Many Galaxy S9 or S9+ owners want to show photos on Galaxy S9 Home screen so that they can easily see the slideshow of their loved photos without opening the Gallery or other photo apps. Samsung made it easy to pin photos to the always-on display as explained in this guide. But showing photos on Galaxy S9 Home screen does not work out of the box. Although there are many solutions for you to show photos on Galaxy S9 Home screen, using Samsung's picture frame widget probably is the easiest way to show photos on Galaxy S9 and S9+ home screen. This Galaxy S9 guide shows you how to show photos on Galaxy S9 home screen using the picture frame widget provided by Samsung.  You can also tweak the slideshow by including or excluding photos, adjusting slideshow timing, the layout of photos, and how the photos fill the spots. The picture frame widget was available in Galaxy phones with Android Marshmallow 6.0 or earlier. Samsung removed it in Android Nougat firmware and offered it as an optional feature in Galaxy Apps. So, this guide applies to most Samsung Galaxy phones. For Galaxy S9 and S9+, you need to install the widget from Galaxy Apps. You may follow the steps to install the widget and show photos on Galaxy S9 Home screen. These steps als0 are applicable for Galaxy S8, S8+, S7, S7 Edge, Note 9,  Note 8 and Note 5. If you have an older Samsung phone, very likely, you can skip step 1 (as the widget was part of the old Gallery app). On Galaxy phones (e.g., Galaxy S10, S20, S21, S22, and S23, Note 10, and Note 20) with Android 12 (One UI 4), Android 13 (One UI 5), or Android 14 (One UI 6), the Picture Frame widget was replaced with Gallery Widget. Please check this guide on using the new Gallery Widget to show photos, albums, and stories on the Home screen. You can even use stackable widgets to stack multiple copies of the Gallery Widget to display different sets of photos concurrently. Step 1: Install Picture Frame from Samsung Galaxy Apps Galaxy Apps is preinstalled on Galaxy S9 and S9+. You cannot remove it. Samsung now puts many optional features on Galaxy Apps. In Galaxy  S9 or S9+,  tap the Galaxy Apps icon in the home screen or apps screen. In Galaxy Apps, switch to Exclusives tap, as shown below. In the Exclusives tab, you can scroll down to find the Galaxy Essentials category. Tap view all as shown above. Now, you can find apps included in Galaxy Essentials, as shown below. In some regions, by default,  there is a Galaxy Essentials widget on the Galaxy S9 Home screen. You can tap it to arrive on the same page. Among the apps, you can find the Picture frame as shown below. It used to be part of the Gallery app. Tap the Picture frame as shown below to see the details. Or tap the install icon on the right side to install it directly In the details page of the picture frame widget, as shown in the screenshot above, you can check how it looks before tapping the install button. You then wait a while for the installation to finish. Because what you installed is a widget,  not a standalone app, you cannot find the icon in the apps screen or home screen. It is actually associated with the Gallery app. Now, you are ready to use the widget to show photos on Galaxy S9 Home screen. Step 2:  Add the picture frame widgets to Galaxy S9 home screen In Galaxy S9 Home screen, you can enter Galaxy S9 home screen edit mode using one of the two touchscreen gestures: Tap and hold (long tap). Pinch. As shown in the screenshot below, in the edit mode, tap Widgets to add widgets to the home screen. In the widgets page, you can swipe right or left to navigate to different panels to locate the Picture frame widget. As shown above, once you find the widget, tap and hold (long tap) it to add it to the home screen. When you add the widget to the Galaxy S9 Home screen, it will ask you to grant permission so that the widget can access your photos. As shown below, you will be asked: Allow Picture frame to access photos, media and files on your device? You need to tap allow to proceed. After granting the permission, you can choose how to add photos: From pictures. You can select individual photos to be shown on the Galaxy S9 Home screen. From album. All photos in the album will be shown. Random. All photos will be selected. You can always change the settings later for this widget. Each copy of this widget…

Wireless printing has been a native feature of Android for a long time. Galaxy S9 and S9+, of course, support it. This means if you want to print any documents or photos saved on Galaxy S9 or S9+, you can directly print then from the phone, instead of copying them to a PC to print. Most printer manufacturers have released their own apps for their printers. These apps usually also provide wireless printing features, in addition to other features. This Galaxy S9 guide shows you how to set up and use wireless printing with the Android build-in printing feature, as well as with the vendor's app. You can use the same wireless printing feature on other phones including Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S2o Ultra, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10e, Galaxy Note 10, and Galaxy Note 10+. What do you need to use wireless printing on Galaxy S9 and S9+? To use wireless printing on Galaxy S9 or S9+, you need: A wireless printer.  