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this is the samsung z fold 8 it has a new screen size upgraded cameras fun customization
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and hidden features along with a bunch of other fun tips
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and tricks like out of the box there are four ways you can use a screen
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so the first is the cover screen there's portrait mode
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which is great for scrolling landscape for quickly watching videos then
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when you unfold it there's a bigger landscape screen for watching things like movies
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and an even bigger portrait screen for reading sweet but But by default, you'll notice that if you close the main screen,
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the phone actually locks itself, which is kind of annoying.
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But if you go into settings, then display and scroll all the way down, you'll find something called continue apps on cover screen.
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Set that to always because now no matter what you're doing on the main screen, when you close it, it'll automatically carry on.
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And when you open it back up again, so much better.
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Okay, now this is a really hidden trick you should try.
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And it is so cool.
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To do it, you'll need a wallpaper like this, where it's got two photos basically merged into one.
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Of course, it can be any two images you want, so long as they're merged like this.
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Then you tap the three dots, set as wallpaper, and choose lock and home screen.
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Now, while you're in the landscape mode, you're going to adjust the image to the bottom landscape wallpaper.
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Then rotate the phone and adjust the image so the portrait wallpaper is in the portrait rotation.
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Literally just like this, then press save, and now whenever you rotate from landscape to portrait bam you have a double wallpaper
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if you're wondering where you can get a bunch of double wallpapers like this for free
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then check out my website because i got you covered link in the description okay but
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that cool wallpaper trick is not even as hidden as these next few tricks
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now check out how cool this is if you open the camera
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and whip a document in front of it this scan button shows up
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and if you hit it not only will it snap a photo of that document but it reframes it, removes any fingers or stains,
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and if you tap these three dots, you can instantly save it as a PDF.
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This has literally got to be the easiest way you could possibly scan a document.
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Wow.
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Then, not many people know this, but the Fold8 actually has a fingerprint sensor under this button.
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And once you've added yours, you can actually set it up to do this sick effect.
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So, to get yours to do this, open up settings and go inside
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Modes and Routines then tap routines and hit the plus icon.
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Select this first option and if you scroll all the way down you'll see unlock with fingerprint.
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Select whichever fingerprint you want to unlock with
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and under this section you're going to go to effects and choose this edge lighting effect.
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Pretty simple.
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Now all you do is customize that effect.
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I like mine colorful and bold.
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Then you're going to hit done save this routine
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and bam you've got a sick effect every time you unlock using your fingerprint.
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That just looks so cool.
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Okay there's another hidden trick you should try out and this one is inside the gallery.
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All you do is find a picture, swipe up on it and right over here you'll see this live effect button
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which turns your photo into a 3D photo using this really cool depth effect.
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I don't know why
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Samsung has made this so hidden because it's really cool but this by far has got to be the coolest hidden trick.
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Inside quick settings if you turn on wireless power share
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Then open the Fold like this and place it down.
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If you put a pair of buds or something to charge on the side of it like this,
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you can actually unlock the cover screen and keep using your phone.
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So if you wanted to keep watching videos or, I don't know, subscribe to your favorite YouTuber while using the Fold 8 as a charging pad,
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now you can. On to gestures.
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Now there's a bunch you can do on this screen.
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Like this two -finger swipe, which actually split screens the app in the direction you swipe.
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So if you wanted to, you can swipe left, swipe right, or even swipe up to instantly split screen the app.
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If yours isn't working, then just make sure you head into settings under advanced features, multi -window, and toggle on swipe for split screen.
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That's it.
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And while you're there, head into motion and gestures, and also turn on palm touch to turn off screen.
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Same with mute incoming calls and alarms, because now you can cover the entire screen with just your hand to quickly turn it off.
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Or if you ever get a call and don't want to answer it, you can do the same gesture and it'll mute the call.
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Nice.
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There's also the tap, hold, and drag gesture to open apps into split screen directly from the taskbar.
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And you can place the apps anywhere on the screen, which is pretty handy.
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And you see this brand new handle here?
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Well, you'll actually find this at the top of every app now.
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And if you grab it, then drag it, you can quickly rearrange your split screens, as you can see, in a couple of different combinations.
