How to use Game Tools on your Samsung device
Game Tools is a function built into the Operating System of Samsung Phones and Tablets running Android OS 7 and higher. It's designed to let you record and share screenshots of your most epic game-play. Post videos and photos to your social feeds to show off your best run through, or help others find easter eggs.
Game Tools will appear in the navigation bar to allow you to quickly access the following functions:
- Record: Save a video of your gameplay
- Screenshot: Take a photo of your gameplay
- Navigation button lock: Keep the navigation buttons turned off during gameplay so you don't accidentally exit out
- Calls and notifications: Options to minimise caller notifications, or turn off most notifications while you're playing
- Block during game: Stop the Bixby/Home buttons from working and turn off Auto Brightness while you're in a game
Please Note: Functions of Game Tools will vary depending on the device and operating system.
How do I enable Game Tools?
Tap on the Game Tools icon to view the available options.
● No alerts during game: Block notifications, except for incoming calls
● Lock Recents and Back keys: Lock the Recents and Back keys
● Minimise game: Minimise the game screen
● Screenshot: Capture screenshots
● Record: Record your game a session
● Setting: Access the Game Tools settings
To remove the icon from the current game screen, tap, hold then drag the Game Tools icon to the Remove icon at the top of the screen.
Haven't setup Game Launcher yet, or want to know how to turn off Game Launcher? Check out our step-by-step Guide Using Game Launcher on your Galaxy Device.
- Full Screen: Will allow you to Game in full screen, the Game may restart or reload to play in full screen.
- No Alerts during Games: Most alerts during gameplay will be muted and hidden. Some alerts, including call alerts might be shown.
- Hard Press Home button Lock: Locks the Home button during gameplay, to use the home button simply hard press this button.
- Edge Touch Lock: Lock the Edge Panels
- Navigation Key Lock: Locks the Navigation Bar to prevent accidential touches or exiting the game.
- Screentouch Lock: Blocks accidential touches while you've paused the game, simply swipe across the screen to get back into gameplay
- Screenshot: Capture Screenshots
- Record: Record the Screen or yourself whilst in Gameplay
Adding Shortcuts
Shortcuts are perfect for quickly enabling or disabling a gaming function. Once you have enabled a shortcut you can use this setting while playing any game in Game Launcher. To access this function follow the below steps;
Customising Recorded Videos
Haven't setup Game Launcher yet, or want to know how to turn off Game Launcher? Check out our step-by-step Guide Using Game Launcher on your Galaxy Device.
- Full Screen: Will allow you to Game in full screen, the Game may restart or reload to play in full screen.
- No Alerts during Games: Most alerts during gameplay will be muted and hidden. Some alerts, including call alerts might be shown.
- Hard Press Home button Lock: Locks the Home button during gameplay, to use the home button simply hard press this button.
- Edge Touch Lock: Lock the Edge Panels
- Navigation Key Lock: Locks the Navigation Bar to prevent accidential touches or exiting the game.
- Screen touch Lock: Blocks accidential touches while you've paused the game, simply swipe across the screen to get back into gameplay
- Screenshot: Capture Screenshots
- Record: Record the Screen or yourself whilst in Gameplay
Adding Shortcuts
Shortcuts are perfect for quickly enabling or disabling a gaming function. Once you have enabled a shortcut you can use this setting while playing any game in Game Launcher. To access this function follow the below steps;
Customising Recorded Videos
Viewing your Recorded Videos
Haven't setup Game Launcher yet, or want to know how to turn off Game Launcher? Check out our step-by-step Guide Using Game Launcher on your Galaxy Device.
- Call and Notifications: Will allow you to block calls and notifications from interrupting your game play.
- Block during Game: Will allow you to disable services and settings such as Bixby, Edge panel and auto brightness.
- Advanced Game Features: Allows users to enabled power saving while locked, pop-up panel, auto screen lock and customise apps to be viewed in full screen.
- Edge Touch Lock: Lock the Edge Panels
- Dolby Atmos for Gaming: Enhance volume when playing games to amplify even the lowest sounds, like footsteps in a horror game.
- Navigation Button Lock: Locks the Navigation Bar to prevent accidential touches or exiting the game.
- Screen touch Lock: Blocks accidential touches while you've paused the game, simply swipe across the screen to get back into gameplay
- Screenshot: Capture Screenshots
- Record: Record the Screen or yourself whilst in Gameplay
Adding Shortcuts
Shortcuts are perfect for quickly enabling or disabling a gaming function. Once you have enabled a shortcut you can use this setting while playing any game in Game Launcher. To access this function follow the below steps;
Customising Recorded Videos
Viewing your Recorded Videos
Haven't setup Game Launcher yet, or want to know how to turn off Game Launcher? Check out our step-by-step Guide Using Game Launcher on your Galaxy Device. If you would like to screen record whilst gaming check out our guide Screen Recording on my Galaxy Phone for more assistance.
Game Launcher
app
Pop-up Panel: Allows you to select up to 4 different apps to easily access whilst gaming. If you would like to customise your Pop-up Panel tap on 
and add/ remove your preferred apps.
DIscord: Allows you to share your Gameplay status with all your Discord friends.
Settings: Allows you to adjust your Gamer Booster settings.
Screen touch lock: Blocks accidential touches while you've paused the game, simply swipe across the screen to get back into gameplay.
Screenshot: Captures screenshots whilst playing your game
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