If your printer can only use the USB connection to the PC, you have to use Google Cloud print, we will discuss it in other guides. A WiFi network which can be used by the printer and your phone (Galaxy S9 and S9+). Ethernet also works. A plugin for your printer. Almost all major printer vendors released the Android plugin in Google Play store. This guide will show you how to get it. In this guide, we assume your Galaxy S9 or S9+ is connected to the same wireless router as the wireless printer. If not, you have to use Google cloud print, which is covered here (coming soon). Steps of setting up wireless printing on Galaxy S9 and S9+ To print wirelessly from Galaxy S9 or S9+ to your printer, you need to install the print service for the brand of the printer you are using. Wireless printing services (the plugin) on Android are provided by individual manufacturers. They are similar to the printer drivers on the PC. But on Android, typically, you only need to have one driver from (for) one vendor, instead of one for each printer. For example, if you have two different HP printers (both support wireless printing), you only need to install HP printer plugin once.  Step 1: Check print services installed On Galaxy S9 Settings--Connections, tap More connection settings. On the More connection settings page, tap Printing as shown in the screenshot below. In the printing setting page, as shown above, you can see a list of installed printing services from manufacturers. In this guide, we use an Epson printer as an example. Apparently, we need to install the service before we can use the printer. Step 2: Install print enabler (print service) Tap Add service on the printing page as shown above Now, a particular Google Store page will be opened, as shown below. In this page, you can find a list of official print services provided by individual printer manufacturers. Different vendors may name the plugin slightly differently. Some may call it "print service". Some may name it as "print plugin" or "print service plugin". You may scroll down to find the one provided by Epson, who named the plugin as "Epson print enabler" as shown below. Tap Epson print enabler as shown below to install it. If you have a printer of other brands, you may need to install the other plugin accordingly. Actually, you can search for the plugin in the Play store, then install it directly. In the details page of the Epson print enabler, you need to tap Install to install this plugin as shown above. It is identical to install other apps from the Play store. The difference is that the plugin does not have an icon in the Galaxy S9 apps screen. Instead, after you install the plugin (Epson printer enabler), you can find it in the printing services list as shown below. Step 3: Find the printer In the print services list, tap Epson print enabler to check whether the printer can be found. Galaxy S9 and S9+ can only locate the printer in the same network (connected the same router). WiFi or Ethernet connection does not matter. It may take a while for the printer to show up. As shown above, the Epson print enabler found the Epson printer L655. You are ready to use the printer to print from Galaxy S9 or S9+ now. Plugins from other vendors work similarly. Use wireless printing on Galaxy S9 and S9+ to print documents and photos Once the print plugin is installed, you are ready to print from any apps that support printing (i.e. have a print option). For example, you want to print a photo. In the Gallery app, open the photo, then tap the menu button (3 vertical dots on the top right). You can…

Dual aperture, which allows the system to choose the suitable Galaxy S9 camera aperture depending on lighting conditions,  is one of the significant improvements in Galaxy S9 (and S9+) camera compared to previous Galaxy phones. However, in most camera modes, choosing Galaxy S9 camera aperture will be done automatically, and therefore you cannot manually select one of the two apertures. The Pro mode is an exception, which allows you to manually choose Galaxy S9 camera aperture. This Galaxy S9 camera guide explains dual aperture feature in Galaxy S9 and shows you how to manually choose Galaxy S9 camera aperture in the Pro mode. What does dual aperture mean for Galaxy S9 camera aperture? In photography, aperture, which controls how collimated the admitted rays are,  is one of the three legs of the exposure triangle. Photographers use the combinations of aperture, ISO and shutter speed to get desired photos for various scenarios. In most digital cameras or more expensive DSLRs, you usually have a certain level of control of the aperture. But in smartphones, due to the compact size, the aperture of the camera lens is usually fixed.  Therefore, the camera app can control exposure through ISO and shutter speed. Samsung introduced the dual aperture in the real camera od Galaxy S9 and S9+ so that the system can adjust the aperture based on lighting conditions. Galaxy S9 and S9+ camera only supports two discrete apertures f/1.5 and f/2.4.  The system cannot set an aperture between these two values. Typically, when ambient is very dark (in the night),  the system will set the aperture to f/1.5.  This allows more light to pass through the lens to get brighter photos. When the ambient is very bright (e.g., under the sun), the aperture will be set at f/2.4. The photo will generally look more crispy than using f/1.5 How to use dual aperture to switch Galaxy S9 camera aperture manually? Although dual aperture is a good feature for the rear camera, Samsung does not want you to mess up Galaxy S9 camera aperture. Therefore, aperture switching was programmed as an automatic Galaxy S9 camera feature. In other words, it does not allow you to manually switch the Galaxy S9 camera aperture in most Galaxy S9 camera modes. The only exception is the Pro mode, which allows you to control almost all aspects of the camera settings manually. Please note, Pro mode is for owners with some knowledge of photography.  