One UI 5.1 update comes with a bundle of new features and enhancements to the Camera, Gallery, Wallpaper, Widgets, and multitasking to improve productivity, convenience, and creativity.

This major update installs February 2023 security update along with several new features to boost the security and stability of the devices. This update optimizes the functions to provide a bug-free experience.

Users of Verizon Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G can identify the latest update through version F916USQU2JWB5. Currently, the update is rolling out in the US while Germany variants already received this update. The company will soon make this major update avaialbel for all Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G worldwide.

You can manually install this software update on your Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G device by visiting Settings >> System Update >> Download and Install. Follow the on-screen instructions, restart your device and it’s done.

Before you start installling, make sure to connect your device to a Wi-Fi network or it has a strong Verizon wireless network connection and your device battery must be fully charged before starting the software update.

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One UI 5.1 is a minor version upgrade over One UI 5.0 but it brigns meaningful improvements for the consumers. From camera and gallery to widgets and new personalization tools, the new software has plenty of fruitful stuff.

If provide a easily access to Expert RAW directly from the stock camera to lets you capture more details, from dark areas to bright areas, in one photo.

You can now stay aware of the battery status of all connected devices such as smartwatch and earbuds along with the phone itself. The weather widget now displays enhanced graphical animations so you can get connected with weather status at a glance.

Gallery app now lets you search for people by just tapping the face icon, similar to Google Photos. Another function Samsung Gallery is adapting from the Google Photos app is the details interface of images as it now shows even more details derived from EXIF data.

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The Korean tech giant is pushing One UI 5.1 update on Verizon for Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7 Plus with versions T878USQU2DWB3 and T978USQU2DWB3 respectively.

Based on Android 13 One UI 5.1 update delivers a next-level performance with new features to enhance productivity and personalization. The newest version of One UI brings a load of new features that make your Galaxy Tab experience smoother and amazing.

Along with several new features, the update installs February 2023 security patch to boost the security and stability of the devices.

One UI 5.1 Update for Samsung Galaxy Tab S7: WHAT’S NEW

This software update provides One UI 5.1, with enhancements to Camera, Gallery, Wallpaper, Widgets, and multitasking. For more information, open the Tips app > What’s new in One UI 5. The latest Android security patch is included in this update.

Camera – Change color tones

• It’s easier to change the color tone of your selfies using the Effects button.

Multi-tasking – Easily minimize or switch to full screen

• In Pop-Up View, you can now adjust the window size by dragging the window edges in any direction.

Easier access to the most used apps in split screen view

• For split view, you’ll see categories for Recent apps and Most used apps, allowing you to quickly select apps for Split Screen.

Expanded Multi-Control between Galaxy Book and phone

• Share the mouse, keyboard or trackpad of your Galaxy Book not only with your Galaxy tablet but also with your Galaxy phone. You can copy and paste text, and drag and drop images from one device to another seamlessly — almost like you’re using the same device.

Enhanced remastering

• Remastering removes shadows and reflections automatically to make your pictures look great. You can also remaster GIFs for better resolution and clarity.

Extract text from any image or screen

• Extract text using Samsung Keyboard, Internet, Gallery, or whenever you take a screenshot. Modify and paste the result into a message, email, or document instead of typing. Extract text is also available if you pause a video with text information on the screen. Select the extract icon to extract the text copy into emails, contacts, the internet and more.

Simpler info display

• When you select details of a photo or video, you can see both the image and the details at the same time in landscape mode. Select an image or video from Gallery > Select three dots for more options > Select details > Rotate device to landscape mode.

All-new look for Stories

• Stories that are automatically created in your Gallery are renewed with an interactive slideshow view. Just tap or swipe to move between photos and videos in your Stories.

Wallpaper Video

• You can select a video clip to use as your wallpaper. The best part of the video clip is recommended for editing. Open Wallpaper > Select a video from your Gallery > Trim recommends the best moment (15 seconds max).

Widgets

• Battery Widget: The Battery widget lets you check the battery level of your Galaxy devices. Right from the Home screen, you can see how much battery is left on your phone, Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Watch and other supported devices.
• Intuitive Weather Widget: Daily weather summary, forecast, hourly precipitation, severe weather alert, and other information has been added.

AR Zone – Use multiple emojis in AR Emoji camera

• Add a second AR Emoji in a single sticker. Customize each emoji and then combine them as you prefer.

Samsung Internet

• Continue to browse Samsung Internet from another device when both devices are signed into the same Samsung account. Sync the data in Settings > Samsung account > Sync settings > Enable “Samsung Internet”.
• You will receive a Samsung Internet pop-up on screen on your second device > Tap to continue browsing.

