Making the best use of your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 is important. The device, powered by Samsung’s One UI skin, has a lot of cool tricks up its sleeve that you need to know. Knowing such tips and tricks can help you become a better user of the Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Now, of course, a lot of the users out there would be using their Galaxy Z Flip 6 for calls, social media, and photography. But, there is more to the Galaxy Z Flip 6 than just all that. So if you are looking to become a power user of the Galaxy Z Flip 6, you’ve come to the right place.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Tips and Tricks
As an Android device, you get a lot of freedom when tuning your Galaxy Z Flip 6 to your liking. This is a great guide for those who might be interested in being a first-time user of the Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Launch Your Favorite App via the Side Button
With the Galaxy Flip 6, you can quickly launch your favorite apps just by the press of a button. In this case, we will show you two you can use the side button to launch your favorite app right away.
- Launch the Settings app on your Galaxy Z Flip 6.
- Now scroll down and tap on Advanced Features.
- Tap on the Side Button option. Choose Double Press > Open App.
- Now, scroll through the list of apps installed on your device.
- Simply tap on the app of your choice.
- When you close your Z Flip 6, and it’s unlocked, simply double-press the side button. It will launch the app on your device’s outer screen right away.
Dynamic Wallpaper/Lock Screen Styles On The Cover Display
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a trick up its sleeve when it comes to cover screens. By default, the lock screen of your Z Flip 6 on the outer screen is just a plain, simple screen. However, if you tap and hold down on the cover screen, you can simply swipe down and pick from several lock screen styles.
Some of these wallpapers are dynamic and objects in the wallpaper will move on how you move your device. Also, if you tap the screen, the objects will move. You can also add more interactive wallpapers and lock screens by following these steps.
- Open the Settings app and tap on Cover Screen.
- Now, tap on Add New.
- Scroll down till you see the interactive option.
- Choose from the various interactive cover screen wallpapers and apply your favorite one to the cover screen.
Create and Customize Your Profile Card
If you have friends who have a Samsung smartphone, this will be a very cool feature. When you create a contact card and the other person has a Samsung phone, whenever you call them, your contact card will appear on their device and vice versa as well. You can even share your contact card with another person. Check these steps out if you are interested in creating a contact card for yourself.
- Launch the Phone app on your Galaxy Z Flip 6.
- Tap on the Contacts tab and select your contact.
- You will see a Create Profile Card button. Tap on it.
- Choose a profile picture for yourself, either from the Gallery or simply choose the background color for the profile card.
- You can add your name by choosing the font type and color.
- Now tap on the Profile card picture text. You can now share this profile card.
- Switch the toggle to On where it says share profile picture and card.
- Every time you ring someone who has a Samsung phone, this profile card will be displayed on their Samsung.
If your friend doesn’t have a Samsung phone, you can always create a contact card for them as well. It will show up on your phone whenever they ring you.
Use Your Palm to Mute Calls
Ever had a time when your Galaxy Z Flip 6 would ring when it’s folded, but also didn’t want to answer the call? Well, if someone does ring you, you can easily silence the ringtone of your call by placing your hand on the cover screen. Place it gently so that you don’t reject the call. This is better than pressing the volume or power buttons when you want to mute the call. Simple and easy.
Adding Any App To The Cover Screen
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a nice outer cover screen that you can use to not only see the time, and notifications, or answer calls but also be used to access all of your favorite apps. Now, by default, only a limited number of apps can be added when you try to add apps to the cover screen.
But with a Good Lock module, you can simply remove such limitations and add any app ID of your choice. Here are the steps to get any app to your home screen.
- Head to the Galaxy Store app on your Galaxy Flip 6.
- Tap on the search icon and type in Good Lock.
- The Good Lock app will have a pink colored icon. Make sure to download the app.
- Launch the app and install the Multistar module.
- Launch the Multistar module to select all the apps you want to access from the cover screen.
- With the selection done, go to the cover screen and long press to bring the widget’s screen.
- Browse through the widgets till you find the Launcher widget.
