How to Create App Pair on Samsung Phone & Tab to Home Screen, Edge Panels & Taskbar

Do you want to use your favorite apps at the same time as Facebook and Instagram on a Samsung device? For that, you need to create app pair. In this post, you’re going to learn how to create app pair on a Samsung phone and tab on the Home screen, Edge panels, and Taskbar in Android 14 and Android 12L respectively.

Your Galaxy phone or tablet’s large AMOLED screen makes multitasking a breeze. This entails that you can launch two programs simultaneously and utilize them normally in a split-screen configuration. Additionally, you may utilize a very useful feature called App Pair to quickly open the applications.

App Pair: What is It?

You may use the App Pair functionality to launch two apps of your choice simultaneously in a multi-window session. You can activate a pairing that you use frequently with only one press thanks to this wonderful functionality. By allowing you to switch between programs, change the display’s size, and copy data from one app to the other, it will turn you into a multitasking ace. The ability to multitask on your phone is further enhanced with App Pairing and Apps Edge. Stream movies while responding to messages at the same time, or surf the web while corresponding with pals on social media.

Create App Pair on Samsung Galaxy Phone (Android 14)

In order to use the paired app on your Galaxy phone, you must enable Edge panels:

• Go to the Settings app.
• Tap Display.
• Edge panels.
• Enable Edge panels.
• Tap Panels and make sure to choose the Apps option.

1. Open the recent apps by swiping up if you’re using gestures. However, tap the recent button if you use the navigation buttons.

2. Tap on the app icon you would like to use as an App Pair. Then select Open in split screen view.

3. Choose your second app. 

4. Once the apps are selected, tap the 3 dots.

5. Select the star icon. On the Add pair to pop-up windows, choose Home screen or Apps edge panel.

6. To use your App Pair, simply access your Edge Panel and tap on your App Pair icon.

Create App Pair on Samsung Galaxy Tablet (Android 12L)

Fortunately, Galaxy Tablets running One UI 4.1.1 based on Android 12L, you can create and use app pairs for Edge panels, Home screen, and Taskbar.

Note: You must enable Edge panels for Galaxy Tab as well. Once enabled, follow the below steps.

1. Open the recent apps by swiping up if you’re using gestures. However, tap the recent button if you use the navigation buttons.

2. Tap on the app icon you would like to use as an App Pair. Then select Open in split screen view.

3. Choose your seconds apps. 

4. Once the apps are selected, tap the 3 dots.

5. Tap on the star icon.

6. You can add pair to Taskbar, Home screen, and Apps edge panel. Choose anyone you want.

Create App Pair on Samsung Galaxy Tablet

7. We choose the Home screen.

Home Screen App Pair Samsung Tab

That’s it. These were the steps to create an app pair on Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets.

Read more

• How to Split Screen in Samsung Galaxy (Android 12)

• How to Change Recent Apps Style Samsung Galaxy: One UI 4.0 & Later [Android 12]