▲ 536 ▼ Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 535 comments fedilink hide all child comments Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wasn’t that impossible for awhile? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe, but I’m trying to remember which model. My S8 and onward I always remapped my Bixby button via 3rd party app (no root) so maybe it was the S7 that wasn’t remappable? edit: The S8 was the first phone with the dedicated Bixby button, according to Google, so maybe it wasn’t remappable initially. I got it a year+ into it’s life cycle and I never activated Bixby permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tried to look it up: https://mashable.com/article/samsung-will-let-you-customize-bixby-button That article claims the option came out when the s10 was out. I seem to remember being able to mod it on my phone as well S9. Can't test it though because while I've had this phone for 5 years now I may have not babied it enough. The physical bixby button has fallen into the phone itself so I can hear ot rattle around. If I were speculating, I would assume it either A. became available to all 3 phones during that same software update, or we remember it sooner being part of something like putting the phone into developer mode so we could have further modifications permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for the link! Yeah, I definitely used a 3rd party app/software to be able to remap the S8 button. I think it was called something literally like “Bixby Remapper”. I thought I used the same app for my S10 but I might have just remapped it natively. As an aside, my S8 is still alive and kicking after all these years, while my S10 had button problems like yours + OneUI became a buggy mess on it after a year. The build quality just doesn’t feel the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe, but I’m trying to remember which model. My S8 and onward I always remapped my Bixby button via 3rd party app (no root) so maybe it was the S7 that wasn’t remappable? edit: The S8 was the first phone with the dedicated Bixby button, according to Google, so maybe it wasn’t remappable initially. I got it a year+ into it’s life cycle and I never activated Bixby permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tried to look it up: https://mashable.com/article/samsung-will-let-you-customize-bixby-button That article claims the option came out when the s10 was out. I seem to remember being able to mod it on my phone as well S9. Can't test it though because while I've had this phone for 5 years now I may have not babied it enough. The physical bixby button has fallen into the phone itself so I can hear ot rattle around. If I were speculating, I would assume it either A. became available to all 3 phones during that same software update, or we remember it sooner being part of something like putting the phone into developer mode so we could have further modifications permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for the link! Yeah, I definitely used a 3rd party app/software to be able to remap the S8 button. I think it was called something literally like “Bixby Remapper”. I thought I used the same app for my S10 but I might have just remapped it natively. As an aside, my S8 is still alive and kicking after all these years, while my S10 had button problems like yours + OneUI became a buggy mess on it after a year. The build quality just doesn’t feel the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tried to look it up: https://mashable.com/article/samsung-will-let-you-customize-bixby-button That article claims the option came out when the s10 was out. I seem to remember being able to mod it on my phone as well S9. Can't test it though because while I've had this phone for 5 years now I may have not babied it enough. The physical bixby button has fallen into the phone itself so I can hear ot rattle around. If I were speculating, I would assume it either A. became available to all 3 phones during that same software update, or we remember it sooner being part of something like putting the phone into developer mode so we could have further modifications permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for the link! Yeah, I definitely used a 3rd party app/software to be able to remap the S8 button. I think it was called something literally like “Bixby Remapper”. I thought I used the same app for my S10 but I might have just remapped it natively. As an aside, my S8 is still alive and kicking after all these years, while my S10 had button problems like yours + OneUI became a buggy mess on it after a year. The build quality just doesn’t feel the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for the link! Yeah, I definitely used a 3rd party app/software to be able to remap the S8 button. I think it was called something literally like “Bixby Remapper”. I thought I used the same app for my S10 but I might have just remapped it natively. As an aside, my S8 is still alive and kicking after all these years, while my S10 had button problems like yours + OneUI became a buggy mess on it after a year. The build quality just doesn’t feel the same. permalink fedilink source parent