Over the past year or two, this feature that used to be called 'Bixby routines' has had a bit of a revamp.
The features and settings that can be made from being in a particular location, or when a particular condition is 'met' has expanded and actually this is now a very powerful tool.
It can save significant battery by turning off features that you dont use in some locations, and also to change the behaviour and look of the phone in other circumstances.
I have only a few things setup but these I believe help with extend battery life and give feedback when actions are carried out.
A few examples below in screenshot and description.
Leaving home. I turn off the WiFi by default and turn mobile data on. Sound mode is switched on and NFC for mobile payments is turned on.
Arriving at work. I turn back on my WiFi and switch off NFC. I also command the phone into a vibrate only mode to not upset the office with phone ringing. I also change my UI lockscreen and homepage pictures to something that is representative of work. For me that is space themed.
Arriving home. On the opposite side to leaving home, I turn on WiFi to allow connection to my router and turn off NFC. I have no need to make payments in my home.
Unlock finger print. Shout out to one of my favourite youtubershaylsworld for this one. When I press my fingerprint it flashes my 'edge lighting' and vibrate once. This gives a nice UI notiification when a successful unlock has occurred. I like this feedback !😉
After midnight I want things a bit more chilled. So i turn down brightness, eye comfort on and power saving on. Performance profile light and Do not disturb is switched on as well as turning off ring tones
Last week I was looking for a solution to tell me when the battery reaches full during charging. When battery is 100% during charging and it is plugged in, the phone will buzz and spoken words 'Charge status. Your phone has now charged'. I like this one a lot.
So to summarise... check out these modes and routines if you dont already make use.
If you do have some routines already set up... what are your own favourites ? Any that you think might be good to share ?
Have a good day
Note: my posts are ALWAYS my own work and from my own experience, they are not some AI generated response. Every word is written by my own hands... no matter how long the response is
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I depend so much on these. That's my very important reason to stick to Samsung.
A bit more info from our one and only @PaulM1 here too: https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tips-how-to/getting-the-most-from-modes-and-routines/ba-p/108932...
