Samsung Galaxy S10 5G - how to use the navigation bar

The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has a navigation bar that allows you to perform various functions on the device. In this article, we explain what you need each of the navigation bar buttons for and how to simply hide the bar when you're not using it.

This is how the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G navigation bar works

The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has a three-button navigation bar that is shown to you when you turn on the device's display. On the far left is the "Current Application" button, which you need to tap to bring up a list of applications currently open on the device. In the middle is the "Home Button", through which you return to the home screen and launch Google Assistant. The "Back button" in turn returns you to the previous screen.

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G: How to hide the navigation bar

If you do not want a navigation bar to be displayed at the bottom of the screen when you turn on the display, you have the option to hide the navigation bar.

1. To do this, please open the Settings app of the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and go to "Display" > "Navigation bar".
2. Tap then under "Navigation type" the option "Gestures on full screen" to no longer display the navigation bar.
3. Instead of the navigation bar, you will now only see several gesture hints for the buttons of the navigation bar and can use them by dragging the respective gesture hint upwards.
4. To also hide the displayed gesture hints, simply tap on the "Gesture hints" switch.