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Last updated: March 7th, 2024 at 18:02 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s MultiStar application, which is a module for the company’s Good Lock app, offers additional features related to the multi-window functionality over what the system settings offer. One of those features is Multi Focus. Usually, when you use two or more apps simultaneously, one of the apps that isn’t active can stop working. Multi Focus prevents that from happening. It keeps all windows that are open active even if you aren’t using them. Unfortunately, this…

Last updated: March 4th, 2024 at 16:39 UTC+01:00 The default One UI experience has a horizontal scrolling app drawer and no options to change how this characteristic functions. In the past, Good Lock users could switch to a vertical scrolling drawer, but Samsung took that option away. Now, a Samsung Community moderator confirms it is coming back. According to a post on a Samsung Community thread (via @theonecid), the Home Up component of Good Lock will offer an option for vertical app drawer scrolling later this…

Samsung's One UI 6.1 update is fantastic overall, but it also brings a few odd changes that might rub some Galaxy S24 users the wrong way. For example, One UI 6.1 removes the old Samsung navigation gestures and leaves only two options: Google's navigation gestures and the traditional on-screen buttons. Furthermore, the gesture hint UI element is now permanently visible. Many Galaxy S24 users want to bring back the old options, and thankfully, there is a way. Unfortunately, it's not going to work for everyone. Good Lock…

Last updated: February 1st, 2024 at 09:51 UTC+01:00 There's a lot of excitement for the Galaxy Ring, the first truly “new” mobile product from Samsung in a while. Samsung teased the Galaxy Ring during the Unpacked event for the Galaxy S24 series last month, only saying that the device will be out later this year. It may be a while until the company provides more information about its health and fitness tracking ring, but it's evidently working hard to get everything ready before the official launch. Case in point, the…

Last updated: January 28th, 2024 at 15:46 UTC+01:00 Ever since Samsung started releasing bezel-less Android smartphones, it has offered on-screen buttons and its own gesture-based navigation systems. Later, it also added a gesture-based navigation system from Google as well. However, with the One UI 6.1 software, Samsung removed its gesture-based navigation system on the Galaxy S24, enraging some users, including some of us. There's good news, though, as the company is bringing back that feature. After some users…

Last updated: January 28th, 2024 at 11:23 UTC+01:00 Samsung is rolling out an update to the NavStar app that allows you (via Mishaal Rahman and @RydahDoesTech) to hide the gesture navigation bar on Galaxy smartphones and tablets. So, if you are among those who like to hide the navigation gesture bar to see more content on the screen, you can do that now on your Galaxy smartphone. NavStar allows you to hide the gesture navigation bar on phones running One UI 6.1 There are three options to navigate around the software…

Last updated: December 15th, 2023 at 03:20 UTC+01:00 Good Lock recently crossed the 100-million-downloads milestone, due in part to the app becoming available in more countries over the last few months, and it has been receiving regular updates in recent days in tandem with Samsung's One UI 6 rollout. Some of those updates brought new features that take advantage of Android 14/One UI 6 while others brought bug fixes and improvements to existing features, and updates released for Good Lock this week fall in the latter…

Last updated: December 14th, 2023 at 10:12 UTC+01:00 Samsung has released an update to the NotiStar module in the Good Lock app, and it adds support for the cover screen of the Galaxy Z Flip 5. The latest version (6.0.32.0) of the app is available to download via the Galaxy Store, and it is compatible with all Galaxy smartphones and tablets that support Good Lock. The new version of the NotiStar app supports notifications on the Galaxy Z Flip 5's external screen. Samsung has also fixed the layout bug that was…

Last updated: December 4th, 2023 at 15:42 UTC+01:00 Good Lock has received multiple updates over the last few weeks. A lot of them have been focused on making sure the app and all of its functionality work well with One UI 6, which Samsung has released for a multitude of Galaxy smartphones recently. This week, Good Lock is receiving yet another update, which bumps the version number of the app to 2.2.04.81. There are no new features or One UI 6 compatibility improvements in this one. All it does is fix issues that…

Last updated: December 1st, 2023 at 16:40 UTC+01:00 Good Lock users who have applied a custom theme to the Samsung Keyboard using Good Lock's Theme Park app and updated their device to One UI 6 (Android 14) may have noticed that the keyboard theme isn't working as intended. If you're having that issue, you're not alone. Good Lock devs have confirmed that the Theme Park theming functionality for the Samsung Keyboard app is broken on One UI 6, and the reason is One UI's color palette feature. Turning color palette off…