These Ideas will Give Your Samsung Cellphone a Utterly New Look – Uplaza

Even with an Android-based person interface, Samsung at all times provided quite a lot of extra customization choices to the house display screen of its smartphones. Even when reviewing One UI 5 which relies on Android 13, we observed Samsung gave us a variety of choices to personalize the looks of our smartphone based on our preferences.

With One UI 6 which relies on Android 14 and naturally, Galaxy AI, Samsung has taken the working system pores and skin to the following stage. Now, you can too use AI to personalize your house display screen. We’ll let you know the way to clean up the look of your Samsung telephone.

The way to arrange a wallpaper in your Galaxy telephone

Maybe some of the essential customization options, the Wallpaper has at all times been the primary on the record. Nevertheless, it undeniably gained extra prominence with the discharge of Android 12 and Materials You in 2021. It is because it can dictate options resembling themes and the colour palette of your complete system. So I counsel beginning with the Wallpaper choice earlier than another settings. Nonetheless, if the thought is a profound modification of your smartphone’s look, skip to the Themes part.

You will have a number of choices. I counsel utilizing the only choice straight on the house display screen:

1. Lengthy press on an empty part of the display screen or swipe utilizing two fingers.
2. On the backside, choose Wallpaper and Fashion.
3. Choose Browse my wallpapers.
4. From right here, you may choose from the varied choices provided: Featured, Gallery, Graphical, Artistic, Colours, Wallpaper Providers, and Galaxy Themes.
5. Faucet the specified picture within the respective class and make sure your choice by choosing OK.

Samsung gives a variety of choices right here, starting from Wallpapers unique to the Galaxy sequence to photographs from the Picture Gallery and the Galaxy Theme Retailer. My suggestion is to discover every of the choices earlier than selecting the last word Wallpaper. I want to point out that Samsung means that you can use brief movies from the lock display screen, nonetheless, you can not use them as Wallpaper on the house display screen.

In case you are not happy with the system’s default choices for selecting wallpaper artwork, you may obtain third-party apps to discover different choices. Personally, I’m a fan of the animated Google Wallpapers app.

Further tip: Earlier than you begin, be sure that your smartphone is up to date to the most recent software program model. To do that, go to Settings > Software program replace > Obtain and set up.

The way to arrange a wallpaper utilizing AI

There’s a particular state of affairs when choosing the background picture in case you name up the background menu and choose “Creative”. The step-by-step directions look an identical firstly, however from right here onward you should use Galaxy AI to create your individual wallpaper. Keep in mind that you simply want an energetic information connection to do that.

You’ll be given numerous classes to select from, resembling “Night”, “Bright” and some extra. From right here, you may customise the prompts and the AI will take over. That is the way you achieve this step-by-step:

1. Lengthy press on an empty part of the display screen, or swipe utilizing two fingers.
2. On the backside, choose Wallpaper and elegance.
3. Click on on Browse my wallpapers.
4. Choose Artistic.
5. Choose a class right here. You may select from Imaginary, Night time, Portray, Terrain, Mineral, Luminous, Smooth focus, Translucent, and Bloom.
6. Faucet one of many solutions to customise it.
7. The attainable adjustment choices are highlighted within the picture description, i.e. the “prompt”.
8. Choose any choice, as an example, to decide on between Surreal and Life like beneath Terrain, to pick out a brand new terrain and set a distinct colour tone.
9. Do you just like the outcome? If that’s the case, faucet Generate to acquire a set of various photographs.
10. The Galaxy AI will now generate new wallpaper solutions primarily based on the configuration. If you happen to do not prefer it but, merely faucet Generate once more.

The way to arrange a colour palette primarily based on the background picture or the fundamental colours

Upon getting chosen the wallpaper, the following step is to regulate the Shade palette. Samsung gives to make use of colours primarily based on the chosen wallpaper or the system’s default colours. To set the system colours, go to the Wallpaper and elegance menu once more and observe the directions beneath:

1. Click on Shade Palette.
2. To make use of the default system colours, deactivate the slider button for the Shade palette.
3. To make use of colours primarily based on the background picture, allow the slider button within the Shade palette.
   • Samsung gives 16 colour choices primarily based on the wallpaper. A preview of how every colour palette is utilized to the completely different components is displayed on the prime of the display screen.
   • You can too select between eight fundamental colours or 4 fundamental colour mixtures.
4. Lastly, you may additionally apply the identical colour palette to the applying icons by activating the slider button on the Shade palette display screen.

Further tip: From One UI 5 onward, you may apply darkish mode on to the background picture. The setting is kind of discreet, however you may see the change to a darker tone on the “Wallpaper and style” display screen. I’ve personally enabled this feature.

The way to arrange app icons on the house display screen of your Galaxy telephone

Since we’re as regards to icons, we consider it is very important level out you can go a lot additional than simply making use of the system colour palette to the applying icons. One is by utilizing the Themes choice—which varies from producer to producer—or by utilizing third-party icon packs from the Samsung Retailer and Google Play Retailer.

I confess that I used to be as soon as way more fascinated about modifying the looks of software icons on Android, however as time went on, my curiosity waned—and albeit, I do not keep in mind falling in love with an icon pack in recent times. Nevertheless, contemplating the curiosity within the matter amongst iOS customers, I am positive many Galaxy smartphone homeowners take pleasure in it as effectively.

On this regard, Samsung gives free and paid choices, simply lengthy press on an empty house on the house display screen and click on on Themes > Icons (on the backside of the Galaxy Themes display screen). The good factor about utilizing Samsung’s native retailer for selecting icons is that you simply get a reasonably dependable preview of how the icons will look in your Galaxy. Utilizing the Play Retailer, you will notice a normal preview.

