then choose a theme or icon pack.
Pro Tip: Check out some cool cool tips and tricks for using the Samsung Themes app.
10. Hide Apps
Want to hide dating apps on your phone? Use Samsung launcher to hide apps without rooting your phone. Apps will disappear from the apps screen.
To hide apps, open launcher settings and tap on Hide apps. Select the apps you want to hide and tap Done at the bottom.
Fly: Check out other great launchers that let you hide apps.
11. Lock Home Screen
After setting the home screen, you can lock it so that apps don’t move accidentally. For that, open One UI Launcher settings and enable the toggle next to Lock Home screen layout.
Beautify your screen
We hope you like the above mentioned tips for Samsung One UI Home launcher. Although the launcher misses some features like changing slot style, sticker customization and more, it offers some basic features. If you want to dig deep into customization, third-party launchers are waiting for you.
Next: Want a third-party launcher that doesn’t show ads? Check out these 6 Android launchers that offer great features with no ads.
