Innovation Lab: Share your ideas on Modes & Routines

[Admin]

Hello Samsung Members,

Guess what! Your ideas and recommendations have helped improve the Galaxy experience for everyone in the community.

We can’t thank you enough. Let’s make it even better.

In this week of Innovation lab, drop your ideas for the topic Modes and Routines directly to our teams.

Modes and Routines offer options as follows:

1. Custom Routine: You can create your own custom routines of daily activities that will run automatically. Select your preferred conditions and take actions.

2. Sleep Mode: Automate your phone actions with your sleeping schedule with features like switch sound to vibrate, dark mode etc.

3. Driving Mode: Open maps, play music, change sound mode lets you perform useful actions while you drive.

4. Exercise Mode: Perform actions while you work out with play music at certain locations.

Wondering if there are more ways you can get the most out of the Modes and Routines app?

We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions.

Here are some ideas to begin with:

1. Recommend useful conditions/actions to be added.

2. Suggest useful daily routines based on User Lifestyle.

3. How can we decrease complexity of Modes and Routines?

4. Is UI hard/complicated to understand? How can we increase the ease to use for users to make it user friendly.

Here’s what you need to do:

1. Comment below describing your idea/suggestion

2. Include illustrations/diagrams/images or any detail you feel will help us understand it better

3. Include #InnovationLab #ModesAndRoutines in your comment title/subject/body

We’re eagerly looking forward to your recommendations. Please note that you can send in your entries till 25th of September.

We can’t wait for your ideas already.

Cheers,

Samsung Members Team

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[17sethi]

Shared routines for alerting family when a spam call is detected

“Sleep Mode” to block fraud calls after 10 PM

[17sethi]

Use Pre-Built Templates
Examples: “Banking Safety Mode”, “Anti-Spam Mode”, “Travel Protection Mode”

✔ One-Tap Toggles Instead of Manual Setup
“Activate Safe Banking” → applies multiple protections automatically.

✔ Auto-Suggestions Based on Habit
If the user rejects 5 unknown calls → suggest a Spam Silence Routine.

✔ Grouped Actions
Instead of choosing 8 steps manually, provide bundles like:

"Privacy Mode"

"Payment Mode"

"Family Emergency Mode"


✔ Language-Based Guidance
Routine creation should support Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, etc.

[17sethi]

Yes—many users find Google Routines confusing. Here's how to improve usability:

✅ Make It More User-Friendly:

1. Visual Tiles instead of long lists
(Example: “Silence Spam Calls” tile)


2. Simple Language
Replace “Triggers & Actions” with “When & What”.


3. Step-by-Step Setup Wizard
Ask:
→ What do you want to avoid?
→ Which apps need protection?
→ When should this apply?


4. Icons + Descriptions
Help users quickly recognize spam call blocking, SMS filters, banking mode, etc.


5. Separate Tab for “Security Routines”
So users don’t mix them with alarms or smart home controls.


6. Voice-Based Setup
“Ok Google, create a spam blocking routine.”


7. Preview Before Activating
A small summary screen of actions.