The Samsung Galaxy S10 is a beautiful smartphone. It’s received stellar reviews for its sleek design, its impressive cameras and its long battery life. You love all of these qualities, but did you know that you can take this already remarkable device and make it even better? In a single day, you can customize your Galaxy S10 so that it’s perfect in your eyes.
Cover Up The Hole-Punch
The Galaxy S10 managed to avoid the notorious notch on the touchscreen, but some people are still upset when they see how they arranged the front-facing camera. They may not have a massive notch in the top middle, but they do have a small black hole-punch in the corner.
Samsung has offered a small solution for the eye-sore. You can cover up the hole-punch by going into Display Settings and then Full-Screen Apps to click on “hide front camera.” The setting will hide the camera with a black bar, essentially extending the bezel downward.
Giving your device a thicker bezel is probably not what you want. What you can do is camouflage the hole-punch with the right wallpaper. The app Hidey Hole was specifically created to collect wallpapers that can cover up the Galaxy S10 Series cameras.
The app has a long list of designs to choose from. Whether you want to display eye-catching artwork or show off your love for a geeky fandom, you’re bound to find the right wallpaper for your phone.
Get A Unique Skin
If you think that your Galaxy S10 looks exactly like every other S10 on the market, you can make your phone unique and stand out from the crowd with the help of a high-quality vinyl skin. You can choose any color or design that suits your sense of style. Maybe you’d like a bright green carbon fiber, a black dragon scale or a sleek gold skin.
A slick skin will do much more than give your S10 a makeover for a cheap price. It will protect your device from ugly scratches and scrapes so that you can maintain its value. If you ever feel like changing up the design, you can easily remove a skin without leaving behind nasty residue and apply a brand-new one.
Change Up Bixby
Unfortunately, Bixby doesn’t get the love that Siri or Alexa gets. If you’d rather not deal with the voice assistant, there are methods to help you remove it from your phone.
You can disable Bixby Home by pressing onto your touchscreen to display all of your home screen options, finding the Bixby Home and turning off the toggle to view it. Then you can follow Digital Trends’ guide to remap the Bixby key so that it automatically launches a different app whenever you press it. You could go to your Gmail account, your Twitter, your Spotify — anything you want.
Unlock It With Your Face
Welcome to the future, where you can unlock your phone with a single glance. You don’t need to remember a passcode, word or gesture to answer a quick text or check your email. All you have to do is pick up your device, and it will automatically recognize you as the main user.
To set up the face unlock feature you should go into Settings and then go into the Biometrics and Security category, which will have the face recognition option. To set it up, you’ll need to move your face around so that the camera can scan your face from multiple angles. When you’re doing the initial scan, be sure to stand in a well-lit area and to wipe the camera lens clear of any smudges.
Think of this process like tailoring an expensive suit — sometimes you need to make some small adjustments to make sure it’s a great fit. After you’re done making these adjustments and adding these accessories, you will wonder how you ever lived without your Galaxy S10.