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If you bought a Samsung phone within the last few years, there’s a very good chance you received an update to One UI 7. And if not, it should be hitting your device any minute now. Samsung started widely rolling out its update to numerous devices late last week, including the Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy S21 series, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and more.

For the most part, One UI 7 is a significant upgrade over previous versions. It’s smoother, has greatly improved animations, and there’s (finally) a vertical app drawer — just as God intended. But as much as One UI 7 gets right, there are two changes that can quickly prove headache-inducing.

If you’ve just updated to One UI 7, here are two settings you should change immediately to make the update even better.

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This is one of the biggest user-facing changes in One UI 7 and, arguably, one of the most polarizing.

In One UI 6 and most Android interfaces, your quick settings and notifications appear on the same page. When you swipe down from the top of your screen or your home screen, you have some quick settings toggles at the top, and your notifications below them. In One UI 7, however, this is not the case.