10 Best Galaxy Z Fold 6 Tips and Tricks You Need To Know

Samsung’s sixth generation of the Galaxy Z Fold is here. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is powered by the company’s newest skin – One UI 6.1.1. The tech behemoth offers a plethora of new Galaxy AI features with its newest foldable devices. Undoubtedly, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is one of the best foldable in the market right now.

While the foldable can be used as a tablet and your smartphone for your day-to-day tasks, did you know that there are more things that you can get out of your Galaxy Z Fold 6? So if you are looking to become a power user of the Galaxy Z Fold 6, you’ve come to the right place.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Tips and Tricks

If you want to be a power user of your Galaxy Z Fold 6, you’ve come to the right place. Getting the most out of your device is important, otherwise, why would you spend so much on a device to just take and make calls, and capture moments via photos and videos and text? Read through the 10 best tips and tricks for your brand-new Galaxy Fold 6.

Use Your Palm To Lock The Device

You no longer need to press the side button or fold your Z Fold 6 to lock it. With this feature enabled, you can simply place your palm on the screen, and it will lock your screen right away. Here is how you can enable it.

Open the Settings app on your Galaxy Z Fold 6.
Tap on Advanced Features, followed by Motion and Gestures.
Switch the toggle to where it says Palm Touch to Turn Off Screen.
Now, when you place your palm over the screen of your Galaxy Z Fold 6, it will lock the screen

Instantly Scan Documents

Now, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 has a great pair of rear cameras. So what if I told you that you can easily use those cameras to scan a document? Yes, this is possible. Here’s how.

Open the Camera app on your Galaxy Z Fold 6.
Now tap on the Settings icon inside the camera app.
Tap on Scan Documents and text.
Make sure to switch the toggles to On to enable this feature.
Additionally, enable the toggles for Auto Scan and Remove Unwanted Objects.

Whenever you open the Camera app on your Galaxy Z Fold and place a document in the camera view, the Fold will detect it, and automatically take a picture which will automatically be resized and remove any fingers that might have been captured while scanning the document.

Smart Screenshots with Smart Select

Your Galaxy Z Fold 6 has an Edge Panel that you can access various tools or apps. One of the tools from the Edge Panel is the Smart Select tool. This tool lets you easily select anything on your screen and choose to either take a screenshot of it or copy and paste the text from your screen to any messaging platform. Here are the steps.

Launch the app of your choice and swipe inward from the right side of your Galaxy Z Fold 6.
With the Edge Panel appearing, tap on the Smart Select icon. This will be a blue-colored icon.
Now simply tap on any object on your screen to select it. You can decide to download or share the image right away.
If you circle the screen with Smart Select, you can easily copy and paste the text instantly.
Additionally, you can tap on the three dots menu and simply pin the selected object or text to your screen.
The screenshot will be like a sticky note, always appearing above all your screens.

Force All Apps To Split Screen

For the Galaxy Z Fold 6, a good number of apps can be added to any half of the screen, however, not all apps have this support. But, did you know that you can force enable all apps to switch to split screen? Here how.

Open the Settings app and tap on Advanced Features.
Now, tap on Labs and switch the toggles to where it says Multi Window for all apps
With this enabled, you can easily have two apps running together, even if they were not made to work with the split-screen feature.

You can also make these apps launch in full screen when in split screen mode by enabling Full Screen in Split Screen view under the Multi Window option in the settings app.

Sketch to Image-Galaxy AI

Do you wish that you could add something or some object to an image that you have captured? Well, thanks to Galaxy AI’s magic editor, you can just do that. Here is what you need to do.

Open the Gallery app and pick up an image that you have captured.
Now, in the middle, you should see the AI editor icon, tap on it.
Now, using the S pen or your finger, simply draw a rough sketch of what you want to be added to your image.
With the drawing complete, now hit the Generate button.
Within a few moments you should see a few results of what the AI has done, simply choose the one that you like and tap on the Save button.

Create Profile Card

The Profile Card is a new feature that has been made available to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Z Flip 6. With this card, you can easily add a picture and your name, which will appear on your contact’s smartphone as long as they have a Samsung smartphone and vice versa. Here is how you can enable it.

Open the Phone app and tap on Contacts.
Now, tap on your contact. You will see the Create Profile Card button. Tap on it,
Here you can choose any image of your choice and font style for your name.
Once you have done that, tap on Profile Card and Picture.
Here you need to switch the toggle on to where it says Share Profile Picture and Card.
Your profile card will be displayed whenever you call someone that has a Samsung smartphone and vice versa.

You can also set up these Profile Cards for contacts who do not have a Samsung smartphone. The only difference is that the card will only show up on your smartphone whenever they call you.

Stay Secure with Galaxy Auto Blocker

In this world where everything and everyone is online, it is important to be safe and protected at all times. This is where the Auto Blocker feature for your Galaxy Z Fold 6 comes in. Auto Blocker helps prevent apps from being installed from malicious or unauthorized sources, blocks commands that could be run via the USB cable, as well as block all types of images that could contain malware. This works with third party messaging apps as well as the Google or Samsung messages app. You can follow these steps to turn on Auto Blocker.

Launch the Settings and scroll down to Security and Privacy.
Now, tap on Auto Blocker and switch the toggle to On.
For more added safety, tap on Maximum restrictions and switch the toggle to On.

Summarize Those Long Reads via Samsung Internet

This is a feature that is specific to Samsung’s internet browser app. If you want to have a quick summary of what the article or post is about, simply tap on the Galaxy AI and tap on Summarize. Galaxy AI will give you a quick short summary of the whole article which makes it easy for you to understand. Do note that this feature is not available on any other web browser that it might have installed in your Galaxy Z Fold 6.

Launch Your Favorite App via the Side Button

The power button present on your Galaxy Z Fold 6 is not just to lock and unlock or switch off and power up your device. The side button can now be customized to launch any app of your choice. This i s an easy way to launch your favorite app without having to dig into the app drawer or launcher.

Open the Settings app on your Galaxy Z Fold 6.
Now scroll down and tap on Advanced Features.
Now, tap on the Side button option.
Finally, tap on the Open App option.
Here you will be given a list of apps installed on your device. Simply select or pick the app that you want to launch by double pressing the side button.

Translate on the Go!

Google’s Circle to Search tool is a great way to get more information about whatever is on your screen within an instant. Did you know that you can also use the Circle to Search when your camera app is open? This is useful if you want to translate text on something that is out there into the real world and not just on your screen. Here is how to do that.

Open the camera app and point it to the text that you want to translate.
Now long press on the home button, i.e., the middle section at the bottom of the screen, until the Google Circle to Search overlay shows up.
Using your finger, simply circle around the text that you want to translate and tap on the translation icon at the bottom next to the search bar.
And this is how you can translate live on the go.

Additionally, you can also use Google’s Circle to Search to copy text off of images as well.

Closing Thoughts

These are the 10 best tips and tricks that you need to know to get the most out of your Galaxy Z Fold 6. The Z Fold 6 is an excellent foldable device that not just gets your social tasks done, but also your other productivity tasks done with ease on the go.

Apart from these useful tips and tricks, there are even a ton of customization options available for the Z Fold 6 via the Good Lock module, if you like Know of any interesting tips or tricks for the Z Fold 6? Feel free to drop them below.

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