86 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44FEATURE
volume rocker. An accidental press opens the Bixby
Home panel, interrupting what you’re doing. Luckily,
however, a few tweaks can make Bixby less annoying
while preserving functionality.
In Bixby Home, check your settings and activate the
Bixby Voice features. This can be accessed by a long-
press of the Bixby button. Back on the main Bixby
screen, tap the settings icon at the top, and turn the
toggle for launching Bixby via the button to off.
While it may seem like you’re disabling Bixby, you’re
just making it harder to trigger accidentally. You can
long-press the Bixby button at any time to issue a
voice command, although it doesn’t work in all apps.
A single tap of the button doesn’t do anything, but
you can still access Bixby Home with a short-press
followed by a long-press.- Note8’s one-handed mode
The Galaxy Note8 is a big phone, so it can be arduous
to use one-handed. Still, there’s an option for one-
handed mode under Settings > Advanced Features
Yes, you can control accidental Samsung Bixby activation