If you are not sure, you should stick to auto mode. In Galaxy S9 camera app interface, tap Pro on the left (or top) to switch to the Pro mode as shown below. In the Pro mode, you can find the current aperture and shutter speed. You may check this guide on how to use Pro mode and adjust Pro mode settings on Galaxy S9 and S9+. As shown in the screenshot below, in this example, the aperture is f/1.5, and the shutter speed is 1/350s. If you want to switch the aperture, you can tap this aperture/shutter speed button. As shown below, once you tap the aperture/shutter speed button, it expands. Now, you can tap F1.5 (marked as 1) to switch to f/2.4. You can (and should)  also change the shutter speed by swiping up or downwards. Or tap the specic speed. Once the aperture and shutter speed are set, the new values will be displayed as shown below. Is dual aperture only available for Galaxy S9+, or for both Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+? You should confuse the dual aperture with dual camera. Galaxy S9 has only one rear camera. But this 12MP camera has the dual aperture feature. So, the dual aperture feature is available on both Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Can use dual aperture to switch Galaxy S9 camera aperture in Pro mode manually? Do you know how to set the shutter speed and aperture for Galaxy S9 and S9+ camera? If you have any questions or encounter any problem to use dual aperture to switch Galaxy S9 camera aperture or shutter speed manually,  please let us know them in the comment box below. The community will help you find the answer. For the user guide for new features of Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, please check Galaxy S9 new features guides page. For using Galaxy S9 and S9+, please check Galaxy S9 how-to guides page. For using Galaxy S9 camera, please check Galaxy S9 camera guides page. For accessories for Galaxy S9 and S9+, please check Galaxy S9 accessories guides page. For the official Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ user guides (in PDF format), please check Galaxy S9 user guides page. You may also contact us through our Facebook page.

You can transfer and migrate data to Galaxy S9 and S9+ from iPhones or Android phones through a USB cable, or wireless connection, or cloud storage. For many Galaxy S9 and S9+ owners, Galaxy S9 or S+ is not your first smartphone. You were very likely using an iPhone or an Android phone before getting Galaxy S9 or S9+. This Galaxy S9 guide explains to you how to transfer and migrate data to Galaxy S9 and S9+ if you were using 1). an iPhone; or 2). a Samsung Galaxy phone, or 3). other Android phones. What can be migrated to Galaxy S9 and S9+?  What cannot be? Contacts, messages, call logs, photos, videos, music files, documents and stock calendar data in your old phone can be easily transferred and migrated to Galaxy S9 and S9+. If you want to migrate data to Galaxy S9 from an iPhone, of course, apps cannot be transferred.  There is no one-to-one match in Google play store and Apple's App Store.  Some app developers only release apps in App Store. Some may only release them in the Google Play store. If you want to migrate data to Galaxy S9 from a Samsung Galaxy phone, then you can transfer and migrate almost all data. Apps from Galaxy apps and side-loaded apps can be transferred as well.  Phone settings including WiFi, wallpaper, home screen settings, and some system settings, will be migrated. The only data that cannot be transferred or migrated are some game progress data and login credentials (unless you use the Samsung Pass). Your email settings in the stock email app can also be migrated. But you need to re-enter the password for each account. If you transfer and migrate data to Galaxy S9 or Note 9 from other Android phones, some phone settings will not be copied. Some side-loaded apps may also be ignored. Transfer and migrate data to Galaxy S9, S9+ or Note 9 from an iPhone If you want to migrate from iPhone to Galaxy S9, you need to have iOS 5 or higher on your iPhone. The simplest way to migrate iPhone data to Galaxy S9 is through iCloud.  You back up everything you need to transfer in your iPhone to iCloud. In your iPhone, go to Settings - YOURNAME -  iCloud - iCloud Backup (for iOS 10.2 or later) or Settings -  iCloud - Backup (for older iOS) to back up the phone. Then in Galaxy S9,  go to Settings -- Clouds and Accounts, tap Smart Switch. In Smart switch page, as shown in the screenshot below, you can find that Samsung smart switch supports 3 modes of connection between your old phone and Galaxy S9 (or S9+). Wireless (WiFi). USB cable.USB connector (USB OTG adapter) is needed. External storage(not recommended). If your WiFi speed is good, for iPhone users, it is recommended to use WiFi. Otherwise, use the lighting cable with the USB adapter/connector in the Galaxy S9 box. In this example, we use WiFi. Tap Wireless (marked as 1)  as shown below. Next, in the transfer wirelessly page, you need to define the role of Galaxy S9 or S9+. In this case, it should receive data from iCloud. So, tap Receive as shown above. You will now be asked to select the OS of the old phone as shown below. In this case, the old phone is iPhone and you want to migrate data to Galaxy S9 through iCloud backups. So, tap iPhone/iPod (import from iCloud) as shown below. Now, sign in to your iCloud and migrate data to Galaxy S9 from iCloud. Transfer and migrate data to Galaxy S9, S9+ or Note 9 from Samsung Galaxy phones For Samsung Galaxy phones with Android Nougat 7.0 or later, Smart Switch is integrated into the settings. If your Galaxy devices have an older Android, you need to install the smart switch app from