Let’s talk about the Galaxy HDR technology implemented in the Galaxy S23 series. But do you know what HDR is? If you do not know, then let us tell you that HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a technology that expresses bright and dark areas as widely as possible.

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When we take pictures or videos, we get images with suitable brightness through AE (Auto Exposure) operation which adjusts the exposure. However, when shooting indoors in backlit conditions or while looking out a window, bright and dark scenes coexist, resulting in images that are bright or dark depending on the scene.

Samsung Galaxy S23 HDR Technology

In Samsung Galaxy S23, the company uses the MF-HDR (Multiple Frame HDR) compositing method. It is a technology that takes pictures of different brightness by continuously adjusting the exposure, and then extracts the video information of the bright part from the bright picture and the video information of the dark part from the dark picture, and combines them into one picture.

Since the image is created by selectively combining bright and dark object information, an image with optimal brightness is created. However, since MF-HDR captures multiple consecutive scenes, there is a lag between scenes.

It means that a moving subject is prone to ghosting when the motion vector and image overlap, so it is recommended to use it in a shooting mode where the subject moves little.

On the flip side,  in motion picture mode, SF-HDR (single-frame HDR) technology is applied, and image sensor IDCG (Intrascene Dual Coverage Gain) technology is used to capture and synthesize bright and dark scenes simultaneously.

Image sensor iDCG technology generates electrons, that is, electrical signals, according to the brightness when light is incident on the photodiode of the image sensor, and the image sensor’s internal circuit (ADC: Analog Digital Converter and Logic Circuit) is used to convert the image sensor does for voltage. It goes through a process of change.

During the conversion of light into an electrical signal, electrons are placed in a cup called FD (Floating Diffusion) to measure the number of electrons. Determine a specific ratio based on the capacity of the cup and convert it to a voltage signal.

In the case of existing sensors, the capacity of the cup is limited to one, so it is difficult to take great pictures in environments with frequent changes in light and dark.

If the cup potential is large in a dark environment, it will be difficult to clearly express the dark part because the small light information cannot be converted into a sufficient voltage. It’s hard to articulate the bright parts well.

iDCG technology converts the existing one cup into two cups of different capacities, selects the smaller cup in a dark environment, selects the larger cup in a bright environment, measures twice, synthesizes in real-time, and HDR improves the performance of the image.

In the case of SF-HDR using 1 exposure, it is better for shooting moving images than MF-HDR using 2 exposures because of the sharpness of the subject’s movement. In addition to this, the company is preparing to bring HDR performance closer to the human eye through camera image sensors and ISP technology.

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One UI 5.1 update has further improved the Reamaster feature of the Samsung Gallery. Gallery’s Photo Remaster feature uses AI quality assessment technology to detect and improve various quality issues in photos. You can see this feature through the Recommend menu in the Gallery. When you open this option, you can see several recommendations.

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Samsung One UI 5.1 Remaster Function

The company has added new advancements to the Samsung Photo Remaster function with One UI 5.1. You can take a look at them below.

GIF improvement

Today, GIF is becoming a way to express yourself in a different way. So, you can have a lot of GIFs, but I think there’s a lot to be regretted because the GIFs you really want to keep are low resolution and noisy.

The GIF Remaster implemented on Remaster improves low resolution and removes the unique compression noise that occurs in GIFs, helping you preserve GIFs more clearly.

Remove Shadows and light reflections

Added a Remake function to remove unnecessary shadows and reflections when taking pictures. This is a feature that was previously offered by photo editors but can now be detected and improved upon with a remaster button.

Correct Wide Angle Distortion 

To capture more views, you take photos with a wide-angle lens. However, when shooting with a wide-angle lens, there is distortion due to the different refractive indices of the wide-angle lens, so it must be somewhat disappointing.

Sympathizing with the plight of these customers, the company added a distortion correction engine to detect these parts and correct the distortion as much as possible. If distorted left and right corner characters appear, they can be corrected by remastering.

One UI 5.1 expands some pro-grade features to more Samsung phones

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Built with sleep-tracking technology, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 can monitor your sleep patterns, track any movements, and see how they relate to your sleep score. This feature is one of the best ways we can better understand our sleep patterns to ensure that we are getting a better night’s sleep.

The snore detection feature of the Galaxy Watch 5 records the sounds you make while you sleep and alerts you. Healthy sleep consists of three main points – sleep duration, sleep quality, and a consistent sleep schedule. With the Galaxy Watch 5, you can take real steps to improve all three!

To better manage your sleep, check out below mentioned tips for using the Galaxy Watch 5 Series and consider a few tips to make sure your night’s sleep is as restful as possible.

