Samsung One UI is known for customization and it has some amazing Lock Screen customization options which let you do much more than just unlock your phone. You can add different app shortcuts, contact information, and widgets, as well as customize the clock, notifications, and much more.

If you are among the people who like to personalize their phones with different elements, you should definitely check out these eight smart One UI 5.1 Lock Screen features.

One UI 5.1 Lock Screen features

Change Lock Screen Wallpaper:

Tap and hold your phone’s lock screen to open a live preview of your lock screen. Tap the “Wallpaper” button in the top-left corner to change your lock screen wallpaper.

You can choose a wallpaper from one of the default categories on the following page, or select an image from your Gallery. Once finalized, tap the “Done” option to apply the changes.

Add filter to Lock Screen Wallpaper:

Samsung offers you a variety of filters that you can apply on the lock screen wallpaper. At the bottom of the Lock Screen preview, there’s a “Filter” option. Tap on it and you will see some great filters.

Lock Screen Widgets:

Head over to the “Lock Screen settings” on your Galaxy phone and tap on the “Widgets” option. Now simply, turn the “toggle on” for the widget you want to see on the lock screen.

You can also reorder the widgets by tapping the “Reorder” option in the top right corner. Simply, tap and hold the widget you want to shift and arrange them according to your preferences.

• Related: How to add One UI 5.1 Battery widget on lock screen

Personalize Lock Screen Clock Widget:

Tap the Clock Widget on the live preview of your lock screen to unlock customization options. Select one of the five analog and digital clock styles from the pop-up window.

If you choose a digital clock, you can change its font by tapping the six available options at the top of the pop-up window. You can also change the clock color from the bottom bar or let One UI automatically adjust the color based on your wallpaper by choosing the first option.

If you want, you can resize the clock widget by dragging one of the four corners. Once you are satisfied with the result, tap on “Done” to apply changes in real.

Customize Lock Screen Notifications:

On the live preview of your phone’s lock screen, tap on the Notification icons, and the customization options will appear. Select one of the three notification styles from the following pop-up: None, Icon only, or Details.

If you choose Details, the following customization options will appear:

• “Adjust the transparency” of the notification using the slider in the pop-up window.
• Enable the “Auto-reverse text color” option if you want One UI to automatically adjust the notification text color based on the wallpaper for improved visibility.
• Finally, tap “Done to apply your customizations to the lock screen.

Add Lock Screen Contact Information:

Again, open the live preview of your phone’s lock screen through Settings. Tap on the “Contact Infomation” option at the bottom of the screen. Enter the contact information you wish to display on the lock screen in the following pop-up.

You can add a phone number, email address, or others as well as add emojis to the text. For example, I wrote “SammyFans” with two Blue hearts. Once done, tap “Done”.

Lock Screen Shortcuts:

The Phone and Camera app icons that appear on the bottom corners of the lock screen are shortcuts. You can them if as per your preferences. To do so, open the Lock Screen settings and tap on any of the shortcuts.

You can select the app installed on your device as well as go for useful functions like Flashlight, Bixby wakeup, Do not disturb, and more. Do the same with another shortcut. Tap the “Done” option when completed.

Use Good Lock’s LockStar module:

If you are not satisfied with the above-mentioned stock lock screen customization options, install the Good Lock’s LockStar module for further personalization capabilities.

Open the module and enable lock screen customization on the following screen by tapping on the toggle in the top-left. Now tap on the lock screen to open a live preview with the customization features.

Here, you can select the element you want to customize and drag it anywhere on the screen to change its location. If you want, you can remove unwanted elements by tapping the “X” button in the top-right corner of the selection.

However, if you accidentally remove an element, tap the empty area in its previous position to open a pop-up menu including elements you can add to the area.

Change the appearance of the lock icon at the top of the screen, the clock widget, the shortcuts, or the toast by selecting the element and then tapping the icon with four squares in the bottom-left corner of the selection.

There are more Clock faces, the ability to add up to 6 app shortcuts, the ability to add Stickers, and more. After you complete the customization, select the “Save” button in the top-right corner to apply the changes.

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Usually, kids don’t have a personal smartphones, they use the phone of their parents. But adults may have sensitive data or important/work-related files on their phones that they do not want their child to see or damage. In this case, a separate Samsung Account for your kid will be the best solution.