I’ll present you how one can change the app icons in your Samsung Galaxy right here:

1. Lengthy press on an empty part of the display screen or swipe utilizing two fingers.
2. Choose Themes on the backside.
3. Choose Icons on the backside of the display screen.
4. Choose Obtain (if it’s a free icon set) or the worth (if it’s a paid icon set).
5. Select between Choose fee methodology or Use reductions > Subsequent.
6. Faucet Pay to substantiate.

Each Samsung and Google supply the power to return and refund apps. That mentioned, you should have 30 days to request a refund within the former and 48 hours for the latter.

Further tip: The Good Lock app additionally gives the power to vary the looks of app icons and is a service unique to the Galaxy sequence. From the Theme Park you may select the icon pack you need and even modify the looks of the icons. Tip: Obtain the icon units you need to use upfront.

1. Launch the Good Lock app and set up the Theme Park module and allow the required permissions.
2. In Theme Park, navigate to Icon > Create New.
3. Faucet Iconpack and choose the desired icon pack.
   • You may edit the form, colour, and dimension of the icons right here.
4. As soon as you’re performed enhancing, click on Set up (on the prime of the display screen) > Add the package deal identify > Okay.
5. That is it! To start out utilizing the brand new icon pack, merely choose Apply.

In case you are not happy with the outcome, you may take away the setting by going to Themes > Menu > My information > Icons > Default > Apply.

The way to arrange themes in your Galaxy telephone

Now, if what you need is to fully change the design of your machine’s interface on the system stage, altering the Theme is the best way to go. This fashion you modify every part from wallpapers and icons to plain functions like Cellphone, Messages, and Calendar. And naturally, Samsung gives a wide range of choices on this regard: paid and free.

To use a theme and alter the house display screen of your Galaxy (and the remainder of the system), observe these steps:

1. Lengthy press on an empty part of the display screen or swipe utilizing two fingers
2. Choose Themes on the backside.
   • In case you are utilizing themes for the primary time, learn the knowledge and choose Subsequent or Agree.
3. Choose the theme you want greatest from the Featured or Prime choices.
   • Learn the outline of the Theme rigorously, as they usually include modifications resembling alarm sounds and ringtones.
4. Faucet Obtain (if it is a free theme) or on the Worth (if it is a paid theme).
5. Select between Choose fee methodology or Use reductions > Proceed.
6. Faucet Pay to substantiate.

If you happen to do not just like the outcome, you may take away the setting at any time by doing the next: Themes > Menu > My information > Icons > Default > Apply (or revert to the earlier theme if it was saved).

Further tip: You may choose Obtain trial model for paid themes to check it out. Additionally, Themes are topic to vary with each replace launched by the theme developer.

Which setting to make use of for the house display screen?

In case your wallpaper can inform rather a lot about you, actually the group of the weather on the house display screen can too. From the display screen settings, we will change options resembling structure, grid, media web page, and gestures. With Android 12 we had the addition of the applying grid within the 4×5 dimension, however it’s attainable to get to a most of 5×6.

It’s from the house display screen settings you eliminate Media Pages or swap between Google Uncover and Samsung Free. Lastly, it’s from this menu that you simply activate gestures resembling “Swipe down for notification panel”, which helps rather a lot when utilizing the machine with one hand—within the case of the Galaxy S24 Extremely this characteristic is sort of indispensable.

My suggestion right here is to discover as a lot as attainable all of the choices of the display screen settings to grasp which of them work greatest for you.

Further tip: To make the perfect use of the house display screen house, use gesture navigation as an alternative of buttons in your Galaxy. To take action, go to Settings > Show > Navigation Bar > Swipe Gestures.

The way to arrange widgets on the house display screen

Lastly, the icing on the cake: Widgets! Properly, as you will have realized by now, this isn’t a “Best Of list”, so I am not going to point right here which widgets you must or should not use on your house display screen. Not least as a result of using these “smart apps” is kind of subjective. Nevertheless, listed below are some solutions on the way to add and use widgets in your Galaxy’s residence display screen.

So as to add a widget to the house display screen, the best way is fairly easy:

1. Lengthy press an empty part of the display screen or swipe utilizing two fingers.
2. Choose Widgets on the backside.
3. Choose the specified widget and maintain it down.
4. Place the widget within the desired place and drop it.
   • You may outline the scale of the widget on the display screen right here.
5. If you wish to take away the widget or change the settings, merely lengthy press and maintain.

That mentioned, my first tip concerning using widgets is to by no means overlap shortcuts. That’s, if you have already got a shortcut to the YouTube Music software, don’t add the widget for the YouTube Music participant on the house display screen, and vice versa. This fashion you may optimize the software program out there on the house display screen as a lot as attainable.

Nevertheless, I left a very powerful tip final: use the brand new widgets stacks on the house display screen of your Samsung Galaxy. With them, you may stack a variety of widgets in the identical house and navigate between them with out having to go away the identical display screen. Aside from saving house, it makes managing a number of duties extra environment friendly. See how one can arrange a stack widget beneath:

1. Lengthy press an empty part of the display screen or swipe utilizing two fingers.
2. Click on [+] Create stack (or Edit stack) within the choices of the specified window.
3. Choose the widgets to be stacked.
   • Solely widgets of the identical or customizable dimension can be utilized on the similar time.
4. Choose Add.
5. Below Edit stack widgets, you may select between computerized or handbook rotation of the widgets on the display screen.

Now it is your flip: A custom-made residence display screen is a supply of delight, so I might wish to ask you to share recommendations on the way you customise your Galaxy smartphone and, in fact, showcase your house display screen within the feedback part beneath.

We hope with this text, we’ve got been in a position that will help you customise your Galaxy machine higher. Over time, this information shall be up to date with new options and solutions from the nextpit neighborhood.

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The article was up to date with new options from One UI 6 in July.