• Track your sleep patterns: Sleep Score gives you detailed data on when you entered deep sleep, REM sleep, and how your sleep and wake times change.
• Better understand your sleep quality: With blood oxygen monitoring and snoring detection, you can learn more about your sleep patterns and your overall health.
• Sleep Training Program: With Sleep Coaching, get a sleep coaching program tailored to your real habits, delivered by one of eight exclusive sleep icon animals to help you understand and improve your sleep.
• Set the ideal sleep environment: Considering where you sleep is just as important as how you sleep, consider adding temperature and light controls to your home with automatic settings to ensure that The atmosphere is just right for relaxing.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is designed for adventure and the heavy-duty lifestyle with advanced GPS-based features, the longest battery in a Galaxy Watch, and a massive Super AMOLED display protected by an advanced sapphire crystal. Through groundbreaking bioactive sensors, the Galaxy Watch5 series empowers users with the most complete picture of their health information ever.

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The Korean tech giant has brought a bunch of improvements to the Samsung Gallery app with One UI 5.1, like One UI 5.0. The company aims to create the best multimedia experience for the release of Galaxy S23 smartphones.

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Samsung Galaxy S23 One UI 5.1 Gallery Features

Advanced Photo Remaster function 

With the Galaxy S23 series, Samsung has further improved the Remaster function of the Gallery app. The Photo Remaster function uses AI quality assessment technology to detect and improve various quality problems in photos.

You can now perform the recommended remaster function via the recommended menu in the gallery or achieve the desired photo on the single photo view screen. The company added three new remaster features.

1. GIF improvements 

Nowadays GIF is becoming a way to express yourself in a different way. So, you can have a lot of GIFs, but sometimes the GIFs that we really want to keep are low resolution and noisy.

So, the GIF Remaster feature improves low resolution and removes the unique compression noise that occurs in GIFs, helping you preserve GIFs more clearly.

2. Clear Shadow and light reflections 

Added a Remaster function to remove unnecessary shadows and reflections when taking pictures. This is a feature that was previously offered by photo editors but can now be detected and improved upon with a remaster button.

3. Wide angle distortion correction

Nowadays making movies is a big deal just like thinking of purchasing a monitor screen. We take photos with a wide-angle lens to capture more views. However, when shooting with a wide-angle lens, there is distortion due to the different refractive indices of the wide-angle lens, so this is a bit disappointing.

Empathizing with customers’ frustration, the company added a distortion correction engine to detect this part and correct the distortion as much as possible. If the garbled left and right corner characters appear, this can be corrected by remastering.

Improved Story Function

1. View Mode for Stories & Highlight moments 

Added viewing mode for viewing multiple stories in the Stories tab. If you want to focus on a single story, set Pinch Zoom to the max, so you can zoom to view multiple stories. To operate a two-finger zoom in/out, move two fingers to the pink arrow shape in the sample photo.

At the top of the Stories tab, you can quickly see stories related to today’s date, such as the best moments from today and a year ago.

2. Favourite Stories 

You can now quickly view the stories by adding them as favorites. You can easily add your favorite stories to the Favorites options by tapping on the heart icon.

3. View Slide Show

Previously, the stories were delivered in the form of cards, as if you were looking at a deck of cards, but now it has turned into a fun and quick slideshow so that you can enjoy it more dynamically. If you are curious about specific content while watching a story, you can quickly browse before/after content via tabs and slide down during playback.

Moreover, this story slideshow provides a theme by binding BGM and filters for each mood. You can easily change filters and background music as you wish, save it as a video, and share it.

Enhanced Search function

The Search section in Gallery supports multiple searches by space (and search), but in the S23 Gallery, you can fastly and easily find what you want by entering multiple search keywords. You can also click a thumbnail of a person’s face in the search filter to find that photo or narrow it down to the person you like.

Content Details screen

In the gallery app, you can now view details about what you are viewing on the Gallery view screen by using the swipe-up gesture or by pressing the Details menu in the More menu.

Starting with the S23 series, the Swipe Up gesture and the Detailed Info screen of the More menu are combined, and available information such as camera shooting mode and resolution information is added. Also, if you swipe left/right on the details screen, you can enjoy the previous/next content while checking the details of the content.

Image Clipper Function

Samsung’s existing gallery provides lasso functionality for cutting objects. In addition to the existing Lasso function, the S23 has added a new function that allows you to easily cut out objects from the gallery and video player screens with one simple motion.

Just need to select a picture from the Gallery >> view One screen >> long-press the object to cut >> the object will be automatically cut. Now, you can copy the cut object to the clipboard, share it, or save it as an image.

