5 Samsung One UI 7.0 Settings You Should Enable Right Now

Samsung's One UI 7.0 update brings a lot of new features, but if you know where to look, a few quick settings can make a massive difference in your daily phone experience. Let’s look at 5 essential tweaks that improve usability, performance, and battery life—without needing any third-party apps.

1. Customize the Notification and Quick Settings Panel

With just two swipes, you can separate your notification feed from your quick settings:

• Swipe down once for notifications

• Swipe down a second time for quick settings

Bonus: You can also:

• Adjust icon size and layout

• Rearrange quick settings blocks

• Choose how many icons appear per row or column

👉 A smoother, more efficient way to access the features you use most.

2. Organize Your App Drawer

Open your app drawer and tap the 3-dot menu in the bottom-right corner.

From there, you can:

• Remove empty pages

• Enable alphabetical sorting

• Switch to vertical scrolling instead of horizontal pages

👉 Much easier to find your apps, especially if you have a lot installed.

3. Reassign the Side Button

By default, a long press on the side button activates Google Gemini in One UI 7.0.

Prefer something else? You can change it!

Go to:
Settings → Advanced Features → Side Key

Then choose:

• Bixby, or

• Power off menu like before

👉 Take back control over how your phone reacts.

4. Personalize Your Home Screen with Good Lock

Samsung's official Good Lock app (available on Galaxy Store) unlocks powerful customization options.
Install the Home Up module and enable DIY Home Screen.

What is DIY Home Screen?

DIY stands for Do It Yourself—and that's exactly what it offers:

• Set your own number of rows and columns

• Adjust icon sizes and spacing

• Customize folder behavior and screen animations

👉 Perfect if you want a home screen that reflects you, not default Samsung settings.

5. Bonus: Save Battery with One Simple Change

Tired of charging your phone every day?

Try this:

Go to: Settings → Device care → Performance → Performance profile

Switch from Standard to Light (Basic).

👉 This mode doesn't slow down games or performance. It simply cuts down on unnecessary background processes, giving you longer battery life without compromise.

✅ Conclusion

These 5 settings give you more power, more control, and more comfort using your Galaxy phone on One UI 7.0.

Whether you're looking to improve performance or personalize your interface, these tweaks are worth the few minutes it takes to set them up.

Which of these did you try first? Got your own Samsung tip? Share it in the comments!