Use Split Screen View on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

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Steps

  1. 1
    In order to enable the split-screen mode, we need to have our phone unlocked
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    We should be on the home screen. Once the phone has been unlocked, we will need to open some applications.
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    Let's tap on Messages
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    We tap the back button to go back to the home screen
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    We tap on Contacts
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  5. 5
    We tap on the back button once more
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    We tap on Phone
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    Once more, we tap the back button
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    Now, all we need to do is tap the menu button
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    It's on the lower-left side. We'll note that "Phone" has an "X" on the far-right side, which closes the Phone application. "Contacts" also has an "X". However, "Messages" has the icon with two boxes that indicates that this option will give us the split-screen mode. That is for what the two rectangles are.
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    Let's tap the rectangles next to "Messages"
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    Now that we've tapped them, we'll see that the Messages applications will be opened.
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    In the lower part of the screen, we can scroll over and open another application
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    All of the other applications that are on the phone and that support the split-screen mode will be listed below. We can note that not every application on our phone will support the split-screen mode.
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    We swipe left to the main screen
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    We'll see "No recently used apps." This indicates that in this video, no other applications that support the split-screen mode have been used. As we have seen earlier, the Phone and Contacts applications do not support the split-screen mode.
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    We swipe left now
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    Let's tap on Gallery
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    We'll have a screen with two Windows split up.
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    We tap on a picture in Gallery
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    It will be shown at the bottom.
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    We tap on a message in Messages
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    It will be shown on the top.
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    We tap on the middle circle to modify or close one of the Windows
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    We tap on the "X" to close the Messages window
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    Messages will be closed, and Gallery will be shown.
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    We press the home button
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    We'll be taken back to the home screen.
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    We tap the menu button
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    We will be given the option to open some applications in the split-screen mode.
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    We tap the rectangle icon next to "Messages"
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    We tap on Gallery
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    Gallery will also be opened.
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    When we have finished, we can press the home button
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    We'll go back to the home screen.
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    We can choose to open something normally
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    For example, we can tap on Messages. The application will be opened in the full-screen mode. The only time we can enable the split-screen function is when we tap the menu button. Then, we can choose to open applications with the split-screen option.
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    We tap on "CLOSE ALL"
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    Then, we can press the home button
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This concludes our tutorial on how to use the split-screen mode on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Thanks for watching VisiHow! Give us your questions, comments, or suggestions in the area below. Have a great day!

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