Similarly, video players can also long-press and clip objects when the screen is paused. Cropped motion is updated continuously.

Currently, all the above-mentioned features are available only for Galaxy S23 series smartphones and the company will soon make them available for more Galaxy devices.

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Over the One UI 5.0 software, the Android 13-based One UI 5.1 update brings additional improvements, system refinements and a handful of new features. This hefty firmware package would surely take your experiences to the next level, thanks to the Galaxy S23 series.

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The South Korean tech giant has not yet officially disclosed which Galaxy phones and tablets are eligible for the One UI 5.1. However, all Galaxy devices that are listed for major firmware upgrades such as the Android 14 would surely receive the One UI 5.1 update soon. Let’s explore big upgrades!

One UI 5.1 – Top 13 upgrades

1. You will be able to easily change the color tone while capturing selfies as the Effects button arrives on the side of the screen.

2. Samsung Camera app is integrating the Expert RAW app. You will be able to use it from the Advanced menu of the native camera setting.

3. Your photos will be saved in Gallery without any kind of shadow or reflection, thanks to photo processing improvements.

4. Samsung Gallery will offer information on images at a glance with just swiping up from the image UI.

5. New battery widgets are on the way to keep you updated with battery status of all your smart devices (Watch, Buds L/R).

6. There will be an advanced option letting you decide the location of storage of screenshots and screen recordings.

7. New weather widget will be added with new graphical display to show summary of current weather conditions (Sunny / Cloudy / Raining / Snowing).

8. You will be able to set different wallpapers for Modes and Routines (Lock screen / Home screen).

9. One UI 5.1 focuses on improving the features of Notes app along with cross device usability.

10. Useful features and suggestions will now appear on top when you access system Settings.

11. Bixby Text Calls will gain English language support, Korean is already available.

12. System-wide animations and visual effects will get further improvements.

13. Internal code changes and refinements to offer better performance and power efficiency.

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One UI 5.1 update to come with a bunch of new features and functional improvements to provide a seamless Galaxy experience. With this major update, the company has made a lot of improvements and changes mainly to stock apps.

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The latest One UI update brings quick access to Expert RAW, 5GB storage for the common family album in the Gallery, enhanced AR Zone, new Battery and intuitive weather widgets, new options for Modes and Routine, Bixby text Call English support, and more.

Moreover, the One UI 5.1 update makes One UI 5.0 features widely available for more devices across different regions like English support for the Bixby text call feature. Also, it improves several features that came with the last One UI version.

Most importantly, the update will be available for several Galaxy devices in addition to the Galaxy S23 series. However, the AI Restoration feature will be exclusively released for the camera of the upcoming S series and the company may further make it available to other Galaxy devices.

You can take a look at the changelog of Samsung One UI 5.1 below.

Samsung One UI 5.1 Features 

Camera

• Changing the hue for a selfie just got easier
  Easily change the hue of your selfies with the Effects button on the side of the screen.
• Quick access to Expert RAW
  The Expert RAW app allows you to capture high-quality images without any processing or compression, perfect for those who want to edit their photos later. Accessing Expert RAW is now easier from the Advanced menu.

Gallery

• Common family album
  With Shared Family Album, sharing photos with your family is easier than ever. Gallery recommends photos to add to your shared family album by recognizing your family members’ faces. You also get 5GB of storage per family member (up to 6 people).
• Improved handling
  Processing automatically removes shadows and reflections to make your photos look great. You can also recreate GIFs for better resolution and clarity.
• Convenient information display
  If you swipe up when viewing a picture or video in your gallery, you can see at a glance when and where the picture was taken, on which device, where it’s stored, and more.
• Search has become more powerful
  You can now search for more than one person or item at a time. You can even search for people without tagging their names, just by clicking on their faces.
  Choose a location to save screenshots
  Now you can save screenshots and screen recordings in a folder of your choice by setting it up in the advanced features.

AR-Zone und AR-Emoji:

• Use 3 Emojis in AR Emoji Camera
  Take fun photos and videos with friends (up to 3 people) in mask mode. You can replace your friends’ faces with other characters by clicking the emoji.
• Layout and editing improvements in AR Doodles
  The brushes are now available on the main AR Doodle screen for quicker access. You can also resize and move drawings after you create them, and the new eraser tool lets you erase just a portion of your drawings without completely erasing them.

Widgets:

• New battery widget
  With the new battery widget you can check the battery level of your Galaxy devices. Right from the home screen, you can see how much battery your smartphone, Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Watch and other supported devices have left.
• Intuitive weather widget
  The new illustration style and a summary of the current weather conditions make it easy to know the weather information, whether it’s sunny, cloudy, raining or snowing.