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Verizon is rolling out the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ One UI 5.1 update with a slew of new features and meaningful changes. Additionally, it installs the February 2023 Android security patch for privacy enhancements.

• New software version – X808USQU2BWB1

You can now go to the Software update section on your tablet’s Settings and tab the Download and install option to check and download the fresh software on the device.

What’s new:

One UI 5.1 provides enhancements to Camera, Gallery, Wallpaper, Widgets, Multi-tasking, Samsung Internet, Bixby Text Call, Wallpapers, AR Zone, Edge Panels, and many more.

Camera:

Samsung One UI 5.1 update lets you easily change the color tone of your selfies by selecting Natural or Bright options through the Effects button so that you can get the perfect tone for your pictures based on the current environment.

Gallery:

The One UI Gallery app is receiving many new features, such as the GIF Remaster to help you remaster and improve the quality of your GIFs and Extract Text from the video to let you copy text from the video content by pausing it.

At the same time, One UI 5.1 also brings a Detailed view of your photo or video saved in the Gallery, you can see both the image and the details at the same time in landscape mode.

AR Zone:

Samsung now lets you add a second AR Emoji in a single sticker. You can customize each emoji and then combine them as you prefer.

Multitasking:

Samsung has significantly improved Samsung DeX. In Pop view, you can now adjust the window size by dragging the window edges in any direction. Meanwhile, for split-screen, you will see categories for Recent apps and Most used apps, allowing you to quickly select apps for Split Screen.

Wallpaper:

You can now select a video clip to use as your wallpaper. Not only this, but the system will also recommend you the best part of the video clip for editing.

Widgets:

Samsung brings a new Battery Widget that shows you the battery status of your phone as well as all the connected Bluetooth devices effortlessly. Meanwhile, the improved Smart Suggestion Widget recommends a Spotify playlist based on your activities.

Whereas, the Dynamic Weather Widget offers you a weather summary, forecast, hourly precipitation, severe weather alert, and other information about the current weather.

Bixby Text Call:

One UI 5.0’s Bixby Text Call feature is now available in the English language. You can use Bixby to answer phone calls and respond to people with text-to-voice.

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Users of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic were facing the raise to wake issue where the feature was not working properly. This issue came after installing last month’s camera controller update, which was reported by users on social media platforms and official communities.

You can check the latest raise to wake fix update of Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic new update on Verizon network below.

Firmware version

• Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (42mm) – R885USQU1GWB2
• Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (46mm) – R895USQU1GWB2
• Galaxy Watch 4 (40mm) – R865USQU1GWB2
• Galaxy Watch 4 (44mm) – R875USQU1GWB2

Just recently, Samsung released the same update for Galaxy Watch 5 series to provide a bug-free and smoother experience.

To download and install this update through the Galaxy wearable app on a connected Android phone, you have to follow some easy steps. Firstly, open to Watch settings >> Watch software update >> Download and install. If an update is available, click the Update now option, and on the Watch software update screen, tap Install now.

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Before you update your Galaxy Watch 4, make sure to connect your device to a Wi-Fi network, or make sure it has a strong Verizon wireless network connection. Ensure your battery is fully charged or connected to a charger before starting the software update.

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The latest update of Galaxy Watch 5 fixes an issue where lifting your wrist to wake the watch periodically was not working properly. Users were continuously complaining about this problem after installing the last update. But now users do not need to worry because the company has solved this issue with the new update.

In early February 2023, Verizon released a major update for its Galaxy Watch 5 series that brought new features. The new update came with a camera controller zoom feature, advanced body composition, and updated app icons. Not only this, but an issue also came with it, which the company has fixed through a new update.

Verizon is rolling out a new update for Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro with build versions R905USQU1AWB2(40mm) /R915USQU1AWB2(44mm) and R925USQU1AWB2 (45mm) respectively.

Consumers can download this update through the Galaxy wearable app on a connected Android phone and navigate to Watch settings >> Watch software update >> Download and install. If an update is available, tap the Update now option, and on the Watch software update’ screen, tap Install now.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Camera Controller Feature

Samsung added a Camera Controller feature to Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. This feature allows you to use your watch to remotely control the zoom level of your paired Samsung smartphone camera in the preview screen while taking photos or recording videos.

Also, you can pinch to zoom in and out or use the rotating bezel to control the camera zoom level. Notably, this feature is only available for smartphones launched after the Galaxy S20 series and Galaxy Z Flip running One UI 5.1 or later.

