Go to Settings > Display > Navigation bar (you may need to scroll down a bit). Thankfully, you can change that, and it’s one of the first things I switch. These days, most Android phones use gesture-based navigation out of the box, but Samsung - for whatever reason - continues having the buttons as the default navigation. Adjust the navigation bar Christine Romero-Chan / Digital TrendsĮver since Android 10, there has been full support for gesture-based navigation, which is a step above the button-based navigation from before. If you don’t want dark mode on all the time, you can tap Dark mode settings and have dark mode kick in automatically on a custom schedule, or it can be from sunset to sunrise.

To turn on dark mode on the S23, go to Settings > Display > Dark. One of the first things I do on any phone is turn on dark mode because, otherwise, the whites on the screen just blind my aging eyes. I’m an avid user of dark mode, regardless of what phone I’m using - and the Galaxy S23 is no exception. Tweak dark mode settings Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends The palette can also be applied to most app icons as well. Tapping a palette will give you a quick preview before it is applied. To do so, simply go to Settings > Wallpaper and style > Color palette.

But if you stick with the default theme, but have a wallpaper you like, then the UI colors, which include things like buttons and text, can change to match it. Unfortunately, it appears that if you are indeed using a theme, then the theme overrides this setting. One of the neat things about Android is that you can change the color scheme of the entire UI to match that of your wallpaper, assuming you’re not using a theme. Change the UI color to match your wallpaper Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends From here, you can change the wallpaper, clock style, and notification style, as well as add contact information (in case you lose your phone) and even change the two app shortcuts. It’s similar to how Apple does it on the iPhone with iOS 16, but you have way more options. Then press and hold on the lock screen to bring up the lock screen editor. Simply wake up the device so that it is on the lock screen. Tesla Pi Phone: Why it’s probably never going to happenĭon’t watch this YouTube video if you have a Pixel 7Ī new Android phone with a crazy camera might crush the Galaxy S23

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