Modes and Scenarios:

• Different wallpapers depending on the mode
  Set different wallpapers on the lock screen and the home screen depending on your current activities. Choose a background for work, one for sport and more by setting different modes.
• More conditions and actions for scenarios
  Run scripts automatically when you turn on airplane mode or mobile hotspot. Scripts can now open some apps, adjust left/right audio balance, and more. New actions now let you control Quick Share and touch sensitivity, as well as change the ringtone and font style.

Connectivity:

• Collaboration in Samsung Notes
  Create a shared note that multiple people can edit at the same time. Write a report with colleagues, take notes for a study group, or draw a picture with a friend. The possibilities are endless.
• Inviting to shared apps made easy
  Now you can easily invite people to shared albums, notes, and calendars using a link that can be shared across apps like messenger, email, and social networks.
• Advanced multiple controls between Galaxy Book and smartphone
  Now you can use your Galaxy Book’s mouse, keyboard, or trackpad not only with your Galaxy tablet, but also with your Galaxy smartphone. You can easily copy and paste text and drag and drop images from one device to another as if it were the same device.
• Media output for WiFi speakers
  If you want to continue listening to music on Wi-Fi speakers via Spotify Connect and the built-in Chromecast, simply open the media output from the quick access toolbar, not the music apps.
• Continue surfing on the PC
  If you surf the Internet on your smartphone with Samsung Internet and then continue browsing on your PC, you can find the websites you opened on your smartphone and continue browsing them with the PC browser.

Samsung DeX:

• Improved multitasking in DeX
  In split screen mode, you can now drag the splitter in the middle of the screen to resize both windows. You can also snap a window to one of its corners so that it takes up a quarter of the screen.

Settings:

• Settings suggestions
  Suggestions are now displayed at the top of the settings screen, letting you know about useful features to try or settings that need your attention so you can enable or try them right away.

Samsung-Internet:

• Improved search
  You can now search by folder name in bookmarks or by group name in tabs. Improved search logic allows you to find what you’re looking for, even if something is misspelled.

Setup-Assistant

• Faster and easier initial setup of your new Galaxy
  If you’re switching to a new Galaxy from a Galaxy or other Android device, simply scan the QR code on your old device to automatically migrate your Wi-Fi networks, Samsung account, and Google account to the new one Device to transfer without typing anything.

Weather:

• Detailed weather information at a glance
  Useful weather information is now displayed on the Weather app’s main screen. You can check severe weather alerts, daily weather reports, hourly precipitation and color temperature charts.

Calls:

• Bixby text calls
  Use Bixby text calls to automatically answer calls and find out the purpose of the call. You see what the caller is saying in a text chat, and you can tap or type replies that are read aloud to the caller. Bixby text calls are only available in English and Korean.

It is worth noting that the official announcement of the changelog has not been made by the company but well-known tipster Winfuture has shared it.

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The Galaxy S22 lineup started getting Stable One UI 5.0 update in late October. Nevertheless, the company amazingly achieved the fastest Android OS deployment in its history. Within 2022, Samsung managed to nearly finish the One UI 5.0 rollout for eligible Galaxy devices.

We’ve gathered which new features One UI 5.0 update brings:

Samsung Messages

With the One UI 4.1, Samsung enabled the capability of creating emoji pairs using the One UI exclusive Keyboard application. The new One UI 5.0 has the ability so you can delete unwanted emoji pairs with the new delete function.

• Besides “Create” button, One UI 5.0 added a new Delete icon inside the menu that can be accessed by tapping the “+” button.

Lock Screen

Adding extra fun to customization, the One UI 5.0 now allows users to modify the lock screen by using “touch and hold to edit” feature. It lets you easily edit and customize your lock screen by simply touching and holding onto the screen.

• Touch and hold on the lock screen to enter lock screen edit mode.
• A “Touch and hold edit” option has also been added to the lock screen settings menu.

Samsung’s Android 13 skin lets you easily change your lock screen wallpaper directly on the lock screen. The newly crafted Wallpapers library has various options including Wallpaper services such as Dynamic lock screen.

How to use Dynamic Lock Screen

Dynamic lock screen is an amazing function that is available on Galaxy smartphones inside the Wallpaper services section. You can access this mode by following the steps written below.

• Select Wallpaper in the “Touch and hold edit” mode on your lock screen > Scroll down to “Wallpaper services” > Select the arrow on the right > Select Dynamic Lock screen > select Apply.