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Verizon’s One UI 5.1 update changelog is pretty big and includes the February 2023 security patch alongside. Post-installation, you will be having a great user experience plus plenty of new useful features such as battery widgets, Expert RAW integration, and Bixby Text Call in English.

Verizon One UI 5.1 Key Features for Galaxy S21

1. Camera & Gallery
2. Bixby Text Call
3. Widgets
4. Multitasking

Camera & Gallery

The One UI 5.1 update makes it easier to change the color tone while taking selfies. It adds a new toggle at the top right corner of the camera viewfinder so users can easily adjust the color tone. The native camera app has integrated the Expert RAW (S21 Ultra only) app for seamless RAW photography.

Samsung Gallery’s Image Remaster feature is now also capable of enhancing the upscaling GIF files. You can enhance the quality and sharpness of low-quality GIF files using the new GIF Remaster feature to get even better colors and details.

Bixby Text Call

Samsung introduced the Bixby Text Call feature with the One UI 5.0 iteration. So far, it was available in just the Korean language, but, thanks to the One UI 5.1 update, Bixby Text Call now supports the English language too. US users can now utilize this intelligent AI call assistant feature.

Bixby Text Call feature is inspired by Google’s Call Screen feature. It allows you to attend a call without having verbal communication. When you get an incoming call, you can receive it through the Bixby Text Call feature, it will convert the person’s voice into text and read aloud your text to the person.

Widgets

Galaxy ecosystem includes Galaxy smartphone, smartwatch, earbuds, S Pen, and more. You can now check how much juice is remaining in your phone as well as all connected devices such as Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Buds and S Pen on the home screen through the Battery Status Widget.

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

Dynamic Weather widget also got enhancements and now shows graphical animation based on your location’s weather conditions such as snowing, raining, and cloudy. Last but not least, the Smart Suggestions widget now recommends Spotify tracks as per your habits.

Multitasking

One UI is the best Android skin when it comes to customization. Taking the user experience to another level, the One UI 5.1 software brings enhancements to the Pop-up view and Split screen view. In Pop-Up view, you can now drag and drop the window edges to change the size, while there’s a new section that shows the Most used apps in Split view.

Samsung One UI 5.1 Features, Tips and Tricks

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Verizon is rolling out February 2023 update for Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphones with One UI build versions S911USQU1AWBD, S916USQU1AWBD, and S918USQU1AWBD respectively.

According to the changelog, the update enhances system security, stability, and performance to provide a better experience. This is an incremental software update and there’re no other changes mentioned in the changelog for the time being.

Furthermore, Samsung fixes around four dozen vulnerabilities that were harming the files and data saved on the phone. These include 47 CVEs from Google’s Android OS and 7 SVEs from Samsung’s One UI software.

Notably, the update is currently available for locked variants of the Galaxy S23 series in the US. The company will soon expand this update to other carriers soon.

As we suggest, you can download the latest software update manually by opening your device Settings, entering Software updates, and then tapping on Download and install option.

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In mid-February 2023, Samsung initiated February 2023 update for Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphones in Germany. Following this, the company made it available for Korean Galaxy S23 users.

However, users of the Galaxy S23 series in Korea brought new features for Camera and Gallery app along with the February 2023 security patch.

Meanwhile, Samsung also pushed a new update to this latest series in China. The thing to note is that users received December 2022 security patch with the ending One UI version AWBE. The report revealed that the update would make the animation smoother, enhance Camera modes and improve security.

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This major update also installs February 2023 security patch to improve system security and stability. In addition to this, the update brings 5 critical vulnerability fixes and addresses 43 highly leveled CVEs. Besides, the company has listed exclusive SVE items that ensure the best security on Galaxy.

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Users of Verizon Samsung Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus, and Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphones in the US can identify the latest update via version S901USQU2CWAI, S906USQU2CWAI, and S908USQU2CWAI respectively.

The highlighted features of One UI 5.1 are Selfie Camera color tone, Expert RAW quick access, enhanced multitasking, GIF Remaster, Extract text from Video,  Image Clipper, Battery Widget, Detailed Weather Widget, Bixby Text Call English support, and more.

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If you have not received a phone-generated prompt, head towards the Settings, tap on Software update, followed by Download and install. Let your phone find new firmware on Samsung’s server and that’s it.

WHAT’S NEW IN ONE UI 5.1 

The new software update brings the latest One UI 5.1 enhancements and the latest security patch for your device.

Camera

• Selfie picture: You can now easily change color tone by selecting Natural or Bright when taking a selfie.
• Expert Raw is now discoverable and can be downloaded in Camera modes.

