So, today, we’re going to show you how to change that. And luckily, it is a pretty simple change right out of the box.
What is Bixby?
Bixby is Samsung’s own smart assistant that was introduced with the Galaxy S8 back in 2017. Samsung has been all-in with Bixby in recent years, putting it into the power button on most of its newer smartphones. As well as bringing it into all of its appliances. Samsung also announced the Galaxy Home, which was a smart speaker with Bixby inside. However, it never actually was made available to buy.
How to disable Bixby on the Galaxy S22
Even though Bixby is no longer to the left of the home screen, with the Galaxy S22, it is still available through the power button or the “Side Key”. It can be edited so that you are actually bringing up the power menu instead of Bixby though, here’s how you can do that. First, swipe down your notification shade.
Then tap on the power menu button within the quick settings panel.
From there, you will want to tap on the Side Key settings.
Now you can change the Double Press action to Quick Launch Camera or another app. Or you can turn it off completely if you wish. You also can change the Press and Hold action on the power button to open the power off menu. Like it would on virtually every other smartphone in existence.
And that’s it. Bixby is gone from the power button. Samsung already removed it from the side of your home screen by default and replaced it with Google Discover. So this is really the only place the Bixby lives now. Aside from the camera. Which, we all know that Google Lens is better anyways.
