• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Bixby button sucked because for so long you couldn’t remap it to do anything else. And even when they finally relented at the end, they only allowed it to have the functions of press and hold or double tap to activate extra features, but single tap was always still reserved for Bixby.

    Having a dedicated mute button is good when your default volume controls are for media volume. Not that it makes a difference for me because my phone is forever on vibrate, but I get the utility.

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      1 year ago

      I have a Note 8, they’ve now had it for a while where you can single tap to open an app or run a command. But if you choose to do that, double press opens Bixby. So sadly you get Bixby no matter what.

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      1 year ago

      You could always just download an app to remap it with far more functionality. Used to love that feature.

          • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip
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            1 year ago

            I’m still using that on my s10+. Having the flashlight mapped and Bixby completely disabled is all I care about, and it works perfect. And I’m pretty sure you get full remap control if you spend the few bucks for it, but I haven’t needed to.

      • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Yes, but you had to set up Bixby first which I refused to do, so just cut off the part of my phone case that pushed the button so I’d stop accidentally pressing it.