Samsung owners hail ‘lifesaver’ trick that stops work from ruining your weekend as fans reveal little-known features
SAMSUNG fans are dishing on the best secret Galaxy features, including one that helps upkeep a work-life balance.
One Galaxy S6 user turned to the internet for answers about tools that were “not talked about much.”
“At this point, I feel like there is a TON of stuff I am missing out on,” the user wrote. “I feel like I am too afraid to ask and not sure where to even begin.”
Users immediately sounded off in the comments below.
“Separate work profile option,” one Redditor wrote, referring to the feature as a “lifesaver.”
“You have all work-related apps separated, muted on weekends, no need for a second work phone.”
The feature in question, Android Work Profile, splits a mobile device into work and non-work sections.
When Work Profile is active, specific apps are loaded into the work side and marked with a tiny briefcase option.
Users can even have two copies of the same app, like Microsoft Outlook, for work and personal use.
The feature is also fairly secure, as a user’s personal data and applications are kept outside their employer’s IT control.
Another name that frequently cropped up was DeX, with one user proclaiming, “DeX is like the biggest thing.”
Samsung DeX allows users to connect a Galaxy S8 or later to an external monitor and use it as a desktop computer.
After hooking the device to a supported UBS-C to HDMI cable or adapter, the phone launches DeX mode on the external monitor.
Users can connect a mouse and a keyboard to enhance gaming, movie-watching, and more.
As one user stated, “It’s wild how much you can do with it.”
Several Redditors also praised Bixby, Samsung‘s flagship virtual assistant.
“Bixby started out as the dumber version of Google Assistant, but now that Google Assistant has become impossibly dumb, I switched back over to Bixby just to discover that there’s a colossal amount of functionality,” one user wrote.
The tool can change phone settings – “down to extremely minute ones” – and answer calls using a custom voice based on your own.
In a cluttered market full of virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, it seems Bixby stands out.
“Bixby Routines can automate a bunch of stuff for you based on your daily habits,” one user explained.
“It might take a bit to set up, but once you do, it’s pretty smooth.”
Samsung – a brief history
Here's what you need to know...
- Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally
- It’s known locally as a “chaebol”, which means “business conglomerate”
- It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company
- But over several decades, it branched out into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
- It wasn’t until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it’s best known in the West today
- It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
- Today, Samsung’s most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips
- The firm accounts for around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and roughly 17% of the country’s GDP
- More than 270,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
- And in 2023, Samsung Electronics turned over the equivalent of $194 billion in revenue
Samsung released its latest fleet of Flip and Fold phones last month.
The Korean tech giant is focused on packing even more artificial intelligence tools into its newest devices.
An AI-powered translator will soon work across third-party apps, allowing users to translate messages and calls in real time.