NOVEMBER 2020 PCWorld 113Use gestures to control your Note 20.
You can, instead, click the S Pen button to
launch it whenever you want. The Note 20
also supports changing the apps and
shortcuts in Air Command in this menu.
Samsung has some custom tools like
Magnify and Live Messages, but you can
also just add app shortcuts.
- ANYWHERE ACTIONS
Samsung has expanded the capabilities of the
S Pen’s accelerometer, allowing you to control
more aspects of the phone with a wave of
your hand. Anywhere Actions are gestures
that work no matter where you are or what
you’re doing with the phone. They take a little
practice to get used to, though.
The Anywhere Actions settings (and cheat
sheet) are under Settings > Advanced
Features > S Pen > Air Actions. You’re
essentially drawing arrows while holding the
S Pen button: down and then up for smart
select, up and down for home, and so on.
They work well enough, but you have to
remember which one is which.- ADD AUDIO TO NOTES
The Note 20 doesn’t have a standalone voice
recorder app pre-installed, but that
functionality is included inside Samsung
Notes. This allows recordings to integrate
audio with the notes you jot down with the S
Pen. And you don’t have to set this up—just
start writing a note and tap the Attach button
to add a voice recording. When you go back
and listen to the recording, you can see your
notes highlighted as the audio plays. This
helps you remember exactly what you heard
as you wrote the note.