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You can create an individual Samsung Account for your child on your Samsung smartphone so that when they use your phone, they won’t reach your sensitive files and data.

It’s worth mentioning that you can only create a separate Samsung Account for kids on a Galaxy smartphone running One UI 5.1 software. If you have already installed the fresh software, here is a trick on how you can create an account for your child separately.

How to create separate Samsung Account for Kids:

First of all, you need to visit the “Settings” of your phone and enter the “Samsung Accounts” section. Now go to its “Family” tab and tap “Add family“.

Now tap on “Create a child account” and agree to the terms and conditions. After a parent or guardian authentication, enter your child’s information. Finally, verify the kid’s email and it’s done.

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Before heading to the trick, what’s a Battery Widget? The Battery Widget is a useful feature widget that shows you information about the battery status of your phone and all other connected devices at a glance.

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With this, you can easily check the battery of your Buds, smartwatches, and other Bluetooth devices effortlessly so you can charge them before they get discharged.

Moreover, the company offers this widget in two formats – one that appears in circles and the second one that appears in the list form. Circle one just shows the logo of the phone, buds, watch, etc alongside their battery. Whereas, the list also shows the name of the connected devices and their battery statuses.

Adding the Battery widget on your home screen is so easy. Just tap and hold the home screen, select the Widgets option, and choose the Battery. You can select which form of the Battery widget you want to see on your home screen. Well, I prefer the Circle one, it looks classy.

Here’s how to add One UI 5.1 Battery Widget on your Galaxy phone’s Lock screen:

It’s worth mentioning that Samsung officially does not allow you to add the Battery Widget on the lock screen. However, a trick will help you do this. First of all, you need to download an app named “Lock Screen Widgets” through this link.

Now install the app and complete the setup. Do note that it requires access from the Accessibility menu. Once done, open the app and enable the “Lock Screen Widgets” option which is disabled by default.

Now tap on the “Add Widgets” button, search for “Battery Widget” and apply it. Now go to the lock screen and tap the widget with two fingers to “adjust its size and position”.

After you place the widget in the desired position unlock your phone and go back to the “Locscreen widgets” app. Tap on settings, expand the “Visibility” drop-down, and enable these 4 settings –

• Hide when showing notifications
• Hide when notification shade shown
• Hide on security input
• Hide on FaceWidget

Thanks for the tip, V3trox360!

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The Korean tech giant brings new features and improvements to Samsung Camera with One UI 5.1 to enhance the photography and videography experience. Galaxy users can have greater flexibility to create pro-quality photos.

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One UI 5.1 Camera offers quick Expert RAW feature access, a selfie color tone adjustment option, advanced QR code scanning, an Image clipper, and more. For more information about these features and supported devices, you can see the complete explanation below.

Samsung One UI 5.1 Camera Features [Supported devices]

Expert RAW Quick Access

One UI 5.1 has added an Expert RAW feature to Samsung’s camera app to make your pro-grade photography easy. Yes, you can now easily select Expert RAW from the More menu, which was provided as a separate app.

If Expert Raw is not installed on your mobile, the Expert Raw icon is displayed when you can connect to Galaxy Store via a network connection.

Supported Devices: Samsung Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy S21 Ultra, Galaxy S20 Ultra, and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.

Professional Grade Shooting Experience 

Expert RAW delivers special shooting techniques like multiple exposures and astrophotography.

• Multiple exposures: Take multiple photos to provide a composite picture, so you can take original, creative, and professional photos.
• Astrophotography: Taken through with multi-frame composition and AI segmentation to match the movement of celestial objects.

Supported devices: Galaxy S22 (One UI 5 ), Z Fold 4 support scheduled (schedule to be announced later ), other models under review

Camera Assistant

Camera Assistant is a Good Lock module that lets you tweak detailed camera settings to your liking. In addition, the company continues to improve based on member feedback.

Supported devices: Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20, Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, Galaxy Z Flip will be supported.

Selfie Color Tone adjustment

Samsung added a Color tone feature to the selfie camera that let you adjust the tone of the skin easily by tapping on the effects options at the top right corner.

Read more: Here’s how to change the color tone of your selfie on One UI 5.1

Supported devices: Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20 Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, and Galaxy Z Flip will be supported.

Enhanced QR Code Scanning feature 

With One UI 5.1, the company optimized the QR code recognition engine to improve QR code scanning speed.

