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Galaxy Watch 7: show apps in list view

(Topic created: 04-21-2025 07:18 PM)
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PSLB
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I have the Galaxy Watch 7. I want the apps on the watch to show up in list view. I have tried everything I have read online, but either the setting is not visible, or the instructions don't match what I see on the watch or app on the phone

 

Any help would be great 

Steven 

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Robin621k
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Do you mean a list view in the app drawer?

This is not possible.
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I think when they went to WearOS they removed that option. It might've been a Tizen thing
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realaud
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Often, what we want and what we get are two different things.  There is no way to convert the icons to a list.  It's a watch, you get icons.  Even if you are, like me, iconically impaired, you should easily be able to recognize the icons of the apps you use regularly.  Having them as icons on the apps screen also gives you the ability to arrange the apps in an order logical to you and also group them into folders if you want to declutter the screen (or hide apps you don't use).


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lil-oz
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For some reason, Samsung has chosen not to enable the option to show a list setting.

The next major watch update should be launching in ~3 months, maybe (hopefully) they add it then
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realaud
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The reason is that there is no reason to.  A list will take up much more room on such small real estate.  It's more ergonomic to have the app screen as icons. For the three people that want that feature, it's not worth working it in.


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Members_0Qd7Hk2
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Three people? Maybe you should check again because there are actually many people that prefer this. I don't know what half the icons are on my watch and I don't want to have to memorize them. Also, it doesn't seem to be a problem on the pixel watch Even though they have a round display as well.

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Members_bcJ74Js
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which app launchers for samsung watch7 (wear os ui 6.0) have both a grid view and a list view - with icon labels?

their urls, please

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realaud
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ASFIK, there is no other launcher for the watches.  WYSIWYG.  Anyone wanting a list isn't being practical.  It would be much harder to read the small print of a list on the tiny watch screen than to learn to identify the brightly colored, easily recognizable app icons.


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dcOaxingtun
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Samsung/somebody could simply provide us two sets of app icons, one  imprinted with app names, the other wordless.

Named icons would help us learn to recognize app logos/symbols, perhaps even to put them in alphabetical order.

 

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