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Samsung Tab S9 fe+ problem: Home screen grid does not stretch to take up full screen

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Nilpac
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Hello,

I recently bought the Samsung Tab S9 FE+ and i'm having problems with the display on the home screen.  Actually for both the home screen and the app screen.  In both cases, roughly 15-20% of the screen on the left and right sides, as well as the top and bottom, are blank and not utilized.  No matter what option I choose for the grid or any display settings I try to adjust the zoom, there is large blank areas all around that I cannot put apps or widgets on.  So a lot of my space is basically being wasted and it makes everything look weird.  It appears like the grid that everything locks to is incapable of extending to the full screen size.  I have the taskbar at the bottom disabled as with tablets I don't need that, I just want to put the apps I frequent on my home screen and have it take up the full tablet screen.  I tried Samsung support who remoted in via Smart Tutor and played around with settings but to no avail, they just ended with "you can suggest better options in the future" which is not helpful.  Any ideas or help on how to do this? 

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bill-e
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Unfortunately, that is as designed and as far as I know there is no workaround for it.
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Nilpac
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I was hoping for more than "that's just how it is"  Bill šŸ˜‚

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Nilpac
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Who wants to do that on a new tablet though?  I've had 20+ tablets in the last 10 years across myself, my wife, and my kids - including older Samsung ones - and this was never an issue on any of them.

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You've had 20+ tablets and this is the first time you've noticed this "issue".
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Nilpac
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No, i've had 20+ tablets and none of them had this issue. This is the first tablet where it looks like this.

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