
To turn on the Smart Capture panel go to Settings > Display > Edge Panels > Panels and tap on the circle above Smart select. The panel is actually called Smart Select, and it gives you the tools to capture just a portion of your screen using the rectangle or oval, record an animated image (or GIF) or pin a screenshot, perhaps with a phone number or address, to your screen.

It's easily one of the most useful panels as it gives you several options to do more than just capture your screen. Out of the box, one of the screenshot panel is turned off. That's where you access the hidden panels. You may have noticed a slightly transparent line along the right-side of your S21's screen. Smart select has to be one of the best hidden features on any Galaxy phone.Įvery Galaxy S21 has Samsung's somewhat hidden Edge panels that tuck away shortcuts to apps, features and information. Once you touch it to the screen, the Air Command icon will show up, letting you take quick notes, screenshots and so on. If you hover the pen just above the screen's surface, you'll see a little icon on the display showing that it recognizes the stylus. If you have an S Pen, all you need to do to start using it with the Ultra is to touch the tip of it to the screen and it should just work. Or you can opt for the S21 Ultra case that includes an S Pen. The S21 Ultra will work with any Galaxy Note series or Galaxy Tab S series S-Pen stylus. So if you bought the phone because you wanted the best Samsung has to offer, you wouldn't know any better. You see, the S21 Ultra lacks anywhere to store the S Pen, like the Note series does. This isn't a hidden feature, so much as it just isn't all that obvious unless you've been explicitly told about it. From now on, long-pressing the power button will bring up the power menu.

But don't fret, you have a few different options to power your S21 down or restart it: That's right, holding in the power button will launch Bixby, instead of giving you the option to turn the phone off. If you long-press the power button expecting to turn the phone off, you're in for a surprise.