Play Store or Galaxy Apps. Step 1:  Prepare smart switch on Galaxy S9 or S9+ Go to Settings -- Clouds and Accounts --Smart Switch. In the smart switch page, as shown earlier,  tap USB connection (marked as 2). Of course, if you want, you can use WiFi as shown earlier for iPhone. It will ask you to connect the phone with the old phone. Step 2: Connect Galaxy S9 with the old phone Connect the USB adapter (you can find it in your Galaxy S9 box) to your Galaxy S9 (new phone). Use your old phone's USB cable to connect the two phones. The USB-A side (with bigger connector) should be inserted into the USB adapter. The other side (micro USB or USB C depending on the model of the old phone) should be connected to the old phone as shown below. Once the old phone is detected, tap Receive as shown above. Step 3: Grant permission on the old phone Now, work…

Galaxy S9 dual messenger makes it possible to have two accounts of the supported messenger apps (e.g., WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Telegram, Viber...) and Facebook accounts in Galaxy S9 and S9+. You can use these two messenger accounts simultaneously on Galaxy S9 or S9+. Galaxy S9 dual messenger works on all Galaxy S9 and S9+ phones. It does NOT require the dual-SIM version of Galaxy S9 or S9+. Dual messenger was first introduced in Galaxy S8. You can use the identical dual messenger feature on Galaxy S8, S8+, S9, S9+, Note 8 and Note 9. This guide shows you how to use Galaxy S9 dual messenger to enable two accounts of messenger apps on Galaxy S9 and S9+. It also shows you how to disable individual messenger apps on Galaxy S9 dual messenger. Why may you need to have two accounts of WhatsApp and other messenger apps in Galaxy S9 and S9+? Many Galaxy S9 or S9+ owners may have different social profiles when they are in office, and when they are at home. You may never want to mess up your personal WhatsApp or Facebook account with the account for work. Some owners may want to show themselves differently in social media to buddies and to parents or teachers or supervisors. Many Android apps support multiple profiles. For example, you can add multiple Google accounts to Galaxy S9. In Google+, you can quickly switch to different profiles. But some apps limit one account on one device. WhatsApp has been notoriously enforcing this policy since day 1. Facebook also requires you to sign out if you want to switch the account on the same phone. But with more and more Galaxy S9 and S9+ owners use two SIM cards on the phone, there is a genuine need for running two messenger accounts concurrently on the phone. Anyway, two or more WhatsApp (and other messenger apps) accounts can make your life easier by separating different aspects of your daily life. How does Galaxy S9 dual messenger work? Samsung initially tried to solve the work-life separation issue with the secure folder, which is a Knox-based container (like a small virtual machine, but not full Knox), in Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Secure folder works well in creating two spaces in one phone. But most owners do not use this feature because it is not so convenient. You have to log in again to access apps in the secure folder although you can choose to display app notifications with normal apps, and put the secure folder apps on the home screen. You may check this guide on how to use the secure folder on Galaxy S9 and S9+. So, in Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung introduced a simpler solution: dual messenger. Galaxy S9 dual messenger is the continuation of the dual messenger in Galaxy S8 and S8+. Dual messenger clones the messenger app with separate storage.  If you want to use two WhatsApp accounts, Galaxy S9 dual messenger will install another copy of WhatsApp. So, for the user, there are two WhatsApp apps: each with an independent account and storage. You can then use two accounts concurrently on Galaxy S9 and S9+, just like using two messenger services. If you have a single SIM version of Galaxy S9 or S9+,  you can still use two accounts. Some messenger apps, like WhatsApp, need to verify the phone number. But it is only required for the initial setup. You can set up up two accounts one by one by switching SIM cards or using the code sent to other phones. For Facebook accounts, it is easier because you can use email to log in. As mentioned, after using dual messenger for WhatsApp (or other apps), you will have two copies of the same app in Galaxy S9 apps screen. One of them will have a unique icon decoration (orange sticker). You can add both of them to the Home screen. In the application manager (settings --apps) and notification settings, you can also find two copies of the app. Therefore, you can customize the notification for the two accounts individually. How to use Galaxy S9 dual messenger to enable two accounts of WhatsApp, Facebook, WeChat, and other apps on Galaxy S9 and S9+? By default, no apps were enabled in Galaxy S9 dual messenger. In this guide, I assume you want to use two WhatsApp accounts on Galaxy S9 or S9+. As shown below, in Galaxy S9 Setting page, tap Advanced features. In Advanced features page as shown in the screenshot above, tap Dual Messenger. Now, in the dual messenger page, you can find a list of supported apps. The list is determined by Samsung, not app developers. But the list includes many messenger apps. As shown below,  tap the switch for WhatsApp because you want to use two WhatsApp accounts in…

