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yo what's up guys Jonathan here if you recently picked up a Galaxy S 9 or s 9 plus today I'm gonna show you five really useful tips and tricks and no this video is not sponsored by Samsung because tip number one is how to disable base beat now I realize some people out there may actually like bigsby maybe you find it useful you guys got a thing that's cool but if you're not the biggest fan of baek's me or you're tired of accidentally triggering it this is how you turn it off so this is actually a three step process and the first thing you're gonna want to do is to swipe right to head over to big spiel and towards the top right if you select the Settings icon this is gonna allow you to toggle off the big speed key so no more accidents next from there you can tap those dots next to the Settings icon that's gonna allow you to dive into some additional bixby settings towards the middle of the screen this is where you can disable Big D voice so good and toggle it off or almost there last step is to head home slide over to the left and then from there you can see there is a big speed home button go to toggle that off and bam big speed is no more so yeah Bigsby has been more frustrating than it has been helpful that's how easy it is to get rid of it now next step number two the galaxy s 9 and s 9 plus have amazing displays but out of the box you aren't taking full advantage of them now this may have happened to you where you're watching YouTube you go to settings to select the resolution and you see that it's capped out at 1080p and you ask yourself I thought this was a 1440p display it is don't worry no freak out but by default the galaxy s 9 and s 9 plus are set to tangy P so if you want to change that and maximize your resolution head over to settings display resolution crank that slider to the right to wqhd hit apply and your screen just got a little crispier now head back to YouTube assuming the video is higher resolution the 1440p option should now be available now from there there's one more trick that you can use to enhance your viewing experience head over to settings advanced features and then all the way towards the bottom there's something called video enhancer when you flip this on you can see which apps support it currently it is a video player that is stock with Samsung Google Play movies & TV YouTube and finally Netflix so what that's gonna do is give you a brighter and more saturated picture it's not gonna always be better in every single situation but it does work really well particularly in lower light see yet to mess with this some situations it may look good some situations you actually may prefer it off but at least now you know where it is so we went through those steps to maximize video but a great video experience can easily be hindered by poor audio and that's the galaxy s 9 Audio is poor or bad by any means but by default Dolby Atmos is turned off and here's how you turn it on you're gonna want to hit a settings select sounds of vibrations scroll all the way down again Samsung really likes to hide those features we're gonna select sound quality and effects Dolby Atmos is right there on the top so good and toggle it on and now you have the ultimate viewing and listening experience on your Galaxy S 9 now next and before anyone freaks out yes I realize Bluetooth 5.0 isn't new to the Galaxy S 9 specifically but it's still one of the few smartphones out there that has this feature and that leads something I think could be really useful and that's the ability to stream Bluetooth audio to two separate headphones simultaneously now if you're asking yourself why in the hell what I want to do that maybe you're a couple that wants to listen to music together maybe you got kids and they're watching something in the backseat now with this they can share one screen but each have a pair of headphones or potentially maybe you got a neighbor AB it's like you turning up music while you're watching something now you can watch something together each have your headphones and have an amazing audio experience but the thing is by default samsung has this disabled so from there we're gonna head over settings connections first make sure bluetooth is on once it is go and select that and then towards the top right hand side so those three little dots tap that select dual audio and then from there that's gonna give you the ability to toggle it on or off in this case we want to toggle it on now if that sounds awesome and you want to take advantage of that but you have yet to jump into the bluetooth headphone world I'll go to link a few my favorites all under 100 bucks down in the description next from there one of the biggest features of the galaxy s 9 and s 9 plus is 960 fps slow motion video but there are a couple downsides one it only captures those high frame rates and in really really short bursts so it's not going to be useful for most everyday situations in - it's only capturing that video at 720p so you're not getting the highest resolution and you need a ton of light to really make it look good so if not chances are it's gonna look like you shot it with a potato so conversely a more useful feature on the galaxy s 9 it's going to be 240 FPS slow-motion video at 1080p it's higher resolution you need less light but by default you have no idea that it's there this one you really and I mean really have to dive deep into the menus to find in the camera app head over to settings instinctively you probably want to head over to video size to select a frame rate but nope it's not there you actually got to scroll down right below common you want to select edit camera mode then select the rear camera once again all the way towards the bottom you want to select that checkmark and that will enable a slow motion video that way when you head back to the camera app if you swipe to the left you're gonna see super slo-mo video AR emoji hyperlapse and then finally slow motion video that's going to be 240 FPS at 1080p so enough of my stupid faces the last tip was actually inspired from a Samsung commercial where they use Pro Mode and long exposure on the Galaxy S nine to essentially paint with lights also a huge shout out to my buddy Brighton for helping me put this shot together he's a really really talented photographers make sure you guys check him out I will link his Instagram down below also to give you an idea of how dark it was here's me walking around with steel wool on fire please please please do not try this at home a much safer alternative is going to be the flashlight on your smartphone so to do this one you're gonna need to be in a really dark environment and to enter the Pro Mode on your Galaxy S 9 camera app from there the first thing you're gonna want to do is slide your shutter speed all the way up to ten seconds you will don't absolutely need some sort of tripod or way to mount your phone because if you try to go handheld it's gonna turn out like a mess next up in there you're gonna want to slide your ISO down to its minimum setting in this case 50 it might seem a little dark but trust me with a shutter speed that long it's gonna capture a ton of lights now a couple really useful small tips is one use manual focus that way the camera is not hunting and searching for the object and then to make sure to use a timer that way once you have the capture button you're gonna minimize any chance of accidentally shaking the camera so it's kind of crazy to see what you can do with a smartphone camera posted as an Instagram and a lot of people thought it was a DSLR for reference here's a couple behind-the-scenes looks at shots that were actually taking on a Canon 5d Mark four definitely impressive and for sure better when you compare it next to the Galaxy S time but still it's kind of crazy what we can capture today on a smart phone aside from that thank you guys very much for watching hopefully enjoyed the video if you did maybe drop a like maybe subscribe you haven't yeah it's also if you want a chance to win your own Galaxy S 9 make sure you guys check out this video here or in the link below this is Jonathan and I will catch you guys later