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Or if you've got a single app open, you can use the handle to quickly drag it into a pop -up window
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or once again a split screen cool there's even more multitasking tricks you can do
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but i'll show you those a bit later
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because first i gotta show you how to do this all right
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so to customize your unlock animation you'll need to get the samsung good luck app from the play store
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and once you open it up head into lock star and tap this little button at the bottom, then.
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unlock animation.
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Now just turn this on and you can pick from one of these really cool animation styles like spread for example.
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You can customize its shape, its color and animation time and the next time you unlock your fold 8, so smooth.
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There's a bunch of other unlock animations too like this cool glitch effect so definitely give this a try.
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But we're not done with good luck yet because you can do this too and here's how.
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All you do back inside good luck is tap the home upper module once in here open up home screen
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and make sure to turn this on as well as diy home screen
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and that is literally it now just tap
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and hold on your home screen click this diy button
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and you can customize the heck out of your app icons
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you can move them to anywhere on the screen you can resize them
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and even rotate them and so i just placed my apps like this
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and curves at the edge of the screen
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because it just makes opening them so much easier using just my thumbs love this
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and then for the cherry on top inside the lock screen settings
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if you select the clock i'm pretty sure you know you can choose from different fonts
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but what you might not have known is the first two fonts
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now automatically resize around the subject in your wallpaper even if your subject is just a mountain
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and if you combine those three changes your fold eight should come out looking way more snazzy cool
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but wait until you see what you can do with the gallery
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now in the gallery there are some insane new features starting with photos where
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if you tap on this little star icon to the right hand side you'll see this text icon and
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if you tap it it opens this text box
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now you just type in anything like i don't know add suits to everyone
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and boom the fold 8 will literally edit that pic
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and add in just about anything you want like magic that does a pretty good job.
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And you can even carry on editing that picture to really push it to the limits.
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Okay but then with videos you'll notice the exact same button there too but it'll instead show you two different options.
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Audio eraser and video tracking.
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With video tracking you just select a person from the video then you can choose a different aspect ratio if you want.
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I just went with 9 by 16.
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You click on follow
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and in a couple of seconds the Fold 8 literally tracks the person throughout the entire video wherever they go
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and with audio eraser let's say you're busy taking a video
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but there's a bunch of noise in the background well using this you can remove
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that noise including nature sounds even wind noises
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and then boost your own voice so that you sound much clearer i mean
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that is pretty useful wow but what you can do with the main camera is even more useful.
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So this bad boy has a 50 megapixel wide
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and 50 megapixel ultra wide camera and because of that it can do some pretty wild stuff.
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Like inside video mode if you press this little button along with the third option you'll turn on horizontal lock.
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This literally keeps the horizon locked in your video no matter how much you twist and rotate your phone.
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And as you can see compared to a video with no stabilization
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i mean it does a ridiculously good job wow okay
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then another cool little camera update is inside the dual camera mode it's this little icon right over here
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and it records with both your front
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and back camera to get this really cool horizontal split
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but now there's a new vertical split option
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and in case you didn't know there's a pop -up option too
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and you can actually move the window around to anywhere on the screen really lefty
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but probably the best feature everyone has got to know about is this button
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which turns the cover screen into a viewfinder so if you're out
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and about somewhere
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and want to take a nice selfie you can use the main 50 megapixel camera sensor
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and get a way better quality picture than using
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that default selfie camera on the cover screen ew
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and speaking of going out if you're like me
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and like to travel quite often then here's a nifty tip inside the fold 8 settings under connections
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and sim manager you'll notice the Fold8 can actually take an eSIM, but not just any eSIM, because if you install the Saley app,
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it'll actually install its own eSIM.
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It's that simple.
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But the crazy cool part is you can actually choose to get an eSIM for any country.
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There's this massive list to choose from, and it is like the cheapest way to get data for that country.
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Or what's really cool is you could even get a global eSIM that works anywhere in the world.
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It's literally just one eSIM that multitasks and connects you to any country.
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There's also an eSIM for cruises too, which basically works in the middle of the freaking ocean.
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Nifty.
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And besides for data, they even have eSIMs for phone numbers for a bunch of different countries too.
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I mean, I have tried finding something cheaper for when I go traveling, but honestly, Salee's deals are the best.
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And you can get Salee for 15 % cheaper
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if you scan this QR code or use code HAILS at the end of your checkout.
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Okay, now there are a ton of ways you can multitask with this beast.