How to customize lock screen clock style

The “Touch and hold edit” mode is not just limited to the above-mentioned two functions. It also allows you to change and customize your lock screen clock style and colors with easy visual modification tools.

More “how-to” for lock screen

Galaxy users can now edit and customize the notification settings by selecting the preview notifications. There are two options for lock screen Notifications including Icons only and Details, which show a preview as well so you can apply the best settings.

Samsung’s software has another lockscreen feature that makes it possible to open two apps (not any!) without unlocking the smartphone. You can swipe left or right to open apps directly from the lock screen interface.

The One UI 5.0 now allows users to change the apps for both “Left shortcut” and “Left shortcut.” You can assign two of the five available options that can be accessed without unlocking the phone including:

1. Calculator
2. Camera
3. Do not disturb
4. Flashlight
5. Voice recorder

Notification Settings

Inside the system Settings, the Notifications section is now reorganized so you can find related menus on a single-screen interface.

Go to Notifications in the settings menu > select App notifications to view the apps list and easily toggle each app’s notification on and off.

You can easily add contact exceptions in the Do not disturb notification settings. Go to “Do not disturb” under notification settings > select Calls and messages > Select + to add contacts to the exceptions list.

Moreover, it’s now easier to add contact exceptions in the Do not disturb notification settings. Just head towards “Do not disturb” under notification settings > select Calls and messages > Select + to add contacts to the exceptions list.

In addition, you can also find DND exceptions for the app under Do not disturb > App notifications, by just simply selecting + to add apps to the exceptions list.

Gallery

In One UI 5.0 software, you can get quick access to organize Albums by selecting “+” on the top right corner under Gallery > Album. There are several options available including:

1. Create an album
2. Create a group, and share an album
3. Auto update an album.

Furthermore, a new “View all” option has been added at the top for you to quickly access all your albums. And you will be recommended if there are people groups analyzed as the same person to integrate them into one group.

Modes and Routines

Samsung’s Android 13-based One UI 5.0 software system has now renamed the Bixby Routines to Modes and Routines – two different sections for user convenience.

You can utilize different modes to help you focus on your current tasks under the Modes tab, while the 2nd “Routines” tab allows you to add new routines or discover and manage existing routines.

Security and Privacy

Compared to the One UI 4.1, the One UI 5.0 update brings a major change to the security and privacy settings. With the latest upgrade, “Biometrics and security” and “Privacy” have been combined into one menu named “Security and privacy”.

Connected Devices

Connected Devices is a new menu that joined other system Settings with the One UI 5.0 update. The company grouped all Connections functions that are now available at a dedicated place called Connected Devices.

Safety and emergency

Safety and Emergency is another important part of a smartphone’s system Settings. In the One UI 5.0, you will notice an updated medical information icon while pressing on the lock screen to make an emergency call.

In addition, you will have options to provide additional medical information. To access new fields, select Medical info in the “Safety and emergency” settings menu and make the update. The safety and emergency settings have been redefined and now provide more detailed configuration.

Edit the Emergency SOS settings by selecting Emergency SOS.

Send messages to your emergency contacts by selecting Emergency sharing.

The “Shown on Lock screen” option has been added for you to enable or disable medical information that should be shown on the lock screen.

Widgets – Home screen

One UI 4.1 debuted the Smart Widget feature, which is now further advanced with the One UI 5.0 update. Now, users can stack multiple widgets to best utilize the space on the home screen.

Samsung One UI 5.0’s Stackable Widget feature allows you to create stack widgets by dragging and dropping option or by long pressing one of the widgets you wish to edit. Once created, you can long press to edit the widget or remove it.

Wallpapers – Home screen

One UI 5.0-based Wallpapers function’s preview screen gives you the option to edit your lock screen and home screen wallpapers. Go to Wallpaper > Select the wallpaper you want > A preview screen will pop up > select Preview to edit the wallpaper.

Freebie: Download Samsung One UI 5.0 Wallpapers

In case you select an image from the Samsung Gallery app to use as wallpaper, you can also apply filters to the wallpaper by selecting the “Filter” option at the bottom of the screen.

Color Palette – Dynamic Theming

Aside from this, the new Color Palette feature now offers you a number of palettes inspired by the Wallpaper of your home screen and lock screen. If you don’t want to go ahead with Material You Palettes, there are more ways added with One UI 5.0.

Basic Colors – Color Palette

The Samsung Android 13 update brings a new Basic colors tab in the Color Palette section of Wallpapers settings. You have to access the Color palette under “Wallpaper and style” to view these options.

You can also turn the Color Palette on/off by using the toggle button. Select different wallpaper palettes by choosing Wallpaper colors and Basic colors to view additional color modes.