You may already know to use the power button to power on, power off and reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+. But occasionally, the power button may be not working as expected. You may have to use button (key) combinations to power off, power on or restart Galaxy S9 or S9+. This Galaxy S9 guide explains how to reboot, power on and power off Galaxy  S9 and S9+ in both normal situations and abnormal situations (e.g. when Galaxy S9 or S9+ hangs.). Please note, in this guide, we do not differ reboot and restart.  They are used interchangeably. Why do you need to reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+ periodically? You may know you have to reboot Galaxy S9 when you update the phone (for example, updating Galaxy S9 or S9+ to Android Pie).  In this case, some system files being used have to be replaced. Therefore, you need to "stop" the system, then restart the system with the updated files. For apps, normally, it is not necessary to reboot Galaxy S9 if you update them. Apps in Android are running in its own container. The system can destroy the container and then reload the app with updated apps on Galaxy S9 or S9+. Therefore rebooting Galaxy S9 or S9+ is generally not required for updating apps on the phone. But some tech guys may tell you to reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+ periodically (from once a month to once a week, NOT daily) to make the phone more responsive. This is actually a valid suggestion. When you reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+, all app leftovers (some apps sometimes may fail to clean up their own files after you close them) and ghost processes will be cleaned. How to automatically reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+? Samsung added the feature of "auto restart" feature in Galaxy S9 and S9+. You can enable auto restart on Galaxy S9 and S9+ in Settings -- General management -- Reset-- Auto Restart. As shown in the screenshots below, you can enable auto restart so that Galaxy S9 or S9+ will be rebooted automatically within one hour of the specified time. You can only set the schedule as once a week only. Frequently restarting/rebooting Galaxy S9 and S9+ will not be helpful. How to power off and reboot Galaxy S9 and S9+ with the power button options? The safest way to power off or reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+ is using the power button options. If you press and hold the Galaxy S9 power button for more than 2 seconds (but less than 7 seconds), you should see the power button options as shown below. You can tap the Power off button to power off Galaxy S9 or S9+. Some airlines may ask you to power off the phone during take-off and landing. If you tap the hold (long tap) the power off button, you will then get the option to reboot into safe mode as explained in this guide. To reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+, you simply tap the Restart button. The power button options menu is available at all times unless the Galaxy S9 or S9+ hangs. So you can use the power menu in Galaxy S9 lock screen.  But you will be asked to unlock the phone before you can power off or restart the phone. This is a security feature, not a bug. Update: after updating Galaxy S9 or S9+ to Android Pie, you can add the lockdown mode to the power menu.  Please refer to this guide on how to use the lockdown mode on Galaxy S9 and S9+ with Android Pie update. How to reboot Galaxy S9 and S9+ if the Galaxy S9 hangs? Occasionally, Galaxy S9 or S9+ may hang due to some apps or operations, and therefore, the phone is not responsive. In this case, you will not be able to get the power button options. Sometimes, you cannot even turn off the screen. When Galaxy S9 or S9+ hangs, you cannot remove and re-insert the battery to power off and reboot the phone because the battery in Galaxy S9 and S9+ is not removable. So, you can use the following two methods to reboot Galaxy S9 or S9+ when the phone hangs. Method 1: use the power button When Galaxy S9 or S9+ hangs, you can hold the power button for more than 15 seconds to see whether the phone restarts or not. Method 2: use Power button+ volume down button If method 1 is not working, you can then try to hold the volume down button, then hold the power button without releasing the volume down button (holding 2 buttons in total) for 15-20 seconds. This button combination is a hardware level implementation equivalent to pulling out and reinserting the battery. So, it should work in most cases. If method 2 does not work either, you may try…

You can use Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb (DND) to keep you undisturbed by any apps. You can also allow selected apps or specific contacts to reach you when the Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 or S9+ is activated. This Galaxy S9 guide shows you how to turn on/off and schedule Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb (DND) and how to manage exceptions for the DND on Galaxy S9 and S9+. App rules and Do Not Disturb access were also discussed. What is Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+? In some situations, you may want not to get disturbed by the phone. Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 or S9+ was designed to help you escape from annoying notifications and sounds. With DND on Galaxy S9 or S9+, you can silence the phone during a scheduled period, or at any time you need it. You can also allow certain apps or certain contacts to bypass the Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb settings. Google introduced Do Not Disturb (DND) in Android Marshmallow (Android 6.0). It is an extension of Downtime introduced in Android Lollipop (Android 5.0). As usual, Samsung tweaked the Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+. Therefore, the Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+ may not work as in stock Android, or other Android phones. How to enable and disable Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+? By default, Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb (DnD) is off. You need to enable it if you want to use it. There are a couple of ways to turn on and turn off Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+. Here let's try two of them. Method 1: Use quick setting buttons In quick setting buttons, you can find the Do Not Disturb button as shown in the screenshot below. You may check this guide on how to use Galaxy S9 quick setting buttons. Tap the button to enable (if currently off) or disable (if currently on) Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb. If you tap and hold (long tap) the button, you will get the settings page for Do Not Disturb. Method 2:  Use Galaxy S9 Settings The traditional (not so efficient) way to turn on DND on Galaxy S9 is through Settings -- Sounds and Vibration. As shown above, in the sounds and vibration page, you can use the switch to turn on or turn off Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+ Of course, the fastest way to enable or disable Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb (DND) is using Bixby Voice. Of course, it works if you did not disable Bixby on Galaxy S9 or S9+. You can just speak "Hey Bixby, turn on do not disturb." to enable Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb. To turn it off, just speak  "Hey Bixby, turn off do not disturb." When Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 is on, you should see a notification about it in the notification panel as shown below. Tap the down-arrow icon to expand the notification. Once the notification is expanded, as shown in the screenshot above, you can tap Turn off to immediately disable Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+. How to schedule Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+? By default, Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb will not be turned off or turned on automatically before you set up a schedule for it. On Galaxy S9 and S9+, Samsung messed up the option of multiple rules and schedules which can be found in stock Android. So, you can only set up one schedule for Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb. To automatically turn on and turn off Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+ at the specific time, you need to enable Turn on as scheduled as shown below. You can then set up the schedule: day, start time and end time for Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+. As mentioned, Galaxy S9 and S9+ do NOT allow you to set multiple schedules or events-based rules. You are limited to one and ONLY one schedule for Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb (DND). You have to use some third-party tools to enable the features of multiple rules. How to manage exceptions for Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+? By default, after you enable Do Not Disturb on Galaxy S9 and S9+, only alarms are allowed to disturb you. This corresponds to the Priority mode in stock Android. In Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb, you can choose 3 different exception modes. As shown in the screenshot below, in the Do not disturb settings page, tap Allow exceptions to manage exceptions for Galaxy S9 Do Not Disturb (DND). As shown in the screenshot above, there are 3 types of exception modes: No exceptions. This DND mode will disable all exceptions…

Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) is an extension of the lock screen. You can choose to display some useful info after the lock screen times out. Update: a new section explaining the changes of Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) in Android Pie update for Galaxy S9 and S9+ was added. The new display mode (tap to show) was added. This Galaxy S9 how-to guide explains everything you need to know about Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+: how to turn on/off the AOD, how to use and customize Galaxy S9 AOD screen, how to customize clock style for AOD screen, how to pin photos to Galaxy S9 AD screen, and how to use AOD themes. What is Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+? Traditionally, the phone screen will be turned off after you lock the screen, or if the screen times out. But more and more smartphone owners use the phone to check time. Some Android phone manufacturers came out the idea of the always-on display (AOD), which shows selected info after the screen times out. Samsung first introduced the always-on display on Galaxy S7 and S7  Edge.  Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) offers an evolutionary update for this feature. Besides the clock, notification icons, music control, next calendar event and next alarm can also be shown on the Galaxy S9 AOD screen. Compared to Galaxy S9 lock screen, Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+ does NOT offer the following features: App shortcuts in the bottom. Notification preview. Quick setting buttons. You can consider Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) is a slimmed-down version or an extension of the lock screen. How to turn on/turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+? By default, in some regions, Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) is turned off on Galaxy S9 and S9+. In other markets, it is on. Anyway, you can easily turn on or turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) whenever you want. And there are at least 3 different methods to turn on and turn off AOD on Galaxy S9 and S9+. Method 1: Use quick setting buttons