How To Quickly Open Camera On Galaxy S9 And Galaxy S9 Plus (Lock Screen Shortcut)

If you managed to buy Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus, you’re maybe accustomed to its top-of-the-line quality camera. You shall be able to have your smartphone’s camera quickly to be opened on your phone’s lock screen. With it, it’ll enable you to be more efficient in using it given that with one swipe, it shall open directly your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus camera instead of performing numerous taps on your screen.

By having a shortcut on your home screen, you’ll be able to capture that picture-perfect moment or that Instagram-worthy scenery you’ve seen around in you in a matter of seconds. By reading and performing the steps we catered below, you shall be able to use the lock screen camera shortcut on your smartphone.

1. Check whether your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus is already ON
2. Once you’ve checked that it is ON, head to the settings app
3. Press the Device option
4. Press the Lock Screen and Shortcuts and it should automatically be activated.

You can also add a number of widgets to your smartphone’s lock screen once you’re done with the whole process. You can particularly add the widget to your camera.

Be sure to examine the camera shortcut that you put on your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus home screen. We highly suggest reading the instructions below on how to access directly your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus camera when you’re navigating through its lock screen.

Steps in Adding a Camera Shortcut on your Samsung Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9 Plus

1. Double check whether your smartphone is already ON
2. Head directly to the Settings app
3. Press the Device option
4. Proceed to the Lock Screen options
5. Once done, check the option that says Camera Shortcut
6. A camera shortcut shall appear then on your lock screen once you’re done with all the earlier steps
7. Try swiping on the camera icon. If it invokes the Camera app once you’ve swiped it, then it’s working.

Now you’re good to go! You can access the camera quickly from your Galaxy S9 home screen.