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Did you know the Gallery app on your Samsung phone has a secret menu? Here’s how to find it

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Why This Matters

The discovery of Samsung's hidden Gallery Labs menu reveals a range of experimental features that can enhance user privacy and organization, offering consumers more control over their photos and videos. For the tech industry, this highlights Samsung's commitment to innovation and user customization, encouraging users to explore advanced functionalities that are not immediately visible.

Key Takeaways

Andy Walker / Android Authority

Samsung Gallery packs so many features, but not all of them are easy to find. You may be familiar with Audio Eraser, Generative Edit, the collage maker, and maybe even the built-in video editor. But besides those obvious ones, there’s a whole bunch of features that don’t show up anywhere inside the app, at least not by default.

They’re all tucked away inside a hidden menu called Gallery Labs, and the sad thing is, most Galaxy users have no idea it exists.

Which Gallery Labs feature are you most excited to try? 4 votes Album locks 25 % PDF creation 50 % Timeline view 25 % Something else (tell me in the comments) 0 %

How to enable Samsung Gallery’s secret menu

Pankil Shah / Android Authority

Gallery Labs is where Samsung hides experimental Gallery app features, and it’s absolutely worth digging into. But before you can do that, you’ll need to enable it first. Here’s how: Open the Samsung Gallery app and tap the menu icon in the bottom-right corner. Tap Settings. Tap About Gallery. Tap the version number 10 times in a row.

Once you see the “[Labs] Gallery Labs is enabled” message, you’re all set. Go back to the Gallery Settings menu and tap the new Gallery Labs entry. Here, you’ll see a long list of features divided into sections based on One UI versions – One UI 8.x, One UI 7.x, One UI 6.x, and so on.

Lock albums instead of moving photos around

Pankil Shah / Android Authority

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