Supported devices: Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20 Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, and Galaxy Z Flip will be supported.

Image Clipper 

The new Image Clipper feature implemented on the S23 is available in the Gallery and Video Player apps and is set to roll out to existing models. The company will soon release the schedule for it.

Read more: One UI 5.1 doesn’t bring Galaxy S23’s object cut out tool to older Samsung devices

Support review model: Check the devices list here

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The Korean company has been offering the Picture in Picture feature for Galaxy smartphones for so long. It allows you to always keep an eye on the video you’re watching or directions to your destination even when you are performing other tasks on your phone.

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Just like Samsung Galaxy S22 introduced the Nightography camera feature for Galaxy users to capture effortless night pictures, the Galaxy S23 series will come with an AstroHyperlapse camera feature so that users will not have to compromise while shooting the stars.

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According to tipster Ahmed Qwaider, the AstroHyperlapse camera feature will not only let customers capture high-quality pictures of stars but will also allow them to shoot a short video clip from day to night in a professional way.

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If you are using one of the new Galaxy phones, you might be familiar with its Hyperlapse camera mode. It allows users to create their own time-lapse videos and record at different frame rates that automatically adjust with what you are recording. The new AstroHyperlapse is also likely to perform in the same way but to capture stars.

Moreover, Samsung will slowly expand the AstroHyperlapse camera feature to its older flagship phones including Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20, Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 3/4, and Galaxy Z Flip 3/4 with their One UI 5.1 update.

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Google newly brought the Clipboard function for Pixel users driving Android 13 software. It is exactly what it sounds like, it allows users to edit copied text and images before sharing them. The best use I’ve found for this feature is editing ridiculously long URLs I want to share with others.

This makes various tests easy on your phone as well as saves time. Some other features of the Android 13 Clipboard Popup are as follows:

Edit text/images in Clipboard –

Whenever you copy any text or image in Pixel’s Android 13, you will see a bubble in the bottom-left corner. Once you tap on it, it will open Android 13’s clipboard editor.

The copied text will appear to let you add or remove text as per your requirement. You can then paste the edited text wherever you want using the ‘Paste’ button. Meanwhile, if you have copied an image, you can crop it, add text to it, or draw on the image.

Share items in Clipboard –

On One UI 5.0, whenever you copy a text or image, you have to open the app first and then paste the copied content into it. But the Android 13’s Clipboard popup makes sharing items easy and convenient.

On Android 13’s Clipboard, you can paste the copied text or image into an app using the ‘Share’ button without opening the app.

Take action on data in Clipboard –

When you copy a text having a number, address, or email, the clipboard bubble, the Android 13 Clipboard will show a shortcut to the app that can open the copied text. For example, Maps for addresses and the Phone app for contact numbers.

Samsung One UI 5.1:

Samsung will introduce the new version of its current Android 13-based One UI 5.0 with the Galaxy S23 series phones in early February 2023. One UI 5.1 will obviously bring plenty of new features and I really wish to get this wonderful Clipboard popup feature for my Samsung Galaxy with this upgrade.

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Samsung Netherlands Newsroom has recently shared a new post revealing the new features and functions of the One UI 5.0 upgrade. The newsroom announcement clearly states that some of the new lock screen features will only be available in One UI 5.1.

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However, which Lockscreen features are coming to One UI 5.1 are not clear. All the new customization options mentioned for the lock screen are already there through the One UI 5.0 beta update.

Nor is there any possibility that Samsung can remove any of these lock screen features as these are available from the beginning and there is no problem in using them.

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Bixby Text Call, Multi-User features removed from One UI 5.0:

In the fourth One UI 5.0 Beta update for Galaxy S22 devices, Samsung has removed the Multi-user feature and said that it’s not coming in the stable version too. Simultaneously, the One UI 5.0 Beta 5 which was released earlier today ditched the Bixby Text Call feature.

It looks like we’ll see these two features in the One UI 5.1 upgrade. It’s worth notable that Samsung Newsroom nowhere mentions that these features will be available in One UI 5.1, it is just our expectation from the company.

Galaxy S23 will debut One UI 5.1:

Samsung will launch the Galaxy S23 series devices sometime in February 2023. These smartphones will come with a few major upgrades over the current Galaxy S22 models and One UI 5.1 software, which will be based on Android 13 OS, is one among them.

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