Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 is the latest smartphone that features a foldable display. And very similar to its predecessor Galaxy Flip 3, this is also enriched with the same 1.9-inch screen on the front of the phone.
Unlike Galaxy Z Fold 4, which has a large cover screen. Moreover, both the cover screen are used to showcase the relevant info that consists of useful alerts and notifications. The primary use of this cover screen is to interact with your phone while keeping it closed.
But how to fully utilise your cover screen and its different features is the thing to understand. So this article gives you a walk-through of different ways to use the cover screen to get the most out of it.
Tap to wake the Z Flip 4’s cover screen
Putting Galaxy Z Flip 4 in barren mode, the cover screen stays off to conserve battery life. But at the same time, if you want to check any notification, time or battery level. All you need to do a double tap on the cover screen. It will light up on the second tap, by providing a quick glance of the info.
Use the Z Flip 4’s Cover screen to take a selfie
Another next important use of the cover screen is to take a selfie from it and that too with no difficulty at all. Notably, the two camera lenses next to the cover screen are meant to use by opening the flip. While you can use the cover screen altogether with a camera in order to take high-quality selfies.
Steps to follow:
- Open the camera app by double-pressing the power button/fingerprint sensor.
- Swipe left or right to switch between portrait, photo and video mode.
- Swipe up and down on the cover screen to change the dimension of the photo.
- Press the volume up or down to take a picture.
Answer or decline phone calls from the cover screen
You can also use the cover screen of your Galaxy Z Flip 4 to answer your phone calls when it is closed. You can use it to reply to the call using a phone speaker. It shows the name along with a number.
Steps to use it:
- To answer, touch the green phone button and then drag it towards the middle of the screen.
- On the opposite side is the red button to decline a call.
Reply to text messages
If you find a yellow dot on the screen when you wake up the cover screen. It means you have new notifications. In order to view your notifications tray, swipe from left to right across the screen. Further, you can tap on any of the alerts to view more information. In the case of a messaging app, view the message itself.
After scrolling down the message. It is also possible to quickly reply to the message with predefined messages right from the cover screen.
In order to send the same, just tap on the message you want to send. All this is done without ever opening your phone.
Use Samsung Wallet to make a mobile payment at checkout
This is one of the cool features, with which you can make the payment using the cover screen. All you need to have is Samsung Wallet formerly known as Samsung Pay installed and set up.
The steps to use the cover screen for making a payment are as follows:
- Waking the Z Flip 4 by double tap.
- Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal your default payment card.
- If you want to switch cards, swipe across the screen
- And then touch the fingerprint sensor to authorize payment.
Add, remove or reorder widgets
Waking up the cover screen and swiping it from right to left across. It starts scrolling through a series of widgets that Samsung created especially for the small display. It shows widgets like weather, day’s step count, or viewing your calendar.
Now here you don’t need to stick with the widgets that are available by default. Nor is there’s need to stick with the order that the widgets are in. Whereas you can add widgets directly on the cover screen by scrolling to the end and tapping on the + icon.
While the most appropriate method is to open the Z Flip 4 and dive into the Settings app.
- Settings app and scroll down until you see Cover Screen, select it.
- On the next screen,
- Tap Widgets, where you’ll then be taken to a list of all the cover screen widgets available.
Customize Z Flip 4’s cover screen
Similar to the widgets on the Z Flip 4’s cover screen you’re not stuck with it. Likewise, you also don’t require to stick with the looks of the cover screen’s clock.
Steps to follow, in order to change the colour as well as the background image of the cover screen:
- Open the phone and navigate to the Settings app,
- From there, select Cover Screen > Clock style.
Whereas the basic clock option also has the choice to choose a background image. It includes the photos stored on the phone. Here you can also customise the colour of the text out of various available colour schemes. However Graphical clock styles have predefined images that are shown every time you wake the cover screen.
Control device settings from the Z Flip 4’s cover screen
Last but not least the use of the cover screen is to control the customise settings from it. In order to use this, swipe down on the cover screen. Whereby it shows the six quick settings buttons to control various aspects of the Z Flip 4. It includes the things like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, and a slider to adjust the brightness of the cover screen. In addition to this, there are three buttons per page, with a swipe to the left revealing the second half of the options.
