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How to Enable Floating Windows on Samsung Galaxy A57 with One UI 8.5

How to Enable Floating Windows on Samsung Galaxy A57 with One UI 8.5

Floating (pop-up) windows are switched on with a swipe gesture. Enable Swipe for pop-up view under Advanced features → Multi window.

✅ Tested on
  • DeviceSamsung Galaxy A57
  • SystemOne UI 8.5
  • AppSettings
  • Also works onOther Samsung phones running One UI 8.5
  • Last verifiedNovember 7, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open the app drawer and tap Search

Swipe up from the home screen to open the app drawer, then tap the Search bar at the bottom.

Open the app drawer and tap Search

Tap Settings in Suggested apps

In App Search, tap Settings under Suggested apps.

Tap Settings in Suggested apps

Scroll down and tap Advanced features

Scroll down the Settings list until you see Advanced features, then tap it.

Scroll down and tap Advanced features

Tap Multi window

On the Advanced features page, tap Multi window.

Tap Multi window

Turn on Swipe for pop-up view

Tap the Swipe for pop-up view toggle to turn it on. It turns green when enabled.

Turn on Swipe for pop-up view

Good to know

  1. On this phone the setting is called Swipe for pop-up view, under Settings → Advanced features → Multi window.
  2. The video only turns the gesture on. It never opens an app as a floating window, so the pop-up itself is not demonstrated.
  3. Swipe for split screen and Full screen in Split screen view are separate toggles on the same page and are left off.
  4. Once the gesture is on, swipe diagonally inward from a top corner while an app is open to shrink it into a floating window. That gesture itself is not shown in the video.

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