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You can play some fun games on the Galaxy Z Flip 5‘s cover screen. The 3.4-inch squarish display supports a bunch of mini-games that can quickly freshen up your mood. The only catch is that you need Good Lock. If you have access to this customization suite from Samsung, here’s how to activate mini-games on the cover screen of your Galaxy Z Flip 5.
To get started, you must download Good Lock on your foldable. If you live in a supported region, you can find the app on the Galaxy Store. You can click here or manually search for the app on the store if the link doesn’t work. Once Google Lock is installed, download and install the MultiStar module on your Galaxy Z Flip 5. It’s available on the Galaxy Store too (click here).
Now, open the MultiStar app and tap on the I ♡ Galaxy Foldable menu at the top. Go to the Game Widget section and activate the widget. When done, go back to the homescreen, fold your Galaxy Z FLip 5, and turn on the cover screen. Finally, swipe to the left side of the screen until you find the Games Widget. Tap on it and voila! You have a dozen mini-games to play on the cover screen.
A list provided by SamMobile has the following titles: Back Bounce, Cake Slice Ninja, Carrom Clash, Color Burst, CubeTower, Daily Solitaire, Gold Adventures, Moving, Northern Heights, Pin The Ufo, Retro Drift, and Tiger Run. All of these games are optimized for the Galaxy Z Flip 5’s cover screen, so you should get smooth gameplay. It’s unclear if Samsung plans to add more games in the future.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 can run any app on the cover screen
The Galaxy Z Flip 5’s larger cover screen isn’t just about playing mini-games, though. The screen is big enough to run any app, and it does. Unfortunately, Samsung doesn’t offer this capability by default and instead, it wants you to manually enable the feature using Good Lock.
The problem is that Good Lock isn’t available globally, blocking some Galaxy Z Flip 5 users from getting the best out of their new foldable. Thankfully, there’s a third-party alternative that offers the same function. The CoverScreen OS app allows you to run any app on the new Samsung foldable’s external display. Hopefully, the Korean firm will roll out Good Lock globally to ensure that users don’t have to rely on third-party software.