One UI 5.0
Exploring One UI 5.0 ‘Connected Devices’ features in Samsung Galaxy S21
Although Samsung still hasn’t released a stable build of One UI 5.0 based on Android 13, it is steadily expanding the One UI 5.0 beta program to more devices. If you have installed the One UI 5.0 update on your Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone, you will notice a new “Connected devices” menu in Settings.
The connected devices menu sits just below the “Connections” option in Settings. It is completely new to One UI 5.0 which manages all your phone’s external connections right from one place, providing you with more convenience for controlling your smart TV, PC, wearable, or another smartphone.
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Well, the complete interface looks neat and clean so you won’t face any difficulty in finding any of the connected devices options. Excited to know what’s inside the Samsung Galaxy S21 series’ One UI 5.0 Connected devices menu? Let’s explore the function below.
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Samsung Galaxy S21 One UI 5.0 Connected devices:
Quick Share:
It is a file-sharing feature that allows you to share photos, videos, PDFs, and other documents with others in original quality. Once you tap on this option, you will be able to manage its settings as well as you can see the sharing history and more.
Auto switch Buds:
This feature helps you automatically switch your Galaxy buds from another device to your current device when you make calls, answer a call, or play media. Inside, you can select which buds to switch to your phone.
Call & text on other devices:
Enabling this feature will let you call and text from your Galaxy watch, tablet, or speaker using your phone’s number and mobile plan. However, make sure that both devices are signed in with the same Samsung account and have this feature turned on.
Continue Apps on other devices:
With this feature, you can pick up where you left off with other devices signed in to your Samsung account. You can also copy text, images, and more on your phone and paste them onto another device. Currently, it supports two applications including Samsung Internet and Samsung Notes.
Link to Window:
Turn this feature on and you can connect your phone to your PC or laptop. Once connected, you can see your notifications, send and receive text messages, make calls, and view recent photos right from your desktop.
Samsung Dex:
This feature lets you do multitask like a boss. You can connect your Galaxy smartphone to a PC, Laptop, or TV to bring it to life on the big screen. You can do so using an HDMI or USB cable, or wirelessly.
Smart View:
It allows you to share media from any of your devices straight to your TV, including photos, movies, and even music. Samsung Smart View can also be used on any of your connected devices in your home, from your mobile to your PC and tablets.
Smart Things:
Smart Things is a powerful remote control for your home. It lets you control and monitors your home environment through a mobile device to meet your specific needs.
Android Auto:
It’s a smart driving companion that brings apps to your car display so you can focus while you drive. You can control features like navigation, maps, calls, text messages, and music.
Besides these, there are also “Bluetooth” and “Mobile Hotspot and Tethering” features so you don’t have to go to another section to manage them.
The One UI 5.1 comes with a lot of new features for Samsung A series devices. The company is bringing this new software to various models of its mid-range and budget portfolio alongside the flagships. Check which new features One UI 5.1 brings to Samsung Galaxy A series devices.
The latest software update has already reached a number of Galaxy A series models, while the expansion is underway. The firmware’s availability may vary by model, country, or carrier, while you can check for new software update by following the steps below.
- System Settings → Software update → Download and install.
One UI 5.1 changes the way you experience the Camera and Gallery apps on your Galaxy device with new features and notable enhancements. For multitasking, there are new quick tools so you can access the most used apps hassle-free along with improvements in DeX.
The Modes and Routines function now changes the wallpaper based on your mode as well as adds more actions for Routines. The Weather app is now quite advanced and showcases quick access to useful information, hourly precipitation graphs, and more on the widget.
One UI 5.1 also promotes the Samsung Internet browser with the addition of a new feature, letting users continue browsing on another device. For the home screen, there are new battery widgets so you can check the battery juice of connected devices, Spotify suggestions in Smart Suggestion widget and more.
Check which new features One UI 5.1 brings to Samsung Galaxy A series devices:
Camera and Gallery
- Quickly change the color tone for selfies
- More powerful search
- Enhanced image remastering
- Create a shared family album
- Revamped info display
Multitasking
- Easily minimize or switch to full screen
- Access your most used apps in split screen
- Improved multitasking in DeX
Modes and Routines
- Change wallpapers based on your mode
- More actions for routines
Weather
- Quick access to useful information
- Hourly precipitation graph
- Summary on Weather widget
Samsung Internet
- Continue browsing on another device
- Improved search
Additional changes
- Check the battery level of your devices with new widget
- Settings suggestions
- Spotify suggestions
- Choose where to save screenshots and screen recordings
Samsung One UI 5.1 update comes with a lot of new features and enhancements for the Camera, Gallery, Widget, Internet, and more to deliver a next-level experience. The company recently released a new update for One UI 5.1 Samsung Photo Editor, which brings significant improvements.
Through the new update, the Korean tech giant has improved the Tint menu in the Photo / Video Editor for a more immersive editing experience.
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Lighting is one of the important factors in photography. With the new update, the company would like to introduce the Editors’ Tint Menu so that you can fine-tune the effect of these lights.
Samsung offers three different functions for adjusting the lighting, which look similar but are different. Those three functions are Light Balance, Definition, and Clearness. Let’s see these three functions of Samsung One UI 5.1 Photo Editor.
Improved Light Balance
Light Balance literally means the balance of light. This function adjusts the balance of brightness to the mid-tones in the image. This feature ensures visibility and balances brightness by making very dark areas slightly brighter and very bright areas slightly darker.
When we increase the (+) value, the light balance effect is adjusted to make the overall image brighter and more clear, while we increase the (-) value, the overall image becomes darker such as casting a shadow.
The Light Balance function is currently only available for photo editing and will be soon supported by Video Editor.
Sharpness Improvement
Sharpness is a feature that edits blurry photos to make them sharper. Although it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with light, it does involve the power of light.
Brighten the brightest point of the photo that bringing out the texture, which has the effect of sharpening the photo. The sharpness enhancement applies to photo editing and video editing alike.
New Clarity Feature
Clarity is a new feature of the latest One UI 5.1 update. Alike the Sharpness function, the Clarity function applies the effect of lighting rather than changing it. This function makes bright areas of an image slightly brighter and dark areas slightly darker to enhance the texture or three-dimensional effect of the image. In One UI 5.1, Clarity is only available for photo editing, but the company is planning to release this feature to the Video Editor.
We are in mid-March 2023 and Samsung has begun releasing the One UI 5.1 update for Galaxy A72 smartphone users. This major update installs February 2023 security patch to enhance the security of the smartphone.
Users of Galaxy A72 can identify the One UI 5.1 update through One UI build version A725FXXU5DWB6. You will have to download around a 1.2 GB software package to install the latest update on your smartphone.
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The update is rolling out in India and in some European countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and more. The Korean tech giant will soon make this update available for all Galaxy A72 models.
One UI 5.1 Update for Samsung Galaxy A72
One UI 5.1 update for Samsung Galaxy A72 comes with a slew of new features and improvements that amplify the Galaxy devices’ performance. It added a color tone option for the selfie camera, allowing you to change the tone easily.
You can now search your Gallery for more than one person or subject at the same time as well can create a Shared Family album. Also, you can change the folder where screenshots and screen recordings are saved.
The latest update makes browsing more easily as the Samsung Intenet app allows you to continue browsing the last webpage you were viewing on the other devices. Now, improved search logic lets you find what you’re looking for even if something isn’t spelled correctly.
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Moreover, the new update added a battery widget, an advanced dynamic weather widget, and a new contacts widget. After installing the latest software update, you can easily use these widgets.
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