How to remap the Bixby button on older Samsung Galaxy devices!
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to remap the Bixby button on all the Samsung Galaxy devices that still have it.
Compatible Samsung devices
Samsung has, thankfully, moved away from having a Bixby button at all. Most recent Galaxy devices have a Side button that’s customizable from the jump.
The methods below require a device to have One UI and the Android 9.0 Pie update or later. The following phones should be able to use this tutorial:
How to natively remap the Bixby button
Assuming you’ve updated to the latest possible Samsung software on compatible devices, you can do limited remapping of the Bixby button without any third party tools.
- Open Bixby Assistant Home by pressing the Bixby button one time.
- Tap Menu (indicated by three horizontal lines) and select your device.
- Tap Settings, then Bixby key.
- Choose either Single press to open Bixby or Double press to open Bixby.
- Flip the toggle switch underneath either option.
- Select an app or quick command you want to run.
The beauty is that you can make the button do two different things, depending on whether you hit it once or twice — you can even keep Bixby around, for instance setting up a double-press command that runs driving-related actions. Samsung warns that you may lose remapping if you reset Bixby or deactivate an assigned app or command, but you should be able to restore it by following the process above.
How to remap the button to Google Assistant
People like remapping the Bixby button to Google Assistant, which is the default voice assistant on most other Android phones. You can’t do this using Samsung’s stock software, but there is a way:
- Download the Bixby Button Assistant Remapper app from XDA-Developers. Install it on your device like you would any other third-party APK. Here’s our tutorial if you need help.
- Return to Samsung’s native Bixby remapping options, but select the Bixby Button Assistant Remapper as your triggered app.
- Press the Bixby button to run the command for the first time. It will ask what assistant you want to use. Select Google Assistant, then Always.
This worked well in our testing and you don’t have to mess with anything once it’s up and running. We’re not thrilled that Samsung forces this type of workaround, but installing a third party APK isn’t the worst solution.
Remap Bixby with apps from Google Play
There is one final method for remapping the Bixby button: third-party apps from the Google Play Store. This isn’t as clean as Samsung’s toggles, but these apps can do things the native OS can’t. Some examples include music control, remapping the volume keys, or having the Bixby button toggle the flashlight on and off.
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