Since navigation gestures were introduced with the iPhone X, this convenient method of interacting with the phone has been adopted by most of the popular phone manufacturers. This feature is available on low-cost devices like Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro or high-end devices like OnePlus 6T, excluding Samsung. Samsung has steadfastly kept the seemingly outdated design with an onboard navigation bar.
You can tweak this navigation bar or even hide it temporarily (remember that little black button?), but you can’t disable it all at once to support navigation gestures, even in flagships like Galaxy Note 9 or Galaxy S9/S9+. If you ask me, that’s a huge hurdle for someone like me who really wants to get the most out of that stellar display.
Well, luckily, there is a way to get navigation gestures on Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9. Excited? Let’s see how to do this.
However, before we continue, let’s make a few points clear.
- The workaround involves using a third party app called Flexible Navigation Gestures.
- Second, this app needs ADB to enable the option to show or hide the navigation bar.
Now that we have the events set up, let’s get started.
How to get navigation gestures on Samsung Galaxy S9/Note 9
Step 1: Install Minimal ADB and Fastboot on your PC. The good guys at XDA eased the ADB installation process. It doesn’t need Android SDK to run.
All you need to do is download the following EXE file and run it.
Step 2: Open Settings on your Galaxy S9/Note 9 and enable Developer Options. To do so, go to About phone > Software info and tap Build number seven times.
Once done, open Developer Options and enable USB Debugging.
Step 3: Once done with that, install Flexible Navigation Gestures on your phone. A warning will be displayed on the homepage to enable the Hide with ADB option.
Now go to Program Files (x86) > Minimal ADB and Fastboot and run the file called CMD-here. This will open the Command Prompt in ADB mode.
Step 4: Connect your phone to PC. If you see a confirmation pop-up, tap Allow. Once done, run the following command,
adb shell pm Grant com.fb.fluid android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS Important Note
Step 5: Open the Flexible Navigation Gestures app again and you should see the warning message disappear. Now all you need to do is tap Enabled and the app will guide you through the rest.
Flexible navigation gestures require Accessibility permission to display over other apps. Once you have all the permissions, you can happily say goodbye to the navigation bar.
The best thing about this app is that if you are not comfortable with it, you can turn it off by enabling the Hide navigation bar option and it will disappear. Simple as that!
What’s more, the graphics are stunning, so you know where you’re going.
Important Note
What do the new navigation gestures bring?
You can do a lot of ‘navigation’ with these gestures. From simple navigation like Back and Home to complex navigation like launching Split screen and opening the keyboard selector, you can do it all.
Here are some common gestures.
- Home: Swipe up from the center of the screen.
- Back: Swipe in from the left edge of the screen.
- Notifications: Half-swipe from the right edge of the screen.
- Recents: Swipe up halfway from the center of the screen.
- Split screen: Swipe up from the bottom, pause, then tap the split screen icon.
If this is your first time using gestures, you may find it a bit difficult to remember all the gestures at first. But trust me, you will understand them soon enough.
Pro Tip: You can now drag the Google Search bar downwards to make one-handed mode on your Galaxy S9/Note 9 as easy as pie.
My experience so far
I’ve used it on both the Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S9+, and the gestures work great. You can also customize the gestures to some extent. I’ll leave it up to you to discover it for yourself. The user-friendly interface ensures that using the app becomes a walk in the park.
There’s no doubt that Samsung’s flagships have some of the most amazing smartphone displays around, so it makes sense to use them to the fullest. Moreover, as soon as you feel that the whole thing is too heavy, you can simply activate the navigation bar. So far, I’ve enjoyed using gestures on my Galaxy S9. Hopefully Samsung will come up with a method of its own when it launches the next version of Samsung Experience Home with the Galaxy S10. Until then, we have to do with the help of Dynamic Navigation gestures.
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