Use Gaming Hub and gaming options on your Galaxy device

Before you get too excited and rush into your game, let's set up the Gaming Hub.

1. Navigate to and open the Gaming Hub app. It may be on the Apps screen or in the Samsung folder.
2. Review the Samsung account information, then tap Continue, and then allow the necessary permissions.
3. Once set up, games will automatically appear only in the Gaming Hub. If desired, you can choose to change this setting and display games "In Gaming Hub and the Home and Apps screens." To find this, open Gaming Hub, tap More options (the three vertical dots), tap Settings, and then tap Show game apps. Make your selection.
   
   
4. Navigate back to the main screen in Gaming Hub. Tap one of your games to start playing, or explore Gaming Hub to see the other options.

Game Booster is a separate app from Gaming Hub, but the two of them work together. Game Booster’s menu appears when you're playing a game and provides helpful tools, so you can get the best performance and play on without interruptions.

Navigate to and open your desired gaming app. Tap the Game Booster icon in the left corner of the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen.
Note: If your game is in full screen, you may have to swipe up to first make the notification bar appear. Additionally, if it’s your first time using Game Booster, you may be asked to tap Start.

Here you will see the pop-up panel where you can get fast access to other apps, or tap one of these shortcuts:

• Game mode
• Touch booster
• Screenshot
• Record
• Block navigation buttons
• Block edge panel
• Block auto brightness
• Block Bixby
• Floating menu
• System monitor
• Touch protection

Edit the pop-up panel

You can customize the fast-access apps and the shortcuts so that they are tailored to your personal preferences.

With Gaming Hub, you can tune the performance level of your games to save battery power. Maybe you're stuck on a long trip with no charger and need to save your battery. Fine tune your gaming performance with a few quick steps:

1. Open Gaming Hub, and then tap More options (the three vertical dots) at the top right of the screen.
2. Tap Game Booster to access the Game Booster settings.
3. Then, tap Game optimization near the bottom of the screen.
   
   
4. From here, you can choose between your desired performance modes: Performance, Standard, or Battery saver.

You can also use the Pause USB PD option. If a charger is connected to your device while you're playing a game, power is automatically supplied through the connected charger in order to continue charging the battery while you game. You can pause charging your battery and dedicate the charger to powering your game by tapping the switch next to Pause USB PD charging when gaming. This option is available on the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy S23 series, S22 series, Tab S8 series, Z Flip4, Z Fold4, A53, and A23.

Maybe you don't like the music or sounds in that horror game. That's no problem with the Game sound feature. You can easily mute games from Gaming Hub instead of fighting with your device's Volume keys.

Navigate to and open Gaming Hub. Expand your game library by tapping the Expand icon (the four squares) to the right of your recent games. Tap the Game sound icon (the speaker), and then tap Turn off. To unmute, just tap the icon again.