Where is the Assistant Menu on Samsung Galaxy Phones?

Do you want to enable the assistant menu on your Samsung Galaxy phones? If yes then you are at the right spot. In this guide, we’ll guide you on where is the assistant menu on Samsung phones?

Well, I have noticed some people download third-party apps like Assistive Touch on their Samsung Galaxy smartphones, which is quite unusual. If you dig into your Samsung’s settings, you can easily find the assistant menu, which is equally good as Assistive Touch on iOS devices.

However, using the Assistant menu feature, you can allow functions to enhance the usability of your Android phone for users with reduced dexterity. The menu will also display and reorder your regular use options. Adjust touchpad width, cursor size, and cursor speed as well.

When turning the Assistant menu on Samsung One UI 3.1 (Android 11), you can see a small screen that includes a menu that provides for recent apps, home screen, back, notification panel, cursor, volume, lock, screenshots, easy pinch zoom, device options, brightness and menu settings.

How to Enable Assistant Menu on Samsung Galaxy (Android 14)

Note: Enabling the Assistant menu on Samsung One UI 6.0 or later (Android 14) is the same as Android 13 and Android 12.

• Go to the Settings app.
• Scroll down and tap Accessibility.
• Tap on Interaction and dexterity.
• Enable the Assistant menu. Tap Allow.

Enable Assistant Menu on Samsung Galaxy

How to Customize it

To customize the Assistant menu, go to Settings > Accessibility > Interaction and dexterity > tap the Assistant menu text.

To add or remove items > Tap Select Assistant menu items.

Select Assistant menu items

To create Assistant menu shortcut > Enable Assistant menu shortcut.

Assistant menu shortcut

You can also set the size for the Assistant menu.

set the size for the Assistant menu

You can also set the transparency level and Assistant menu size.

set the transparency level

How to Disable and Hide Assistant Menu on Samsung

1. Go to the Settings app.
2. Scroll down and tap Accessibility.
3. Tap on Interaction and dexterity.
4. Disable the Assistant menu.

Disable and Hide Assistant Menu on Samsung

Assistant Menu Options

It supports the following functions without pressing hardware buttons. Here are some quick options for the Assistant menu:

• Home screen: go to the home screen
• Recent apps: open recent apps screen
• Back: go to the previous screen
• Volume: change volume and access other audio controls
• Lock: lock your phone
• Phone options: enable Power off, Restart, and Emergency mode
• Screenshots: take a screenshot of the current screen

Easily access items anywhere on your screen:

• Notification panel: open or close the notification bar
• Brightness: change of the screen
• Screen rotation: change your screen orientation
• Menu settings: go to Assistant menu settings
• Cursor: use a small touchpad and a cursor to access any part of the screen
• Magnifier: open a magnifier window controlled by a touchpad
• Pinch zoom: zoom in or zoom out with a single tap

Wrapping Up 

That’s it. This is how you can enable the built-in Assistant menu on Samsung Galaxy devices.

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