Weather Widget

One UI 5.0 now incorporates your movement patterns, such as driving, biking, running, or walking in order to provide you with more frequent weather updates. When the “Auto refresh on the go” is enabled, you can’t manually refresh the weather as the button won’t be shown on the weather widget.

Go to Weather widget > select it > select the settings menu on the top > turn on “Auto refresh on the go”. If you are using it the first time, you will receive a pop-up notification to get your permission, select Allow to continue or Don’t allow to dismiss this action.

Edge panel

Edit and All apps icons have been added to the first depth of the edge panel for easy access. You can find them at the bottom of the edge panel.

Camera

Integrated Filters: The Filters and My filters tabs have been integrated into the “Filters” menu to provide you with a simplified experience. You can also create your own filter by selecting the + button.

Mode information: The “?” on the top right corner of the camera modes has been removed to provide a cleaner look.

Histogram in Pro Video mode: The Histogram button has been moved from quick settings in Pro Video mode to the preview screen directly for easier access while taking videos.

Single take: Single take options have been simplified for content optimization. The max shooting time has been updated to 15secs (10+5 secs).

Food mode: Telephoto lens is now supported in Food mode.

Pictures Watermark

Watermark can be added to your pictures. You can find watermark under Camera settings. Select the settings wheel on top of your camera > turn on watermark settings. You can edit the model name, date and time, font style and alignment.

Don’t forget to read about One UI 5.0 Watermark in detail

Photo and Video Editor

For the Photo and Video Editor functionality, the One UI 5.0 adds a new Color extraction option for a better experience when you need to extract the color from an image.

Edit a picture > select Draw > Choose a pen to draw > on the pop-up color tool box > select the color extraction tool > a magnifying glass will be shown to help you quickly choose the color.

Easier video trimming

The One UI 5.0 provides a new video trimming button so you can easily adjust the intro and outro of the video. You can edit the video by following these steps: Edit the video > Trim the video > Move the play bar from the beginning or from the end > a trimming button will appear so you can quickly tap and adjust the video.

Call

For Phone Call functionality, the One UI 5.0 brings some basic features but in a lot better ways. You may have surely blocked some of you contacts or other numbers due to certain reasons. If your block list contains more than enough blocked people, the One UI 5.0 allows you to unblock them all at once.

Go to the Phone App > select the 3 dots option on the top > select Settings > select Block numbers.

If you have blocked numbers in the list, there will be a 3 dots option on the top. Select the three dots > “Unblock all numbers” will show > select it. You will receive a pop-up notification to either “Unblock” or “Cancel”.

One UI 5 Introduction Film

Samsung One UI 5 Official Introduction Film

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Foldables have now arrived in the mainstream of the smartphone market. Market analysts estimate that shipments of foldable smartphones will reach 16 million this year with a 73% increase over last year. Experts expect the number of devices to grow to around 26 million by 2023.

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With the fourth generation of Galaxy foldable, Samsung has added features that will increase your productivity and creativity. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 is a multitasker that makes mobile usage easy. On the other side, creatives can unleash their inspiration with the Galaxy Z Flip 4.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 – Multitasking Powerhouse

Galaxy Z Fold 4 is the best companion for anyone who works on the go. Similar to a modern PC, a taskbar makes it easy to work in different applications at the same time. Also, the screen is 3mm wider than the previous model, so it’s perfect for opening multiple windows. Up to three apps can be opened at the same time, including the same app twice.

For example, text documents can be edited and discussed in parallel through video calling applications. The brightness of the display has also been re-adjusted. It’s also well readable in sunlight – great for working in different places or for short streaming or gaming breaks in between.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 – Compact and Creative 

Galaxy Z Flip 4 is designed for everyone who loves to communicate and loves to see the world from a different perspective. With Adaptive’s snapshot feature, almost every selfie is now a success, as recordings can be precisely choreographed thanks to the preview feature on the cover screen.

Flex Cam for Galaxy Z Flip 4 is a useful tool for a creative approach. Just gently twist the smartphone to take photos and videos from different angles. It is compact, easy to carry, and perfect for taking each-angle photos or videos.

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According to the information, Google introduced new features for Android including Reading mode app for web pages, improved Google Cast, Digital Car Keys via Wallet, new collage styles in the Google Photos app, replies to specific messages in Google Messages, new emoji mash-up by Gboard, and better security alerts.

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Security alerts

When it comes to security, Google apps will now start showing safety alerts along with recommended actions so your account stays secure against every kind of threat. In case any of your phone’s apps, webpage, or service is possibly a threat to your account, you will get prompted by Google.

