Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable and Use Smart Scroll in android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Smart scroll is one of the smart features that you can find in Samsung Galaxy S5. When this feature is enabled, you can scroll pages while browsing a webpage or reading an email message simply by tilting your head or the device. This feature works by utilizing the front camera to detect your face and act on that information to automatically scroll the pages up or down.

How to Enable or disable the smart scroll feature?
You can turn on or off the smart scroll feature by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Personalisation section and then tap Accessibility .
3. Tap Dexterity and interaction.
4. Tap Smart scroll. If Smart scroll is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to turn it on.
5. Under the Scroll by section, you'll be presented with the following options:
• Tilting head: select this option if you want to be able to scroll pages by tilting your head backwards or forwards.
• Tilting device: select this option if you want to be able to scroll pages by tilting the device backwards or forwards.
6. Under the General section, you'll be presented with two options that can be used to customized the smart scroll feature. They are:
• Speed: use this option to adjust the speed of scrolling pages while using the smart scroll feature.
• Visual feedback display: enable this option if you want the device displaying a signal icon when your action is recognized.

How to use the smart scroll feature?
Before using the smart scroll feature, you have to make sure that the following conditions are fulfilled so that this feature will work well:

• The device is held steady and upright
• The device is in a well-lit environment so that it'll get enough light to be used by the front camera to detect your face.
• The screen is not in direct light so that the front camera can easily detect your face.
• The front camera is not being used by other apps.
• The Multi window feature is not being enabled.
• When you use this feature in Internet app, make sure the webpage is not being displayed in the reader mode.

Assuming that you have enabled the smart scroll feature and the conditions above are fulfilled, then you can use the smart scroll feature to scroll pages in the Internet app and the stock Email app. As the example, we'll try using the smart scroll while browsing a webpage in Internet app:

1. Open Internet app.
2. Open a webpage by entering the URL in the address bar and then tap Go.
3. Wait until the webpage is fully loaded and you'll see the smart scroll icon is displayed on the status bar.
4. If you enable the smart scroll feature by tilting head:
• Look at the screen until this icon is displayed in the middle of the screen as a sign that your face has been recognized.
• Tilting your head backwards to scroll up the webpage.
• Tilting your head forwards to scroll down the webpage.
5. If you enable the smart scroll by tilting the device:
• Look at the screen until this icon is displayed in the middle of the screen as a sign that your face has been recognized.
• Tilting the device forwards to scroll up the webpage.
• Tilting the device backwards to scroll down the webpage.

If you have ever used this feature in the older Samsung Galaxy S series, you will probably notice that the smart scroll feature in Samsung Galaxy S5 has been improved because this feature now has a better face recognition. But, you have to remember that since this feature needs a lot of power to run, then use this feature to scroll pages for a long time will drain your battery quickly.