Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: 10 tweaks for your new phone

Let the Galaxy Z Flip 5 adapt the resolution to suit the cookie button. Screen Continuity: As long as they’re made of glass and bezel-less, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 can streamline your smartphone setup; almost all modern displays support Second Screen Mode by now. As long as you don’t need low-latency, uncalibrated HDMI monitors, your phone should suffice. This functions both ways, of course; also perfect for presentations and offering support via co-piloting mode for gamers. Clipboard: a lightweight alternative to Samsung Good Lock, it currently provides a tool for designers to overlay virtual marketing materials on your environment, much like a real clipboard would!

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 tips and tricks

Some of these tips are more mainstream – they include some useful advice to buy a case and some accessories with your Z Flip 5 – but some of them feature some of the features you’ll want to set up and test out after you buy your Galaxy Z Flip 5.

The Galaxy Z Flip 5 isn’t cheap, so you’ll want a phone case. We’re here to help, with a list of the best Galaxy Z Flip 5 cases you can buy.

That’ll keep your phone from scratches and bumps, but what about the displays? Samsung thankfully built in a screen protector on the main display of the Galaxy Z Flip 5, but we can’t say the same about the Flex Window. Luckily for us, there are tons of awesome Flex Window screen protectors out there that add a little extra protection to your device.

In fact, the plethora of extras in a new phone could be limited to the phone itself and perhaps a handful of clear extras: a SIM removal tool, documentation and a USB-C cable. And that’s all you need. But then, you might want to buy a few… accessories.

And, yes, unless you want to be limited to a rock-bottom 9w charger, you’ll need a 25W phone charger too (there’s nothing in the box here – just the phone). The Galaxy Z Flip 5 also supports 10w wireless charging so you’ll want to grab a wireless charging pad (again, if you don’t already have one).

If you choose to charge accessories alongside your phone, a smartwatch could come in handy, with the Z Flip 5 launching around the same time as the excellent Galaxy Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic, Samsung’s new duo of Wear OS watches (with plenty of Samsung layers to go along with your new phone).

Flip 5 is really designed around the fingerprint scanner, and also features a facial recognition feature that Samsung helps guide you towards setting up in the initial phone setup process. If you skipped that setup process, you can always do it via the phone settings.

Here’s how to set up the fingerprint reader:

Open the Settings app.

Scroll down to Security and Privacy and the Lock Screen section.

Tap on Fingerprints.

It’ll ask you to review info about the feature. Tap Continue when ready.

Once this free app is installed, it will ask you to confirm your existing PIN, password or pattern (if you already have secure screen lock method).

Now, it will tell you to touch the Side Key with your finger. When to remove the finger, or move it, is indicated through the prompts.

There you are. If you only want to set up one fingerprint, you’ll tap Done now. Otherwise, you’ll tap Add to try again.

And here’s how to set up facial recognition:

Open the Z Flip 5’s Settings app.

Navigate to Security and Privacy. Tap Biometrics.

You may also be requested to input your current PIN, pattern or password. Tap Face Recognition.

You may be asked to review info about the feature. Tap Continue when ready.

You’ll be asked to hold the phone 8-20 inches away and tilt your head so your face is within the circle shown on the screen.

At that point, you’re all set. There are a couple of tweaks you can still make back in the Face Recognition menu, such as turning Face Unlock on or off, requiring eyes to be open or not, and a couple other things.

Most of the Flex Window feature enhancement in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 relates to making more use of its new, larger version of the jólóversló display, which is a notable level-up for what could be the Galaxy Flip’s single largest feature. It’s also chock-full of tricks, and a lot of them are really similar to what came on the Z Flip 4 and its predecessors, so many of these feature reviews double up as ways to remember which phone has which features.

That said, the new display does a lot more with controls that are strictly about customising the available features. It already has options to change the wallpaper, make it into a photo frame with a rotating collection of images of your choice, even customise the colour of its icons, but even little dog-eared details like whether you wish to see the battery percentage and app notifications displayed are up for grabs here.