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Reading Mode

Starting Reading mode, this new Android feature can be grabbed by installing the app from Google Play Store. It works under the accessibility function of the operating system, which extracts text from web pages and select compatible apps and presents without ads and pop-ups. [Download Reading mode]

For even better readability, the Reading mode allows you to adjust the font, font size, line spacing, and background color, and switch between dark and light modes. In case you don’t want to read a big article, the Android’s Text to Speech feature can be used and you can hear the text.

Gboard

If you love using Google’s keyboard app – Gboard on your Samsung device, the Emoji Kitchen also has new emojis you can mash up into creative sticker combos. With the holiday season update, you can now add some extra holiday flair to your messages with compatible emojis.

Google Photos

Google Photos adding new collage styles from two new artists — Australian husband-and-wife visual duo DABSMYLA and renowned watercolor artist Yao Cheng. You just need to select your photos, finalize the design and rearrange the layout with simple drag-and-drop controls.

Google Wallet

Samsung Wallet already gained the availability to store the digital car and home keys, however, Google Wallet is now getting support as well. Following the holiday season update, the Google Wallet app lets you easily share Digital Car Keys without compromising security.

Google TV

Aside from this, Google updated the Google TV app, which allows you to cast any video with a single tap and continue browsing other content. Moreover, you can also use the mobile application to operate compatible Android TV or Google TV-based smart TV. [Download Google TV]

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Now, Google has started the Stable Android 13 update rollout for all the eligible Pixel smartphones as well as pushing the source to AOSP. If we’re talking about the features then these Developer Previews and Beta updates highlighted many amazing and interesting features. The Stable Android 13 brings many new features including app icons, per app language, and more.

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Samsung One UI 5.0 based on Android 13

On the other hand, Samsung started releasing One UI 5.0 beta update in Early august for Samsung Galaxy S22 series devices. On October 24, the Korean tech giant officially rolled out the Stable Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update for Galaxy S22.

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In this article, we will show the list of features of Android 13 (One UI 5.0) from developer Preview 1, 2 to beta/stable updates.

Android 13 (One UI 5.0) Features Highlight:

Now, you can check a list of the features that come with the Developer Previews 1/2 and Beta 1/2 updates of Android 13.

Developer Preview 1

Starting with Developer Preview 1, the company released several new and amazing features. You can check them below.

• New Photo Picker API
• Dynamic Colored App Icons
• Per-App Language Settings
• Faster Hyphenation
• Android Updates via Google Play
• Optimized Support for Foldables, Tablets, and Chromebooks

Developer Preview 2

After testing features by developers in DP1, the company started the second developer preview with the more new feature.

• Options to Allow Notification
• Downgrade App Permissions
• Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) Support
• MIDI 2.0 Support

Beta 1

In April 2022, Android 13 Beta 1 rolled out first for Pixel phone users.  With this beta update, Google enhanced the privacy and security of your devices while providing new APIs to help you build a great experience.

• Wider Media Access Permission
• New Media Player Progress Bar
• New Clipboard UI
• New Material You Color Options
• Enhanced Google Calendar App

Beta 2

Google released the Android 13 Beta 2 update with a bunch of new features including Themed app icons, quick setting placement API, pulsating home unlock animations,  predictive back gestures, and more.

• More predictive back Gestures
• Themed app icons
• Quick setting API
• Update in display size and text tweaks
• Newness in notification tweaks
• Pulsating Home Unlock Animation

Beta 2.1

Google recently released the Android 13 Beta 2.1 with a slew of fixes. The latest beta update of Android 13 brings fixes for problems that appeared in the previous betas. Read more here

Beta 3

Recently, Google released the Android 13 Beta 3 for eligible Pixel smartphones. With this Beta 3 release, Android 13 reaches an important milestone for app developers and that’s Platform Stability. Read more here

Beta 3.1

After Beta 3, Google urgently seeded the Android 13 Beta 3.1 update as the last build comes full of bugs and issues. The changelog mentions that the “problem that the Android Beta feedback app cannot be used in some cases” is fixed. Read more here

Beta 3.2

• Fixed an issue where the back gesture wasn’t working in some apps.
• Fixed an issue where the At a glance settings page would collapse inconsistently when scrolling.
• Fixed an issue where some apps would crash instantly on opening.
• Fixed an issue where the microphone would turn on and off unexpectedly during unrelated use of the device.
• Fixed an issue where the Google Photos app would crash frequently.

