There is the possibility on the Samsung Galaxy S7 to send a text message to several recipients at the same time. This feature is very useful because you only have to write an SMS once in the case of general messages, but it can be sent to up to 20 different contacts.

We now explain to you how to send a text message to several recipients on the Samsung Galaxy S7 at the same time. To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Open the text message app on the Samsung Galaxy S7.

2. In the overview, tap the round circle with the stylus in the bottom right. This allows you to send a new SMS message.

3. In the new message, tap the Contacts icon in the "Receiver" bar on the far right. You can now select up to 20 recipients to which the SMS is to be sent.

4. Tap "Done" after the selection. If you have written your message text, tap "Send" and the message will be sent to several recipients.

You now know how to send an SMS to many recipients at the same time.

If you send a lot of text messages with your Samsung Galaxy S7, it makes sense to add a signature automatically to your text messages, especially if you have business contacts. If you have searched for this option on your smartphone but have not found it, then this is due to the following reason:

On the Samsung Galaxy S7 with Android Marshmallow it is unfortunately no longer possible to attach a signature to text messages automatically. But we would like to show you a little trick on how to set a signature and then automatically insert it into the SMS.

To do this, please open the following submenu:

Home screen --> App Menu --> Settings --> language & input

Tap the Samsung keyboard here and scroll down to the menu item "Text Shortcuts". You can now add text string scripts by tapping "Add" in the upper right corner. Here is an example that you can use for your signature:

Quick access: “signature”

Extended text (which should appear when you enter the quick access):

"Yours sincerely your name, first name, telephone number”

Now save this text Shortcut. If you then enter the shortcut "signature" in a text message, then the fixed text, ie your signature, will be inserted automatically. We hope that this tip helps to insert a signature within a text message on the Samsung Galaxy S7.

If you want to make a call on the Samsung Galaxy S7 quickly, then it makes sense to put a shortcut on the home screen. This is possible with a widget. We will now explain how to place a shortcut on the start screen of your Samsung Galaxy S7 for fast calling a contact.

To do so, please proceed as follows:

Press once on a free area of ​​your home screen. This will now shrink and reveals more options. Please select "Widgets". You can either search for the "Contacts" widget by browsing the pages, or by tapping "More" in the upper-right corner, and then selecting "Find Widget". Enter "Contact" here and the right widget will appear immediately.

You can now select from the following options for the Contacts widget:

• Direct message - this will open the message app and the chat with the right person
• Direct dialing - the contact is called directly when tapping
• Contact - the contact info appears

Select here now the "Direct Dial" by pressing and holding it for a long time and then placing it on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Home screen. Then you can select which contact the widget should be assigned to. Finished!

If you tap on the home screen at this widget, the previously defined contacts will be called directly. A very useful feature, for those who want to call your loved ones, friends or friends very quick.

If you are sending a message within a group in the Messaging app WhatsApp, you may want to know which member of the group has received or read the message. You can view the delivery status of a WhatsApp group message as follows.

1. On your Android smartphone or iPhone, open the WhatsApp app.
2. In WhatsApp, open the group where you wrote your message.
3. Press and hold the sent message for a long time to display a toolbar.
4. In this bar, you will also find an information icon with an “i”. Tap it.
5. The message info will now open. In this window, you will be shown which of the participants of the WhatsApp group read the message
6. When you select a name, you will be shown in detail when the message was received and when it was read.

You now know how to check in WhatsApp which participants of a group have already read your sent message.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 provides the possibility to pinpoint emergency contacts. These contacts can also be called when the smartphone is locked by the lock screen. How to set emergency contacts on the Samsung Galaxy S7, we would like to briefly explain to you here:

Step 1: Assign emergency contacts to the ICE group on the Samsung Galaxy S7

1. Open the menu and then the contacts app from the start screen

2. Tap the "Groups" button at the top. You will now see the default groups that are active beforehand.

3. Select ICE emergency contacts here. Tap the "Edit" button and you can now add emergency contacts.

4. Save the ICE emergency group with your added contacts

Step 2: Emergency contacts - Allow call from the lock screen

1. To do this, lock the Samsung Galaxy S7 so that the lock screen is displayed.

2. Now drag the phone icon in the lower left corner to the center of the lock screen --> Tap "Emergency"

3. You can now add emergency contacts from the ICE emergency group. Up to three contacts are possible. Tap the plus symbol to add contacts. Done!

If in an emergency someone should find your Samsung Galaxy S7 and call one of your next contacts, he finds it under "emergency". Even if your Samsung Galaxy S7 is lost and found by a third party, the latter can notify one of your neighbors about the find about the emergency contacts.

