Anyone else frustrated by the new way to mute your phone?

[NikoNikoNiko]

So, I reached out to Samsung through the beta feedback and finally got a response. Turns out, in the latest implementation, holding the volume down button no longer mutes your phone, it just sets the ringtone to vibrate. If you actually want to mute your phone now, you have to swipe down to your quick panel and tap the ringtone icon to put it on mute.

Honestly… who thought this was a good idea? It makes something that used to be quick, simple, and discreet, into a multi-step hassle. There are plenty of times like in a conference, a movie, or even while I'm out, where I need to silence my phone immediately, and this new process only makes that harder and inconvenient.

It wasn’t broken. Why "fix" it?

Curious if anyone else as annoyed by this change as I am? Would love to hear what you all think. Adding extra steps to mute our phones is completely unnecessary. If we don’t speak up now, there’s a good chance this will end up being permanent in the final update.

[NikoNikoNiko]

VERY annoying!!!

[Youu]

Same 😞

[NikoNikoNiko]

I'm really crossing my fingers that Samsung fixes this in the next beta update. In the meantime, feel free to submit feedback regarding this issue. The more complaints we have, the more likely it'll be looked at!

[userqpQY7dNOh3]

Totally agree that it should be like it was. It was much easier to mute

[Tom6068]

Create a routine that can be saved to your lock screen as widget and see how that works.

[-CROW-]

Here is a fix for you.
Open
Modes and Routines
Press on + sign top right
Under If
Select button action
Press and hold volume down key
Add condition time period select all day everyday
Under Then
Select Sound mode and volume
And select mute
Save
Now when the screen on or off just press volume down and hold and it will put your phone on mute

[Pinkdiva1]

Wow, this is very nice 👌
I am now envisioning your house to have all sorts of Alexa routines set up perfectly! Which i am over here just 1/2 the time praying for her to turn on my dang lights 😒 🙏 I give you 100 % props! This is awesome! 👏

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[itsjaylin1]

I've been using their method since the jump. You get used to it.

[itsjaylin1]

It takes 1 step to put your phone on vibrate via rocker, 3 steps to silence your phone and 3 steps to change phone into a mode (theater, sleep, etc) via the quick panel. Using your bottom volume rocker with 1 long press was either gonna go to silence or vibrate. Their stats likely show more people want to put their phones on vibrate rather than silent. Now here we are.