One UI Home is Samsung's default launcher. It's installed on all its Android phones and tablets. One UI Home allows you to customize your device's user interface, wallpapers, app icons, widgets, themes, and more. It has everything you need to tweak your phone to your liking, but it's missing features included in many third-party Android launchers.
Whether you've used the same Samsung phone for years or are considering a switch to one of the top Samsung phones, this guide helps you understand what One UI is capable of and how to use it.
What is Samsung One UI Home?
One UI Home is not the same as One UI. One UI is Samsung's customized version of Android, which includes features like Galaxy AI. One UI Home is one part of One UI, but it is the most noticeable part as you'll interact with it when you use your phone, whether opening apps, adding widgets to the home screen, or changing your phone's wallpaper.
While you can install a third-party launcher, you cannot uninstall One UI Home from your device.
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How to start customizing Samsung One UI Home
One UI Home is built into Samsung devices alongside the One UI skin. You can't deactivate or delete it from your Galaxy device. You also can't download or install it on non-Samsung phones from the Google Play Store. However, it's easy to customize, as you don't need to install or activate anything.
Get started with One UI Home by long pressing a blank space on your home screen to open the home screen customizer. Here, you can change your wallpaper, use the Color Palette, change your device theme, or add widgets to the homepage.
You can also access One UI Home's dedicated settings page by tapping Settings in the lower-right corner. Alternatively, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and tap Home screen.
To check the permission and notification settings, battery usage, or storage consumption, go to Settings > Apps > One UI Home.
How to change the One UI Home wallpaper
The wallpaper is the first thing you see when you turn on your device. With One UI Home, you can choose between stock images and videos, media from your Gallery, abstract patterns, and colors. The Dynamic Lock screen option changes your lock screen background when you turn on your backlight.
In addition to your wallpaper, you can activate the Color Palette, which gives app icons, interfaces, and the notification panel a particular hue. This hue can be based on the color of your home screen wallpaper or a random color you choose.
Long press your home screen and navigate to Wallpaper and style > Change wallpapers to choose a new homepage background, or go to Wallpaper and style > Color palette to turn on dynamic theming.
How to change the One UI Home theme
The One UI theme option changes the look of your device's user interface. Tap and hold anywhere on the lock screen. Next, tap Themes to go to the Galaxy Themes page, where you can find free and paid options. Select a theme of your choice and tap Download to install it.
Long tap the home screen and select Widgets from the bottom of the screen. You'll see a list of installed apps with widgets. Select any of them, and long press the widget to drag it to the home screen. Alternatively, tap the widget and tap Add.
Other One UI Home customization options
The One UI Home settings page has several additional customization options to adjust your device to your preference.
Adjust the home screen and app drawer layouts
The first four options in the One UI home settings allow you to customize the home screen and app drawer. You can set your home screen to have an app drawer or go for the iPhone look, which crowds all your apps on the home screen.
You can set the grid size of the home screen and app drawer to have four or five rows and five or six columns. Combining apps into folders allows you to set the folder grid size to 3x4 or 4x4.
Activate Google Discover or turn off Samsung Free
The Add media page to Home screen option lets you choose which service appears on the media page when you swipe left from the home screen. Samsung Free is the only option for the Galaxy S20 and older, while Google Discover is an option for the Galaxy S21 or newer devices. You can also turn off the media page by toggling off the switch.
Change how you access apps
You can access the app drawer by swiping up from any part of the home screen. If you feel nostalgic, toggle the Show apps screen button on Home screen option to include a button in the lower-right corner of the homepage for accessing the app grid.
There's an option to lock the home screen layout to prevent app icons from being added, moved, or deleted. The final option in the group prevents app icons from appearing on your home and app screens. It works for stock and third-party applications.
Notifications
Turning on App icon badges controls how your pending notifications appear. Number shows the total number of notifications you have. Dot shows a dot telling you the app has new notifications. There's also an option to turn the gesture on and off to bring down your notification panel when you swipe down from any part of the home screen.
Customize your Galaxy experience
One UI Home includes a range of customization options. However, catch up on all the features in the latest version of One UI to discover everything your Samsung phone can do.