Multi-tasking

• When resizing the pop-up view, with an added pre-defined line, you can now drag the window’s guideline towards the top of the screen to enlarge or towards the inside to minimize.
• In split view, you’ll see icons of apps you’ve used recently and a section for Most used apps that will display the apps you use most often.

Gallery

• GIF Remaster: GIF Remaster has been added to help you remaster and improve the quality of your GIFs.
• Extract text from a video: Extract text is available if you pause a video with text information on screen. Select to extract the text which can then be used in emails, contacts, on the internet and more.
• Details view: When you select details of an image or a video, in landscape mode you can see both the picture and the details at the same time for your convenience. Select an image or video from the Gallery > select the three dots for more options > select details > position your device in landscape mode.

Wallpaper

• Video clip editing: If you select a video to use as your wallpaper, the best video clip will be suggested as your wallpaper selection. Open Wallpaper > Select a video from your Gallery > the best moment will be suggested in “Trim” > If you like the suggestion, you don’t need to trim it again.
• People management has become smarter to manage your Gallery. When there are people groups that are analyzed as the same person or the same type, you will receive recommendations to integrate them into one group.

Widget

• Battery Widget: A Battery widget has been added that will quickly show battery life for the smartphone and connected devices.
• Weather Widget: Details and more useful information will be displayed for the weather when you launch the weather widget, such as severe weather alert and details of daily weather summary and predictions.

Samsung Internet

• Browse the internet from another device if both devices you have are signed in with the same Samsung account and data is synced. This can be done in Settings > Samsung account > Sync settings > Enable “Samsung Internet”.
• You will receive a Samsung Internet pop up on screen > click it to continue browsing the internet.

AR Zone

• Multiple emojis: Add a second AR Emoji in a single sticker. Customize each emoji and then combine them as you prefer.

Bixby Text Call

• Use Bixby to answer phone calls and respond to people with text-to-voice. The English version is now available for download. Once it is downloaded, Bixby Text Call is ready for you to use.
• Open Phone app > More options (3 dots) > Settings > Bixby text call > enable Bixby text call > the download screen will pop up > select download.

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US’s Verizon is holding a great $800 trade-in value for your old Galaxy smartphone on the purchase of any new Galaxy S23 device. All you need to do is send your old or broken smartphone to the carrier and you can buy the $1,199.99 Samsung Galax S23 Ultra for just $399.

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It’s worth mentioning that you don’t need to have a recent Galaxy S22 or Galaxy S21, your outdated Galaxy S7 or Google Pixel 4a can also get you the new smartphone for $800 off.

Additionally, you have to add a line with one of Verizon’s unlimited plans to take advantage of this deal. 5G Start, Do More, Play More, Get More, or One Unlimited are all eligible, so take your pick.

After doing all these tricks you will have to buy the smartphone in monthly installments. Your discount will be covered over 36 months, so you will only have to pay about $11.11 per month for three years.

• Related – Samsung Galaxy S23 all Verzion pre-order deals

On the other hand, a free memory upgrade is also applicable to this deal. This means you can purchase the 1TB version of Galaxy S23 Ultra at the cost of the 512GB model.

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Yes, can grab the high-end Samsung Galaxy S23 smartphone for free from Verizon US. The US carrier has held a pre-order period for the new smartphones, giving customers incredible deals on the purchase including the $0 Galaxy S23.

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Grab Galaxy S23 for free:

Customers who are currently using a flagship Samsung smartphone only have a chance to get the advantage of this deal through trade-in. Verizon is holding a great $800 trade-in value for your old Galaxy smartphone on the purchase of any new Galaxy S23 device.

Since the standard Galaxy S23 costs $799.99 at Verizon US, you can get it completely free of cost if you have an eligible smartphone for trade. All you need to do is send your old or broken smartphone to the carrier.

Multiple older smartphones are eligible for this trade-in deal. You don’t need to have a recent Galaxy S22 or Galaxy S21, your outdated Galaxy S7 phone can also get you the new smartphone for $0. Although you will need to add a line, nearly all of Verizon’s unlimited plans will do the trick, including the 5G Start, Do More, Play More, Get More, and One Unlimited plans.

To make this deal more adorable, the US carrier is offering a free storage upgrade to 256GB and a $200 Verizon gift card if you’re switching from a competing carrier. Check all Verizon deals here …

In case you are wondering, the Samsung Galaxy S23+ and the Galaxy S23 Ultra models are also included in Verizon’s trade-in discount of up to $800 as well as free storage upgrades. The S22+ costs $999.99 and the S23 Ultra costs $1,199.99.

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