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10 smart tips to use Samsung Keyboard like a Pro
Samsung’s Android 12-based One UI 4.1 has reached millions of Galaxy users through OTA updates. The new custom OS brings lots of noticeable features to provide users with the best of Samsung. Some of these noticeable changes can be seen in Samsung Keyboard.
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One UI 4.1 Samsung Keyboard is powered by Grammarly so you won’t make any silly typing mistakes. Despite just allowing you to type and send text messages, the keyboard is well designed and customized to allow you to type with voice, send emojis, files, GIFs, audio, video, and many more.
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Not only this, you can easily undo and redo with just two fingers, use the translation function, voice recognition function, Samsung Pass, and many more. Here, in this article, I’ll give you 10 smart tips to let you use your Samsung Keyboard like a Pro.
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Smart Samsung Keyboard tips
Use Grammarly
Samsung One UI 4.1 brings Grammarly to the Samsung keyboard. It ensures that every text is clear, mistake-free, and professional. Meanwhile, if you want Grammarly to stop marking a particular spelling as incorrect, you can add the word to your personal dictionary. To enable it:
- Open your Galaxy phone’s Settings.
- Go to General management.
- Click on Samsung Keyboard settings.
- Scroll down and tap the Select third-party content to use.
- From the menu, enable the Grammarly keyboard integration.
- Go back to the main menu then head over Suggest text corrections.
- Enable Writing Assistant for English or whatever language you use on your phone.
Customize Symbols
If you don’t like the default set of symbols that show up when pressing the period (.) key, you can replace the characters with the ones that you use frequently. To do this:
- Go to the Settings of Samsung Keyboard.
- Tap Custom symbols.
- Tap on the symbol that you want to change.
- Select its replacement symbol from the keyboard.
Add and Customize Emojis, GIFs, and Stickers
All the emojis, GIFs, and stickers offered by the Samsung Keyboard are housed under the Emoji icon in the toolbar. To add, use, and customize emojis and stickers on Samsung Keyboard:
- Tap on the Emoji icon in the toolbar to see the available things.
- Press on the tabs at the top like GIFs, stickers, etc., to switch between them.
- Now, tap on the item that you want to add.
Voice input function
The Samsung keyboard allows you to enter long texts by voice.
- Tap the microphone icon at the top of the keyboard.
- Immediately say what you want to type.
- Tap the moving microphone icon.
- What you say is converted to text and entered correctly.
Quick access to change the keyboard input type
There is an easy and fast way to change the keyboard input type settings when using the Samsung keyboard. You don’t even need to open Settings from the home screen to find it. If you want to change the keyboard format while already using the Samsung keyboard, then follow the below steps.
- Tap the keyboard icon at the bottom of the keyboard.
- Tap the Settings icon on the right side of the Samsung Keyboard.
- Tap Language and types.
- Select the language you are using.
- Select the language input type you want to use.
Suggest Stickers and Emojis While Typing
Samsung Keyboard offers a smart typing feature where it suggests emojis and stickers while typing. You don’t even need to open the emoji or sticker panel. To enable this feature:
- Open Settings on your Samsung Keyboard.
- Enable the toggle for Suggest emojis and Suggest stickers while typing.
Create shortcuts for frequently used phrases
If you use some specific words that are lengthy in spelling or you always do mistakes while writing them, you can create a shortcut for them so later you can simply type the shortcut and its expanded version will show up in the toolbar. To do this:
- Open Settings on your Samsung Keyboard.
- Go to Text shortcuts.
- Here you will find a list of existing shortcuts.
- Tap on the add (+) icon at the top to create a new shortcut.
- Type the shortcut phrase like MTE and its expanded phrase (Make Tech Easier) in the available fields.
- Tap on Add.
Translate text
Samsung keyboard has built-in tools to let users translate text on the go. To can use it inside any application such as WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. To use it:
- Tap the Translate button in the toolbar to open translation panel.
- Choose the input and output languages by tapping on the arrows next to them.
- Start typing the text that you want to translate in the box and hit the Translate button, present in the place of Enter button, to add it to the text field.
Use swipe typing
You can use gestures to type quickly using Samsung Keyboard. Simply slide your finger across the letters that you want to type. To do this:
- Go to Settings.
