By enabling gesture controls on your Samsung Galaxy device, you can easily disable the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen. The gesture-based UI offers a borderless experience as it takes advantage of the entire screen for interactive activities. It brings a whole new level of engagement to the One UI experience. With just a few swipes, you can easily use smartphone to access features . To activate the Recents, Home, and Back buttons on your device’s screen – simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen!
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Samsung's One UI, with its integration of gesture controls, allows you to maximize your Galaxy's display and take advantage of every bit of the actual screen space. It's worth mentioning that in order to be able to switch and navigate your phone with gestures instead of a regular navigation bar, device must be running Android OS 9 Pie.
Follow this step-by-step guide to unlock gesture controls on your One UI device.
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- Go to the Settings app on your One UI device.
- Select Display.
- Scroll down to the Navigation Bar.
- Click the radio button to change it to Gestures.
- You can choose whether or not to use gesture hints. Instead of bulky buttons, they will appear as thin lines at the bottom of the screen to give a little hint as to where to locate the gesture button control.
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With a little practice, One UI users will find that gestures make navigating the user interface much faster. It may take some time to get used to at first, but you will love having access to the full Infinity display, which can be used without taking up space at the bottom for the navigation bar. But it can also provide a pleasant experience when reading and using the split-screen mode to view two apps at the same time.