to turn on/turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+ By default, Always-on display button is included in Galaxy S9 quick setting buttons as shown in the screenshot below. As explained in this guide, you can swipe downwards twice from the status bar, or swipe down with two fingers to access quick setting buttons. Alternatively, you can swipe down from the notification panel to access quick setting buttons. To turn on or turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD), you just need to tap the button. Please note, if you tap and hold (long tap) the button, you will be directed to the corresponding AOD settings page (read on). Method 2: Use Galaxy S9 Settings to turn on/turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+ The traditional way to turn on,  turn off and customize the Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD)  is through Galaxy S9 Settings. As shown below, you can tap lock screen and security in Galaxy S9 Settings page to access always-on display settings. Please note, AOD settings are not under display as in some other Android phones. Samsung put AOD together with lock screen because they share some customizations. As shown in the screenshot above, you can find the Always on display entry in lock screen and security page. If you just want to turn on or turn off AOD on Galaxy S9 or S9+, you just tap the switch on the right side (marked as A). If you tap Always on display (marked as B), you will then access Galaxy S9 always-on display settings. Method 3: Use Bixby voice to turn on/turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+ The quickest way to turn on and turn off Galaxy S9 always-on display is to use your voice (Bixby Voice) if you did not disable Bixby Voice on Galaxy S9 or S9+. You can wake up Bixby voice with the hotword ("Hey Bixby") or press the Bixby button. Then speak "turn on always-on display" to turn on AOD. As shown below, it will turn on the always-on display on Galaxy S9 or S9 immediately, and open the AOD settings page. Similarly, you can say "Hey Bixby, turn off always-on display" to turn off the always-on display. As shown above, the always-on display will be turned off immediately. The settings page for Galaxy S9 always-on dispaly will be opened. How to use Galaxy S9 always-on display (AOD) on Galaxy S9 and S9+? As shown below, by default, on the Galaxy S9 always-on display screen, there are a few elements including: A clock. Lock screen info. You can set this info in Galaxy S9 lock screen settings. Battery level. If…

Galaxy S9 themes allow you to customise many aspects of the UI in Galaxy S9 and S9+.  It is no longer necessary to customise the colour scheme, wallpaper, icons or always-on display (AOD) screen individually. You can find many excellent free Galaxy S9 themes in Samsung themes to meet your needs. This Galaxy S9 guide explains everything you need to know about Galaxy S9 themes: What are they? How to get them? How to access them in Samsung themes? How to install and use them? How to manage or delete Galaxy S9 themes. What are Galaxy S9 themes? Galaxy S9 themes are "skins" for your Galaxy S9 and S9+. You can use Galaxy S9 themes to customise the user interface of Galaxy S9 or S9+. The customisation usually includes: Colour scheme for the UI. The default white scheme in Galaxy S9 and S9 UI can be annoying when you are using the phone in darkness. Wallpapers for Galaxy S9 Home screen (including Galaxy S9 Apps screen), Galaxy S9 edge screen,  and Galaxu S9 lock screen. App icon pack for pre-installed Samsung apps to replace the stock icon. Font, style and background settings for Settings, Phone, Messages, Internet, Contacts, Clock, My Files and a few (about 30 to 40) other Samsung system apps. Galaxy S9 always on display (AOD) themes. Please note, Galaxy S9 themes work with the default launcher. If you are using a third-party launcher, Galaxy S9 themes unlikely will work as expected. Besides, themes for other Galaxy phones (e.g., Galaxy S8/S8+) will NOT work on Galaxy S9/S9+. Where to get Galaxy S9 themes? As a security measure, you should get new themes for Galaxy S9 and S9+ ONLY from Samsung's Theme store, which is embedded in Galaxy Apps. You probably should never get any themes from other sources. How to access Galaxy S9 themes? You can access Galaxy S9 themes from Galaxy S9 Home screen edit mode. In Galaxy S9 home screen, you can enter the edit mode by: Pinch gesture. Long tap (tap and hold) on any blank area. Once in the edit mode of the Galaxy S9 Home screen, as shown below,  tap Themes to access Galaxy S9 themes. In Galaxy S9 themes page, as shown in the screenshot above, tap Themes to enter themes tab. Besides, you will get the notification about Galaxy S9 themes in the notification panel when you reboot the phone, if  You first use Galaxy S9 or S9+. You use a Galaxy S9 LED cover. You use a Galaxy S9 clear view (S view) cover. You can also follow the notification message to access Galaxy S9 themes page. In some regions, a shortcut to Galaxy S9 themes (Galaxy themes) was added when you set up the new Galaxy S9 or S9+. You can also manually add the shortcut by yourself (read on) How to browse and find new Galaxy S9 themes? There are lots of themes for Galaxy S9 and S9+. Some are free. Some require a payment (Samsung will bill you with local currency). At the same time, some Galaxy S9 themes are very nice. Some may be just rubbish (subjective). Remember, many excellent themes are free. Some paid themes are not up to standard. So, do NOT judge Galaxy S9 themes based on the price tag (or even worse, based on the discount).  