New features come out with each Android update. And among these last arrived recently the navigation by gestures, a new solution of movement in the menus which wants to be more intuitive and more functional. However, if you are a fan of old buttons, know that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and therefore to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 as we will find out now today. At first we will find out what is the point of gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. After that we will find out what is the procedure to remove gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
What is the use of gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
Gesture navigation allows you to navigate more easily and faster on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. It gives you the opportunity to move around the menus of your smartphone without using the three buttons Back , Home et Multitask which are placed at the bottom of the screen. On several versions of your device, it is automatically installed. In that case, how to use gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
There are basic gestures such as:
- Go to the next item on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
- Go to the previous item that appears on the screen: Swipe the screen to the left.
- Back: Swipe down and left on the screen.
- Home: Swipe up and left on the screen.
But there is still a lot of other gestures more or less technical to quickly access the functions of your telephone. To know all the navigation gestures that you can do, tutorials exist on the internet. You can type on Google » Navigation gestures on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On some versions of Android, a tutorial can also be offered when activating the option.
How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
In the event that you cannot use gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8, this is not a problem. Android devices give you the option to turn off the option. We are going to see the different ways to remove gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with TalkBack
It is sometimes not easy to navigate among all the navigation gestures integrated on our phone. If you prefer to use the three navigation buttons with which you are used to browsing, you will then have to remove the gesture navigation from your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Depending on the version of your Android phone, it may happen that this gesture navigation option is integrated under the name of TalkBack .
In this case, to deactivate TalkBack, you will have to carry out the following procedure:
- Open the " Settings "
- Select » Accessibility »
- Press on " TalkBack "
- Disable TalkBack .
Disable gesture navigation via the settings of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8
If your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has an operating system running Android 10, it is quite possible that gesture navigation is integrated by default. However, if it bothers you and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 via your settings.
Depending on your Android version, there are three different ways to remove gesture navigation . You will discover them here.
The first most common technique for this is:
- Open the " Settings »
- See you in " System »
- Click on " Gestures »
- Select » System navigation "
- You have the choice between 3 possibilities: » 2 navigation buttons "-" 3 navigation buttons " or " Gesture navigation ". Select the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.
The second method to remove gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy Note 8 mainly concerns devices running the latest version of Android. Here it is below:
- Open them " Settings " from your Android device.
- Click the option " Display " .
- Click on " Navigation bar "
- Tap the option "Full screen movements"
- Tap on "Additional options"
- Deactivate "Slides from the sides to the bottom".
Finally, on some Android versions, you will have to do a somewhat different procedure to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Find out here:
- See you in the » Settings "
- Click on " Full screen view »
- And select the system navigation by » Buttons "
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
