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TL;DR One UI 9 Beta 6 adds a “Touch and hold for AI select” toggle for Galaxy S26 devices.
The new setting prevents accidental screen freezes caused by lingering slightly too long while swiping out the Edge Panel.
Users can disable the long-hold gesture without losing AI Select, which remains available via standard shortcut icons in the Edge Panel.
Samsung is addressing one of the more frustrating gesture conflicts introduced on its recent flagships. In the latest One UI 9 Beta 6 update for the Galaxy S26 series, Samsung has added a dedicated toggle to turn off the AI Select long-hold on the Edge Panel handle.
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Ever since Samsung tied the long-press action of the Edge Panel handle directly to AI Select, users have voiced irritation across Samsung Community forums over frequent accidental triggers. If you lingered slightly too long while trying to swipe out your Edge Panel, the device would freeze the screen and invoke the selection overlay. Up to this point, there was no way to disable the long-press gesture without disabling Edge Panels entirely.
AssembleDebug / Android Authority Edge Panel settings in One UI 8.5
With One UI 9 Beta 6, there’s a new “Touch and hold for AI select” toggle within Settings > Display > Edge panels. With the option enabled, you get the existing behavior, where long-pressing the Edge Panel peek window triggers AI Select. With the option disabled, long-pressing the Edge Panel peek window does nothing, helping you avoid accidental AI Select triggers.
You can continue to set AI Select as a dedicated shortcut icon within the Edge Panel, so you aren’t giving up the feature entirely, either.
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