Galaxy S10 has an option to hide the front camera cutout

Galaxy S10 has an option to hide the front camera cutout


If you weren’t too passionate about that camera cutout that Samsung has introduced with their lately announced Galaxy S10 flagship line, we have sort of good news for you. There is truly a way for you to hide that and provide your smartphone a cleaner and more enjoyable look. You have the option to provide a virtual bezel at the top so it looks similar to your device doesn’t have that cutout where the front-facing camera is situated. However, you will not get that almost bezel-less look that you probably like.

When you have your Galaxy S10, simply go to the settings and appear for the Display menu. You’ll see a Full-Screen apps segment and under that, you’ll see the Hide front camera alternative. Tapping that will add a black bar to the top of your screen, hiding that cutout that may not be visually attractive to everyone who desires to have a clean-looking display.

However, don’t rejoice yet. Doing so will really reduce the real estate obtainable on your screen. It will give you superior bezels at the top and if you’ve gotten used to the almost bezel-less look that Samsung flagships have had over the years, then it will be visually jarring for you as well. So you will have to decide between having thin bezels but seeing that cutout or making it “disappear” but having thicker bezels than usual.

If you’re receiving the Galaxy S10+, the virtual bezel would be more helpful as you truly have the two front-facing cameras on opposite sides of the screen instead of the middle. So you really get two cutouts on the left and the right so having a black bar to hide them may be the improved option.

It will also take various time for developers to adjust their apps to house that cutout. So just hiding it would still make using apps and games superior as they have yet to update the app to work around it.

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