How to replace apps drawer with smart search on Samsung Galaxy tablets

Introduction
The Edge apps panel in One UI offers additional space for your frequently used apps. Moreover, the majority of Galaxy tablets have a large enough display to fit all the apps you need on your home screen. Along with keeping all of the necessary apps on the taskbar, home screen and the optional Edge apps panel, you can also hide or group all of the apps you don’t use. There can be times when you won’t find the apps drawer as useful as the smart search button. Users can also disable the apps drawer to replace it with ‘Search from Home Screen’ feature.

‘Search from Home Screen’ feature
This smart search engine can be used to look up settings, apps, files, contacts, and more on One UI. Now that the “Swipe up” home screen gesture is available for the “Search from Home Screen” feature on Galaxy tablets, it is possible to disable the apps drawer. Additionally, this smart search feature can be more helpful than the apps drawer on tablets with large enough screens and free space on the home screen. It is important to disable the apps drawer to replace it with the smart search option. Here’s how you can do it:

It is important to note that the home screen settings for each of these two modes are different. You will discover all of your shortcuts and home screen settings exactly as you left them when you first enabled the “Home screen only” option, should you choose to re-enable “Home and Apps screens.”

Replacing apps drawer with smart search
The next and final step is to enable the “Search from Home Screen” feature after the apps drawer has been disabled. Here’s how it’s done:

Conclusion
After enabling the smart search feature your Galaxy tablet’s home screen will help you find your frequently used apps more efficiently.

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