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And before you do anything, go into settings, then advanced features, and inside labs, make sure you turn on multi -window for all apps.
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This makes all your apps that don't normally work in split screen magically start working.
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I don't know why this isn't on by default, but at least now you know.
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Okay, once that's on, open a few apps using the tricks I showed you earlier.
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You can do three apps, but it does get a little bit cramped, unless you tap
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and drag on one of these lines to just before the
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edge of the screen to turn on the 9 to 10 split screen mode
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which essentially keeps the three -way split but just gives you a lot more screen space.
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I really like this trick.
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You can also quickly tap on these dots on the lines to quickly switch your split screen layout around
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which is kind of hidden and
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when you are ready to exit your split screens you can either close all the apps in your recents
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or you can just swipe the lines to the edge of the screen to separate everything back to normal cool
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so typing on this main screen can be kind of hard by default
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so what i'd recommend you guys do is
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if you tap on the settings icon scroll down
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and look for size and transparency
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and now here just make it slightly smaller now this might not seem like it's a big difference
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but trust me it actually makes typing way easier okay next open up good luck again
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and this time go into keys cafe then hit the keyboard tap right over here then gestures
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and make sure you turn on used two finger gesture.
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Now you're just gonna choose an option for each gesture.
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So like for my setup, up was opening emoji mode, down was select all, left was copy and right was paste.
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Now check this out.
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If I have the keyboard open anywhere in my phone and swipe up, it opens the emojis.
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If I swipe down, it selects all, swipe left, copies everything and I can go to another app like WhatsApp,
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swipe right on the keyboard and it'll paste but also
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if you like emojis back inside keys cafe and make
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when you select the keyboard and tap on edit you'll see this little emoji icon
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and right over here you can add your favorite emojis to your actual keyboard this is
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so freaking cool and you can add them to any way you want on your keyboard
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and now anytime you're busy typing boom your favorite emojis are directly in your main keyboard i mean come on
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that is so cool but i got another three tricks i think you guys will like even more.
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Okay so to take screenshots on this phone all you do is swipe your palm over the screen like this.
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But if you open settings again then head back to advanced features
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and under screenshots and screen recordings you can turn on hide status and navigation bar.
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Now anytime you take a screenshot it'll remove both the notification and taskbar which is much better.
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Then for the next trick if you go into device care scroll down
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and look out for auto optimization then in here tap on auto restart
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and make sure you toggle on this first option and
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if you turn that on your samsung will literally never slow down
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because it'll automatically restart itself before it does i mean
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that is super nifty but what is even better is back inside device care
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if you tap these three dots
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and go to settings you'll see this brand new option block apps with excessive ads
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and make sure you turn on intelligent blocking and
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when it's on annoying apps that consistently spam you like uber eats will stop doing that neat
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but one of my favorite tricks you can do on this bad boy is customize the quick settings panel
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and to do this all you gotta do is check out this video right over here
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Samsung Z Fold 8 - Tips, Tricks & Hidden Features!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: screen, app, cool, tap, swipe. This video has 193 sentences and 2668 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:42. The speaker talks fast, about 195 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| swipe verb | /swaɪp/ | To grab or bat quickly. |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| fold verb | /ˈfəʊld/ | To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. |
| unlock verb | /ʌnˈlɑk/ | To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination. |
| wallpaper noun | /ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə/ | Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. |
| select verb | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. |
| icon noun | /ˈaɪ.kɑn/ | An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion. |
| keyboard noun | /ˈki.bɔɹd/ | A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc. |
| gesture noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/ | A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech. |
| landscape noun | /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ | A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features. |
| portrait noun | /ˈpɔɹtɹət/ | A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. |
| animation noun | /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of animating, or giving life or spirit. |
| scroll noun | /skɹoʊl/ | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. |
| dragon noun | /ˈdɹæɡən/ | In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a… |
| default noun | /dɪˈfɔlt/ | The condition of failing to meet an obligation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| open up verb | To open. | |
| pop up verb | To come up with a "pop" sound. | |
| back up verb | To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. | |
| slow down verb | To decelerate. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if you hit it not only will it |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've added · has made · have tried |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | itself, which is · screen, which is · taskbar which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as you'll, you're, it'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, screenshot /ˈskriːn.ʃɑt/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, ratio /ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊ/, rotation /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, automobile /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, horizontal /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like swipe, trick, fold.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.