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How to Use Any App on Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Cover Screen
![Galaxy Z Flip 6](https://blogaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/How-to-Use-Any-App-on-Samsung-Galaxy-Z-Flip.jpg)
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 6 is one of the most interesting phones you can buy in 2024, but it has a major limitation.
By default, the cover screen can only be used to display a handful of Samsung’s own widgets, including Calendar, Reminders, and Weather.
You can run some apps by going to Settings > Advanced features > Labs and enabling the ‘Apps allowed on cover screen’ option. But at the time of writing, only five are available: Google Maps, Google Messages, WhatsApp, Netflix and YouTube.
That’s a pretty poor selection, especially when Motorola’s Razr 50 Ultra/Razr+ (2024) can run any app you download from the Google Play Store.
However, the good news is that you can also run the app on the Galaxy Z Flip 6’s cover screen. Here is the solution method.
How to run an app on the Galaxy Z Flip 6 cover screen
Samsung may not recommend it, but it does provide a way to access any app without opening your phone. However, it’s a bit complicated:
- Open the Galaxy Store app – it’ll be listed simply as ‘Store’ on the home screen and in the app drawer – and sign in to your Samsung account if you’re not already
- Find and install the ‘Good Lock’ app by tapping the down arrow next to it
- Open the app and then tap the ‘Life Up’ tab at the bottom of the screen
- Scroll down until you see ‘MultiStar’ and then tap the down arrow followed by the blue ‘Install’ button
- Once installed, go back to the ‘Life up’ tab, where ‘MultiStar’ should now be at the top. Tap to open it
- Select ‘I ♡ Galaxy Foldable’
- Select ‘Launcher widget’
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- Tap an app you want to add from the list to the cover screen
- Tap ‘Enable Home Widget’
- Tap ‘MultiStar’ and then tap the ‘Good Lock Launcher’ to add it to the cover screen
![Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 downloads any app on the cover screen](https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/any-app-z-flip-6-cover-screen-2.jpg?quality=50&strip=all)
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- That’s it! Close and unlock your device, then swipe left until you find the Launcher page. The icons for any apps you want to add will appear here. Tap to open one
![Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Good Lock startup widget](https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/any-app-z-flip-6-cover-screen-3.jpg?quality=50&strip=all)
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However, it’s worth noting that none of these apps are optimized for use on the Z Flip 6’s cover display. As a result, there may be bugs or issues when displaying certain content, while the small on-screen keyboard can make typing difficult.
Still, it makes the Flip 6 a much more capable device, and one that can compete well with the Razr 50 Ultra/Razr+ (2024).