Beta 3.2

• Fixes for Pixel launcher
• Fixes gestures-related issues
• WiFi and Bluetooth Manage issues fix
• Fixes Connectivity Thermal Power Manager issue

Beta 3.3

• Fixed an issue with the Pixel launcher where if the Always show keyboard option was enabled for the app drawer, then when the user closed the app drawer and opened an app folder on the Home screen, the keyboard was erroneously shown as well. (Issue #236584457)
• Fixed an issue where in some cases, such as gesturing to go back, the system UI crashed. (Issue #236558007)
• Fixed an issue where devices couldn’t connect to a WiFi network in some cases even when the network was available and the signal strength was good. (Issue #236617510)
• Fixed an issue where the BluetoothManagerService continued to try and bind to the TbsService even when bluetooth.profile.ccp.server.enabled was false, leading to slow performance and cold starts for apps.
• Fixed an issue where in some cases after a device was plugged in to charge (for example, overnight), the device would become unresponsive until it was rebooted.
• Fixed a kernel issue with lib/list_debug.c that caused a kernel panic in certain cases on some devices.
• Fixed an issue with the Connectivity Thermal Power Manager that caused slow UI rendering, unresponsiveness in apps, and poor battery performance in some cases.

Beta 4 [Final]

• Developer-reported issues
  • Fixed an issue where on some devices, paired Bluetooth devices could be observed to connect and disconnect from the device rapidly.
  • Fixed an issue where the Google Camera app occasionally crashed on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices.
• Other resolved issues
  • Fixed an issue where, when a user checks for system updates by navigating to Settings > System > System update, the system incorrectly reported Android 12 as the device’s Android version. Even when the device was already successfully updated to an Android 13 build.
  • Fixed an issue on Pixel 6/6 Pro devices where the Now Playing page sometimes got stuck on Downloading song database.

Beta 4.1

• Fixed an issue that prevented an app from enabling or disabling Bluetooth if it didn’t have the BLUETOOTH_CONNECT permission, even though the app was targeting an API level where the permission is not required.
• Fixed issues that sometimes caused a device to crash and reboot when connecting to certain WiFi networks.
• Fixed an issue where Meet connectivity could drop while driving.
• Fixed an issue where the system could incorrectly interpret GPS data

Android 13 Stable

• Themed app icons
• Per-app language preferences
• Improved text support
• Color vector fonts
• Quick Settings Placements API
• Programmable Shaders
• Media Controls derived from PlaybackState
• Bluetooth LE Audio
• MIDI 2.0
• OpenJDK 11 updates
• Predictive back gesture
• Privacy and security
• Photo Picker and APIs

QPR1 Beta 1

• October 2022 Google Play System update
• Screen Protector Mode
• Press & hold power button
• Bluetooth LE Audio
• New Split screen fun animation
• Clear calling
• Silence notification while driving option
• Solve several issues

QPR1 Beta 2 

• Media Player UI Enhancement
• Show media on the screen lock option
• Sound & Vibration place

QPR1 Beta 3 

Developer-reported and user-reported issues

• Fixed an issue for some devices where the screen unlocks UI was displayed over notifications and other lock-screen content.

Other resolved issues

• Fixed an issue that prevented the “Flip camera for selfie” gesture from working on some devices.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the screen to go blank while attempting to unlock a device.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented a device from being unlocked using either Face Unlock or Fingerprint Unlock when the device had been idle for multiple hours.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused fullscreen video playback to flicker after enabling always-on-display features and locking the screen.

QPR1 Beta 3.1

• Fixes issues related to apps crashing, GPU drivers, Google Camera, Google Assistent, and more

In early August, Samsung started the One UI 5 Beta Program for Galaxy S22 series devices in different regions. The latest update brings several new features and improvements over the previous UI. Check the full changelog here.

The company also started the One UI 5.0 Beta 2 update on August 25, which brings new features and fixes several One UI 5.0 Beta 1 issues. On September 21, Samsung rolled out the One UI 5 Beta 3 update with a bunch of fixes.

One UI 5.0 Beta 3 

• Add Gallery widget to home screen
• Bugs that have been fixed:
  • Experience new slideshow-style immersive stories in Gallery
  • Improvement introduced so that lock screen wallpaper can be changed instantly by long press on lock screen
  • Improved UX the Album tab at the bottom of the Gallery app – By default, ” Device maintenance > Automatic optimization > Automatic restart on demand ” is off by default
  • Improved optimization function for each terminal mode and shifting the menu position ( Settings > Useful functions > Bixby Routine > Mode → Settings > Mode )
  • Improved the animation to return to the home screen when disconnected

Samsung officially released One UI 5.0 stable update for Samsung Galaxy S22 series smartphone after 5 beta updates. Check full features here

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