You now know how to set up emergency contacts on the Samsung Galaxy S7, which can then be called even via the lock screen.

With the Messenger Snapchat, the interesting thing is that a "snap" is only visible for a short time. After an image, video or a statement has been sent, this is visible to the receiver only for a short time, after which it is automatically deleted.

However, you can also back up such messages in Snapchat by creating a screenshot.

Now you may ask yourself the question: How can I see in Snapchat, who made a screenshot of my message (Snap)?

We explain to you briefly how to recognize this very quickly.

Recognize Screenshot in Snapchat private chat

If you are in Snapchat within a private chat, you can see the message "... has taken screenshot" in the course of your messages. This means that your friend has created a screenshot of your snapchat message and stored it.

Using a symbol to recognize a screenshot has been taken.

A Snapchat symbol also shows that a screenshot has been created. The symbol consists of two arrows pointing to the right and left and stacked on each other (similar to a misshaped star). If this symbol appears in your history, a screenshot was taken by the other party.

Now you know what you can quickly see in Snapchat, whether a friend or friend has made a screenshot of your snaps.

If you use the App Snapchat on your smartphone and there are many friends in the friend list, then it can sometimes be confusing, who is who. Because only the Snapchat users are displayed, but not the real names.

To make sure you're not too confused, Snapchat has a feature built into its messenger app that allows you to change the name of your friends. We now tell you how to customize the names of the friends on a smartphone with Snapchat.

1. Of course, first open the app Snapchat

2. Select the name in the friend list, where you would like to change the name.

3. Now select "Edit" and you can change the name for this contact

4. With "Save" the app will take over the selected name for this friend.

You now know how to rename the Snapchat name of your friend in the friend list on your smartphone in the app Snapchat. So hopefully you have a little more overview in your friends list.

If you notice on your Samsung Galaxy A5 that when you press the soft-key buttons you do not feel any vibration, then you might want to activate the haptic feedback in the settings.

However, you will need to look in the settings of the Samsung Galaxy A5 a long time for this option, because it is not available. If you also notice that the Samsung Galaxy A5 does not vibrate even for oncoming new calls, then you can change this at least in the settings.

To do this, navigate from the home screen to:

App Menu --> Settings --> Sounds & Notifications --> Vibrations

Here you can activate the option "Vibrate when ringing". Afterwards, you will also receive the vibration as a notification when a call comes in.

Even if the Samsung Galaxy A5 does not have haptic feedback, as is the case with other Samsung smartphones, so at least the vibration on calls is possible.

If you have a Samsung TV with the function "Smart Hub", it may be that this does not work properly after the last firmware update. This keeps the TV in a boot loop when you open the Smart Hub, which means that no TV can be watched.

If this error occurs with your Samsung TV, then it only helps to proceed as follows, so you can again watch TV:

1. Switch off your Samsung TV
2. Disable the network connection, so either disconnect the LAN cable or turn off the W-LAN Router
3. Switch your Samsung TV back on
4. Now deactivate in the Samsung TV settings the "SmartHub" application

Afterwards you should be able to watch again TV without problems on your Samsung television. Most likely, Samsung will solve the problem within a few hours by using a software patch. Until then you can at least watch with the above-described tip TV.

If you have your Samsung Galaxy S7 coupled with the Bluetooth hands-free system of your BMW, Audi, Mercedes, VW, Chevrolet, Cadillac etc., then it can still be that the smartphone is not always recognized.

Normally, if you are sitting in your car with Bluetooth enabled, the hands-free system automatically connects. If this is not the case and you must always connect manually over Bluetooth, then you have to try the following tips:

Tip 1: Pair the Bluetooth hands-free kit again with the Samsung Galaxy S7

Please open the menu on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and then the settings. Now click on "Bluetooth". In the "Coupled Devices" section, tap the gear icon on your car's hands-free kit. In the next step, select Decouple. Your car is now decoupled. Now it must be reconnected again. This works as usual.

Tip 2: Start Bluetooth hands-free system/ Entertainment system always after activating Bluetooth

It is important that your Bluetooth on your Samsung Galaxy S7 is always activated before entering into your car. So when turning the car key and activating the system, it is then checked whether Bluetooth devices are nearby.

This search does not take place later with some Bluetooth hands-free car kits (after starting the car and a short trip). Sometimes it can also help to turn off the entertainment system, in which the Bluetooth hands-free kit is often integrated, and then switch it on again.

Tip 3: Reset Bluetooth App on the Samsung Galaxy S7

The Bluetooth settings can be reset in Android as follows. Instructions

We hope that one of these three tips helped you, that your car or the Bluetooth hands-free kit always automatically connects to the Samsung Galaxy S7.