- Select the Launcher widget to add it to your Galaxy Flip 6’s cover screen.
- Now, whenever you want to launch an app of your choice, simply swipe through the cover screen and launch it immediately.
Smart Screenshots with Smart Select
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a great new tool that can be accessed from the side panel. The side panel is a unique panel that has a ton of shortcuts and tools that can be accessed at any time on almost any modern Samsung smartphone. With the help of smart select, you can take screenshots of anything that you like and even copy text from almost anywhere you like. Here’s how you can do this.
- Launch the app that you wish to select text to take screenshots from.
- Now, swipe inwards from the side of your Galaxy Z Flip 6.
- With the side panel displayed, tap on the Smart Select icon.
- If you want to take screenshots of any particular image, you can simply tap on the image.
- To copy text, simply tap on text to copy and share it.
- Additionally, you can also draw around a particular object or thing on your screen to capture just that little instead of taking a full screenshot.
- You can easily download or share a particular image right away.
Create New Images by Sketching
Your Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a ton of Galaxy AI tools to make your life easier. Did you know that you can easily create new images with AI by just drawing over an existing image? Want to see how that works?
- Launch the Gallery app on your Galaxy Flip 6 and pick any image of your choice.
- Tap on the Edit icon to bring the Editing Menu.
- Now, tap on the Galaxy AI icon present at the left corner of the screen.
- Now, use your creativity and draw anything that you like in your image.
- Once you have done your drawing or sketching, tap on the blue generate button.
- In a few moments, Galaxy AI will give you a few results that it has generated from your sketch.
- Simply pick the one that you like and tap on save. This is perfect if you would like to add anything extra to an image without having to use image editing tools.
Circle To Search Anything and Everything
Debuted on the Galaxy S24 series early this year, the Circle to Search tool has now made its way to the Galaxy Z Flip 6. This feature eliminates the need to install and switch to your Google Lens app. Here is how you can do that.
- Open any app of your choice.
- Tap and hold at the bottom center of your screen.
- The Google Circle to Search screen will show up.
- Simply draw a circle around anything that you wish to know more about.
- You will get more details about the objects and similar objects.
- Additionally, if you select text, you can also easily translate it to the language of your choice.
Also, you can simply copy text from any image and paste it wherever you like. A quick and easy way to copy and paste text from an image instead of having to type it out.
Mouse Controls and Touchpad for Samsung Internet
Your Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a special Flex mode that works with a certain number of Google and Samsung first-party apps. This is a great mode to use when you have the Z Flip 6 folder in half on your desk. As an example, we will be making use of the Samsung Internet web browser.
- Launch the Samsung Internet (Browser) app on your Galaxy Z Flip 6.
- Now visit any web page that you like.
- Follow the Z Flip 6 in half. You should see an icon in the top left corner, tap on it.
- You will now see the browser shift to the top half of the screen, and you get mouse controls at the bottom half of the screen.
Vertical Videos for Your Instagram Reels
With the Galaxy Z Flip 6, you can take a cool number of vertical videos and share them on your social media accounts. Thanks to the Flex Mode in the Camera app of your Galaxy Z Flip 6, you can take cool vertical video. Here how.
- Open the Camera app on your Galaxy Z Flip 6 and switch to Video mode.
- Now fold your Galaxy Z Flip 6 such that it looks like a laptop.
- A small icon will now appear on your screen. Tap on it to enable Flex Mode.
- Enable Auto Framing by tapping on the drop-down menu.
- Now, shoot fun vertical videos with ease.
- Make sure that you use the other or rear cameras of the Galaxy Z Flip 6. These cameras can shoot better video as compared to the pinhole cameras on the main screen.
Closing Thoughts
Armed with these tips and tricks for your brand new Galaxy Z Flip 6, you can make the most out of your foldable device instead of just doing the usual tasks such as calls, photos, and social media. Apart from the customization tricks that we have mentioned, you can also deeply customize the interface of your Galaxy Z Flip 6 with the help of the various Good Lock modules.
If you have additional tips and tricks for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, feel free to express them below.
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