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The bixby button is super annoying. At least on the Note 8 it is positioned such that in certain situations it's really hard not to activate it when trying to t
by zmmmmm 7y ago
The bixby button is super annoying. At least on the Note 8 it is positioned such that in certain situations it's really hard not to activate it when trying to turn off the phone because it's directly opposite it on the other side. Pretty much the only times I have ever activated Bixby is when trying to turn off the device, and the result is that it immediately turns on and makes a loud noise - very annoying in meetings.
It's one thing to force something benign in front of your users, it's quite another to do actively hostile things to them.
- judge2020 7y agoSame thing happened when a relative got an iPhone XR, the screenshot button is volume + power, so trying to lock it regularly has them taking screenshots.
- tschwimmer 7y agoSame thing happens to me. Heinously annoying.
- DennisAleynikov 7y agoAnd siri instead of power down? How is that not more annoying than a dedicated bixby key that isn't in the place where you would expect a power button? My brother literally couldn't figure out how to turn his phone off, how is this a two button combo???
- tinus_hn 7y agoWhy would you dedicate a button to a function you hardly ever use???
- nvrspyx 7y agoWell, the button is already dedicated to turning off the screen and on previous iPhones, holding it down gave you the option to turn it off. Now, holding it down brings up Siri, which now dedicates a button to a function I literally never use. I shutdown my phone at least once a month, whether that’s to do a simple restart, while at a no-phones event, or to save battery. Now, you have to hold down the power button and the volume button to not only turn off the phone, but to access emergency SOS. If I’m in an emergency situation, I might not have the dexterity to do that with one hand or both hands free to do it with both. I have to use the latter considering how big the phones are now (iPhone X). My one hand is big enough to hold both buttons at the same time, but I need the other hand just to get the one in the right position.
- lostlogin 7y agoThe Siri button on touchbar Macs is another variant of this issue. And that “would you like to enable speech to text?” is another.
- stevula 7y agoThis is why I always remove Siri from the Touchbar first thing.
- ddalex 7y agoYou can reassign the button in settings - mine opens up whatsapp, but you can easily configure it to open the camera.
- richardhod 7y agoYou can't do that in Android on the S9+, nor on any variants that i know of on Android 8 or 9. All you can do is restrict it to a long press. If you have a link to reassignment, I'd like to see it.
- ddalex 7y agoGo to Settings, and search for Bixby Key. I don't know how to guide you through the menus, sorry.
- isolli 7y agoSimilar situation on the iPhone: I no longer use the physical volume button to take a picture (which is a shame) because, starting with the 6/6S it is exactly opposite the power button. As a result, the phone keeps turning off instead of taking a picture.