Looking for your GPS and location settings? You can also change fonts (we quite like LG’s Smart UI font) and even make all text bold. To adjust this, you’ll have to head back into Settings > Display and select “Font”. The default font size is far too large, but the second smallest available size, we find, is a perfect balance between display real estate and legibility. You can’t reduce the size of UI elements on the G8X, but at least you can reduce the font size. In Settings > Display > Screen timeout, you can adjust this to as brief as five seconds, or as long as 10 minutes.Īdjust the font size to fit more content on screen LG defaults its screen timeout duration to just 30 seconds, not quite long enough for the modern human. Here you can tweak the button order, add additional buttons for notifications, or select Gestures.
You can access these settings from Settings > Display, and scroll down to “Home touch buttons”. Bottom navigation buttons, or Gestures?īottom navigation buttons is still our preferred method of darting around Android, but the LG G8X ThinQ also has Gesture support. Tap on it, and set a schedule relative to your locality’s sunrise and sunset. To do this, head into Settings > Display and scroll down to “Comfort view”. Even if you’re running a dark mode on your device, we’d recommend turning this setting on if you use your device at night. Switch on Comfort view for better night-time browsingĬomfort View is LG’s blue light filter. You can force the G8X to use a dark theme for settings and menus by heading into Settings > Display and selecting “Night Mode”. Switch on night mode for that dark interface goodness We recommend you do, but won’t scowl at you if you don’t.Įither way, you’ll be required agree to the EULA and Privacy Policy to use the phone, but you needn’t agree to the “Activity Logs” section. While this is great and allows the user to agree to terms of use before using the device, it’s a bit of a pain to read. Like every other LG smartphone, the G8X isn’t shy of a legal documents page. The G8X weirdly lacks a facial authentication system, something that has become a staple on most flagships in 2019. The thumb is probably the best finger to scan, as using any other finger when the Dual Screen is attached becomes awkward. We tend to use a six-digit PIN for ease of use.Īfter this, just follow the instructions. The phone will then prompt you to scan a finger after explaining the permissions.Īfter tapping “next”, you’ll be required to select a second authentication method. To set it up, select “set up fingerprint” during the initial setup phase.
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Like the Huawei P30 Pro and Nokia 9 PureView, the LG G8X ThinQ has an optical under-screen fingerprint sensor.
If you’ve just glossed over this setting, you can find it in Settings > Display > New Second Screen again later. It’s an OLED panel, so hiding it with a black bar may preserve a little battery life, but the phone doesn’t look strange either way. Weirdly early into its setup process, the G8X will ask if you want to hide the notch - it calls it the “new second screen” - or leave it visible. Hide LG’s ‘new second screen’ or just leave it be These are some tips, tricks and settings we adjusted while setting up our LG G8X ThinQ for review. It’s a nifty little idea, and adds a s econd 6.7-inch display to what is already a device with plenty of screen real estate.īut, like with all phones, we recommend that you take a few minutes to set up the device’s key settings to best suit you. Instead of a single large display that folds into or over itself, LG has employed a second screen add-on - it calls it the Dual Screen - that attaches to the phone and acts as a protective cover.