Most people can find decent free themes for Galaxy S9 or S9+. Unlike apps, Galaxy S9 themes ONLY work on Galaxy S9/S9+. You will not be able to use them on future (e.g., Galaxy S10 or Note 9) or past phones (e.g., Galaxy S8/S8+ or Note 8). You can swipe upwards in Samsung themes page to hide my themes. By default, the themes in this page are organized in 3 tabs: featured, top and new. As shown below, you can switch to free themes by tapping the FREE button in Top or New tab. You can also change the layout of the theme list by tapping the layout button as shown above. You will then switch to a more compact view, as shown in the screenshot below. In the compact view, there are more themes shown on one screen. The title or name of the theme is also hidden as shown below. You can always switch back to the default view by tapping the layout button. If you want to browse all Galaxy S9 themes, you can use the search button. You can also check themes by categories. Tap the category button as shown below. The categories are organised into two sub-categories: Colour Palette. If you prefer a specific colour for the Galaxy S9 themes,  you may choose one from the 12 colours. The colour will match the main colour of the corresponding Galaxy S9 themes. Topics. There are 17 topic-based sub-categories as shown above. Most owners are overwhelmed by the choices. How to install new Galaxy S9 themes? Once…

Galaxy S9 Apps screen is an integral part of Galaxy S9 and S9+. Unless you hide the apps screen, you have to work with it. Although Galaxy S9 apps screen is just a special version home screen, there are some major differences between Galaxy S9 Home screen and Apps screen. This Galaxy S9 guide explains what Galaxy S9 apps screen is, how to access it, how to use it and how to manage apps and app folders on it. What is Galaxy S9 Apps screen? Galaxy S9 Apps screen is the placeholder for all apps installed on your phone. All other Android phones also have a similar apps screen. Sometimes, apps screen is referred to as the app drawer. In the old versions of Android, widgets were normally hosted in the apps screen as well. Galaxy S9 Apps screen actually is a special version of Galaxy S9 Home screen. You can find apps, hide apps, sort apps, manage apps in Galaxy S9 apps screen. By default, all apps will be listed in the apps screen unless you hide them. How to access Galaxy S9 Apps screen? By default, there are a couple of different ways to access Galaxy S9 Apps screen.  These include: Use the apps screen button (apps button) in the favourite apps tray of Galaxy S9 Home screen, if you did not hide apps screen button on Galaxy S9 or S9+. Swipe upwards on Galaxy S9 Home screen. Swipe downwards on Galaxy S9 Home screen, if you did not enable quick-open notification panel. Of course, if you hide the Galaxy S9 Apps screen, then you are working with Galaxy S9 Home screen only, and the apps screen will not be explicitly available. How to use  Galaxy S9 Apps screen interface? On Galaxy S9 apps screen, if you tap on any app icons, the app will start. This is similar to that on the home screen. If you tap and hold (long tap) an app icon without moving your fingers, you will get the context menu as shown in the following two screenshots. For all apps, there are at least 3 options in the context menu: Select items. You can then continue to select more app icons in the selection mode. You can use the selected apps to create an app folder. Or you can uninstall them in batch. Add to home. You can tap this option to add this app icon to the Home screen. Uninstall or disable. This option depends on the app. If the app was installed by you, you have the option to uninstall it. If it is pre-installed, you can only disable it. If the app is a system app, disable option will be greyed out unless you root the Galaxy S9 or S9+. If you continue to hold the app icon after seeing the context menu (long press more than about 3 seconds), the app icon will be added to the home screen, and you will be brought to the home screen. For apps targeted at Android Nougat 7.1 or Oreo or later, app developers may add app shortcuts. Galaxy S9 and S9+ fully support app shortcuts. If the app supports app shortcuts, you can find them in the context menu as shown in the screenshot above. For example, the Phone app (dialer) supports app shortcuts. In the contact menu, you can find the three additional options: Missed calls. Search. Create contact. You can use these app shortcuts by tapping them or add them to Galaxy S9 Home screen by long-tapping. Please refer to this guide on how to use app shortcuts on Galaxy S9, S9+, S8 and S8+.sort In the Galaxy S9 Apps screen interface, in addition to app icons, you can also find: A search bar (B). Menu button as shown below (A). You can use the search bar (Samsung named it as Finder) to search the whole phone based on your input. If you tap the menu button,  you can access the menu options for Galaxy Apps screen: Sort (1). You can use this option to sort app icons in the Galaxy S9 Apps screen. Read on. Clean up pages (2) This option is for you to fill empty slots with app icons based on your current sorting options.  Read on. Home screen settings (3). You can access the same Galaxy S9 Home screen settings here without entering the edit mode for Galaxy S9 home screen, or using Galaxy S9 settings. Finder settings (4).  You can customize the search range for the search bar. Galaxy Essentials. This is just a shortcut to a special section of Galaxy Apps. Contact us. This depends on your region. In most regions, there are some links to FAQs. The screen indicator in the bottom (above the navigation bar) is similar to that in Galaxy S9 Home screen. Please note, there is no favourite bar…