There are also increasing widgets for music, calculator, calendar and so forth. Further more complete functions are available from Samsung Labs such as Google Maps, Netflix and so on. Please be aware, they are still beta functions, so they might not work perfectly. Also some special functions by using Flex Window for taking selfies and more.

You should spend a lot of time just with the Flex Window so that you can understand how you can make use of it over time. I [decided] with the Z Flip when I first got it, I’m going to shun this external display as much as possible, but after I upgraded to the Z Flip 4, I realised that cover screen could actually be a very useful tool, so much more so with this crazy huge Flex Window on the Z Flip 5.

And while, as default, the Flex Window presents an array of widgets and alerts, it can be used for more than just that answer. On Samsung’s Good Lock or on a third-party alternative like Coverscreen OS, you can actually launch entire apps onto the Flex Window, something I’ve explained in full in our ship of apps you’ll want to have on the Galaxy Z Flip 5. Change your mind and want Good Lock instead? Follow our guide on how to get Good Lock on the Galaxy Z Flip 5.

Just be warned that not all apps play well with the Z Flip 5’s small pinched-display — but it’s still a fun thing to tinker with, and if you find an app or two that’s actually useful in Flex Window mode, so much the better.

Widgets have gotten a boost of popularity now that Apple has finally decided to push them. Thus it’s no surprise to see Samsung’s version of Apple’s Stackable Widgets with its Smart Widgets. Essentially, they’re your stackable widgets that you can build upon one. Sort of, like, exactly, I mean, the same as such, only rather, Apple’s, basically.

To add smart widgets:

Long-tap on the homescreen and a pop-up box should appear.

Select Widgets.

Next, you’ll want to find Smart Widget and tap the dropdown arrow.

Select either option and then long-tap and drag the widget to your homescreen.

That’s hows as a stack? too. Long tap on any widget and your settings you can change the order

T key on your Z Fl key on your Z Flip 5 enables different tasks like opening certain apps, etc.Steps

Go to Settings and then select Advanced features.

You’ll then want to tap on Side Key.

That will open a window where you can choose from a few options like waking Bixby, immediately opening the camera, or launching a certain app. Choose which action you want. Done!

Some little magical gesture like lift-to-wake gestures, double tap to turn on the screen, and so on and so forth. In Galaxy Z Flip 5, we’ve been experimenting with this gesture: the fingerprint sensor will open and close the notifications panel for you.

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Here’s how to open the gestures menu to try out gestures and see which ones will be most useful:

Go to Settings. Then Advanced Settings.

Select Motion and Gestures from the list.

The next screen will have toggles for various gestures.

Toggle the option to enable it to power the finger sensor gesture and then tap the screen to see a toggle called Open Notification Panel. Tap that and you are done.

9. Trying using the Multi-Window tray

The tray for Multi Window has it on the right of the screen where you can bookmark your favorite apps.Place an application in the Multi Window Here is how to add new apps to the window:

To open the tray, swipe left on the ride side of your screen.

Tap the horizontal lines at the bottom and then tap Edit.

To add an app, simply tap it.

Flex Mode is more useful for the Fold 5 but you can fiddle with it on the Flip 5 and it’s actually useful for select apps (like the camera) On the other hand, Flex mode splits compatible apps into two displays, showing secondary settings on the secondary screen.

The apps that are officially supported are Camera, Calendar, Calculator, Clock, Google Duio, Gallery, Internet, Phone, and a few others (Google provides a couple of extra features such it Zoom). But the reality is that almost any app will add a basic flex mode function, in the form of a half-screen touch panel with a few other features. How useful is that on the Z Flip 5? That’s another matter.

Finally, to enable your Galaxy Z Flip to Settings > Advanced Features > Labs, scroll down to the bottom, and tap the Flex Mode panel.

(Not) surprisingly, Flex Camera is my favourite of the Flex Mode features, which simply need you to fold the phone half-way shut. You’ll again need Flex Mode to be enabled first. Once it’s switched on, you get some handy extras, as well as the ability to take a photo remotely.