New features come out with each Android update. And among these last appeared the navigation by gestures, a new technique of movement in the menus which wants to be more fluid and more functional. However, in the event that you are a fan of old buttons, note that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and suddenly disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge as we will find out today in this article. To start, we will see what the gesture navigation is for on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. After that we will see what is the procedure to remove gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
What is the use of gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge?
Gesture navigation gives you the ability to navigate more easily and faster on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. It will allow you to move around the menus of your device without using the three buttons Back , Home et Multitask which are located at the bottom of the screen. On several versions of your device, it is automatically integrated. In this situation, how to use gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge?
There are basic gestures like:
- Move to the next item displayed 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 also a large number of other gestures more or less methods to quickly access the features of your phone. To know all the navigation gestures that you can perform, tutorials exist on the internet. You can search on Google » Navigation gestures on a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On several versions of Android, a tutorial can also be offered when activating the feature.
How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge?
In the event that you are unable to use gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, this is not a problem. Android devices give you the option to turn off the feature. We will see the different ways to turn off gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with TalkBack
It is sometimes not easy to navigate between 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 have to remove the gesture navigation from your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Depending on the version of your Android phone, it sometimes happens that this gesture navigation option is integrated under the name of TalkBack .
If so, to disable TalkBack you will need to do the following:
- Open the " Settings "
- Select » Accessibility »
- Press on " TalkBack "
- Disable TalkBack .
Disable gesture navigation through the settings of your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
If your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has an operating system running Android 10, it is very likely that gesture navigation is integrated as standard. However, in the event that the latter 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 S6 Edge via your settings.
Depending on the version of your Android, 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 »
- Go to " System »
- Click on " Gestures »
- Select » System navigation "
- You have the choice between 3 options: » 2 navigation buttons "-" 3 navigation buttons " or " Gesture navigation ". Choose the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.
The second procedure to disable gesture navigation on your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge mainly concerns devices running the latest version of Android. We present it to you here:
- Open them " Settings " from your Android smartphone.
- 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 perform a somewhat different procedure to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Find out here:
- Go to the " Settings "
- Click on " Full screen view »
- And choose the system navigation by » Buttons "
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S6.
