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Own a Samsung phone? 10 settings I always change first for the best user experience


Samsung packs its phones with clever features, but you're probably not taking advantage of all of them. Here are a few you might be overlooking.

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNETI do not like it when a message from a contact or an intrusive app notification pops up while I am in the middle of reading online or texting my favorite people. Google's Gemini is available by other methods, and Bixby is not as useful anyway, so I suggest changing the side key's function to offer a power menu. It is set to show icons on the top left corner by default, which is a big change from the previous card view.

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