One UI 5.0
Samsung One UI 5.0: What happened in 60 days of Beta testing
On August 5, Samsung introduced the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 Beta software for the Galaxy S22 series devices. Since then, the company is testing its newest software version on the flagship Galaxy devices, while the Stable rollout is still far away from the users.
Today, we are talking about major changes that happened during this 60 days duration of the One UI 5.0 Beta testing for the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus and Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphones. Before beginning the One UI 5.0 development discussion, it’s noteworthy that the Beta is now available for plenty of Galaxies.
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Beta 1
Samsung released the first One UI 5.0 Beta update for the Galaxy S22 series on August 5. It was initially rolled out in South Korea, while the company further expanded this opportunity to six more markets including the United States, Germany, India, Poland, United Kingdom and China.
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With the initial Beta build, the company deployed several new features and user interface tweaks for the consumers. Moreover, the animations got notable changes with the One UI 5.0 Beta 2 compared to the previous One UI 4.1 software, based on Android 12.
Beta 2
About 20 days after of releasing the Beta 1, Samsung pushed the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 Beta 2 for the most recent flagships. This version wholly ruined the system animations for almost all use cases such as jumping to the home screen, back from the app, and closing widgets.
Furthermore, the Korena tech giant faced lots of issues during a new One UI 5.0 Beta development because of a major bug in animations. For design, Beta 2 arrived with new icons for various Samsung apps with a new and elegant gradient feel.
Beta 3
Beta 3 took about a month for development and rollout for the Galaxy S22 series phones, meanwhile, Samsung failed to bring perfection to system animations. Users are still complaining about the animations while using different features and functions on the smartphone.
Inspired by Android 13, the One UI 5.0 Beta 3 activated the Material You’s Themed Icons feature for non-Samsung apps too. Users can now use apply Themed Icons on their favorite apps no matter it’s from Samsung, Google, or any other 3rd party developer.
Beta 4
With Beta 3, the Galaxy S22 users got the multi-user feature, which was earlier exclusive for the Galaxy tablets alongside Google Pixels. Meanwhile, the joy of multi-user won’t remain too long as Samsung confirmed that it will scrap the feature due to severe issues.
Also read | Samsung should bring back multi-user feature with One UI 5.1 [Android 13]
Still, we are expecting the fourth One UI 5.0 Beta update will come with more polished system animations and stability for the functions. Recently, it was reported that Samsung’s working on a new Beta build for S22 series, which ends with ZVII, and is likely to roll out soon.
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Stable
Samsung’s launching the One UI 5.0 software on October 12 along with new advancements to the Tizen OS. Possibly, the company will share update rollout plan for the users on the same day alongside beginning the Public One UI 5.0 rollout for Galaxy S22 series.
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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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