Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Enable and Use Smart Stay Feature in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

If you want to use your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge for a long time without doing touch interaction, such as for reading an e-book or a long post in a webpage, but don't want to turn on the screen again and again each time the screen timeout period is over, you can enable the smart stay feature to have your phone uses the front camera to detect your face so that the screen backlight will stay on while you're looking at it.


How to enable or disable the smart stay feature?
You can turn on or off this 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. Scroll down the screen to find Display and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap Smart stay.
   
   
4. Depending on your current settings, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable or disable the smart stay feature. When the switch turns blue , means this feature is enabled.
   
   

Before using the smart stay feature, you have to know that this feature works best when the following conditions are filled:

• When your phone is held steady and upright.
• When your phone is in a well-lit environment, but the screen is not in direct light so that the front camera can easily detect your face.
• When the front camera is not being used by other apps.

How to use the smart stay feature?
As the example, we'll use the smart stay feature when reading a long post in a webpage by using the following steps:

1. Open the Internet app and then open a webpage to read an article.
2. While you're reading the article on the webpage, the front camera will check your face each time the screen timeout period is over. If the front camera detects your face, the screen will stay on. If not, the screen will be turned off.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Enable Icon Backgrounds Feature in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

By default, icons on the home screen and apps screen in Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge are displayed icons only or without background. If needed, you can set your phone to display those icons with shaded background to make them become more stand out by enabling the icon backgrounds feature.


How to enable the icon backgrounds feature?
You can turn this feature on 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. Scroll down the screen to find Display and then tap it.
   
   
3. Tap Icon backgrounds.
   
   
4. Select Icons with backgrounds to have your phone displays icons with shaded background to make them stand out on the home screen and apps screen and then tap Done button to save the changes.
   
   
5. Go to your home screen or apps screen to see the changes.
   
   

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: How to Adjust Screen Brightness in Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

If needed, you can manually adjust the screen brightness in your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge so you can fit it with your need, as the example, you can set it darker while you're using your phone in low-light environment or when your eyes are sensitive with light, you can set it brighter while you're using your phone in outdoor or under the sunlight, etc. If needed, you can also set your phone to automatically adjust the screen brightness using its sensor based on the remaining charge in the battery if you want to save more power because it'll reduce the maximum brightness of the screen so the screen will consume less power.


How to adjust the screen brightness?
As the example, we'll do so by using two different methods: from the notification panel and from the settings menu.

Method #1: From the Notification panel

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel.
2. Depending on your current settings, tap the box above Auto to enable or disable the Automatic brightness feature. When the box is checked, means this feature is enabled and your phone will automatically adjust the screen brightness using the sensor.
   
   

   FYI, when this feature is enabled, the screen will be dimmer because the maximum brightness of the screen is reduced.

3. To adjust the screen brightness manually, slide the screen brightness adjustment bar to the left for a darker screen, or to the right for a brighter screen.
   
   

Method #2: From the settings menu

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
   
   
2. Scroll down the screen to find Display and then tap it.
   
   
3. Depending on your current settings, tap the box above Auto to enable or disable the Automatic brightness feature. When the box is checked, means this feature is enabled and your phone will automatically adjust the screen brightness using the sensor.
   
   

   FYI, when this feature is enabled, the screen will be dimmer because the maximum brightness of the screen is reduced.

4. To adjust the screen brightness manually, slide the screen brightness adjustment bar to the left for a darker screen, or to the right for a brighter screen.