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Eager Eagleso like Samsung had the Bixby button for half a decade now? No, thanks.
StovetopThe Bixby button sucked because for so long you couldn’t remap it to do anything else. And even when they finally relented at the end, they only allowed it to have the functions of press and hold or double tap to activate extra features, but single tap was always still reserved for Bixby.
Having a dedicated mute button is good when your default volume controls are for media volume. Not that it makes a difference for me because my phone is forever on vibrate, but I get the utility.
N1cknamedYou could always just download an app to remap it with far more functionality. Used to love that feature.
SkelectusI could?! The best I could find back then was to disable it.
quirzleI had mine remapped as far back as the Note 4.
Yeah, it was called BxActions iirc
ItsamelemmyI’m still using that on my s10+. Having the flashlight mapped and Bixby completely disabled is all I care about, and it works perfect. And I’m pretty sure you get full remap control if you spend the few bucks for it, but I haven’t needed to.
Yes, but you had to set up Bixby first which I refused to do, so just cut off the part of my phone case that pushed the button so I’d stop accidentally pressing it.
No? I had Bixby removed from the phone entirely.
CharlesReedI have a Note 8, they've now had it for a while where you can single tap to open an app or run a command. But if you choose to do that, double press opens Bixby. So sadly you get Bixby no matter what.
I’m pretty sure that you could customise a single press of the Bixby button however you could only ever customise either the single or the double press and the other one would have to be mapped to Bixby
Maybe im not familiar with the limitations of the button, but my galaxy phones have always been a shortcut for the camera or press and hold for power, which is exactly how I’d want it. I know there were complaints about Bixby but I also remember being able to reassign the button.
That’s just the lock/power button, I think. Press to lock or wake, double tap for camera, hold to turn off/restart.
Ah, I think the s6 was released before Bixby and my next phone was the s10 which I think combined it with the power button, so I never had the dedicated Bixby button.
Apathy TreeThe mute toggle on iPhone doesn’t mute media if you play something with it enabled, and you can still increase/decrease the volume of that, you just don’t get any notification sounds. So bit different than just turning the volume down for the whole device.
I keep mute enabled all the time because I get the notifications on my watch, and I forget it’s on because media still plays with sound. It’s actually really nice. One of the few things I actually like about iPhone.
This is actually configurable on my phone, that’s why I brought it up. I can choose whether the button affects notifications or media by default.
Yeah, it wasn't used much so they removed it ig. But its apple so now its new and innovative and everything needs it! ffs