- Scroll down and enter Swipe, touch, and feedback.
- Tap Keyboard swipe controls.
- Select Swipe to type.
Customize appearance of Samsung keyboard
Good Lock Keys Cafe is the best option to customize your Samsung keyboard. Here, you can change colors, add animations, create custom layouts, as well as make your own sticker packs.
Here’s the complete guide.
Samsung Galaxy S24 series introduced several new features and enhancements with the One UI 6.1, one of which is Intelligent Optimization. This feature is designed to give users specific control over the image processing levels directly from the camera settings.
The Intelligent Optimization feature allows users to adjust how their photos are processed. Whether capturing everyday moments or professional shots, the Intelligent Optimization feature in One UI 6.1 ensures that your photos meet your standards with minimal effort.
How to activate it?
You can easily enable the Intelligent Optimization feature by following the steps below.
- Open the Camera app, then Settings.
- Tap on Intelligent Optimization.
- Choose the desired optimization level
- Maximum
- Medium: Speed up capture time by doing less optimization
- Minimum: Take pictures as fast as possible by not optimizing pictures after they are taken.
- Optionally, enable or disable the Scene Optimizer.
This feature allows for customization of photo attributes such as sharpness, contrast, and brightness. For example, selecting the minimum level results in more natural-looking images, while the maximum level increases detail and sharpness, which is ideal for zoomed-in shots. Notably, the quality optimization setting of these levels only affects Photo Mode.
If you enable Scene Optimizer, it automatically optimizes the color and contrast of pictures to make dark scenes look brighter, food looks tastier and landscapes look more vivid.
How to use One UI 6.1 Camera Shift feature on your Samsung Galaxy
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Samsung’s One UI 6.1 offers a range of new features and Galaxy AI Suite that significantly improves the user experience. With the latest Galaxy Enhance-X app, users of Samsung One UI 6.1 devices can enhance their photos using an innovative feature called Camera Shift. This feature is designed to provide more flexibility and control over the composition of photos.
The Camera Shift feature allows users to alter the perspective of a photograph after it has been taken. This is mainly useful in situations where capturing the perfect angle in real time is not possible.
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Moreover, the Camera Shift uses advanced AI algorithms to modify the angle and perspective of your photos, providing a result that aligns with your imagination. With events that unfold rapidly and capturing every detail that matters, Camera Shift ensures that you can revisit and adjust those moments.
How to use it?
You can easily use the Camera Shift feature on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone running One UI 6.1, just need to follow a few steps:
- Open the Galaxy Store app and download the Galaxy Enhance-X app.
- Select the photo you wish to edit and choose the “Camera Shift” option.
- A slider will appear, enabling you to change the photo’s perspective as you see fit.
Samsung Galaxy Enhance-X’s Camera Shift feature enhances mobile photography by making it easier to take pictures and expanding the creative options for users. If you have the latest version of Galaxy Enhance-X and One UI 6.1 running Samsung device then you can enjoy this feature.
Samsung Galaxy S24 series introduced a significant enhancement to the user experience with One UI 6.1, which allows extensive customization of lock screen widgets. This impressive feature is a first for the flagship devices, allowing users to personalize their lock screen to a great extent.
One UI 6.1 lets users arrange different widgets on their lock screen according to personal preference. These widgets include a customizable clock display color, battery indicators, calendar, weather forecast, and even Samsung Health’s daily activity graphs.
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Arrange Widgets on Samsung One UI 6.1 Lock Screen
To customize the lock screen, users just need to follow a few steps:
- Simply touch and hold to your phone’s lock screen.
- Select ‘Widgets’ to view the available options and swipe up to see available widgets such as battery, clock and reminders.
Add
- Now, tap on Widgets, then select the desired widget option. You can repeat this process to continue adding widgets.
- To rearrange widgets, touch and hold the selected widget, then drag it to a new place next to the other widgets.
Remove
- If a user decides to remove a widget, they can do so by tapping the red minus icon. This will delete it from your lock screen.
Once the customization is complete, users can save their settings by tapping ‘Done’. This personalized setup allows for efficient access to information directly from the lock screen. If you have a Galaxy device running One UI 6.1, then you can try Lock Screen widget customization.