Galaxy S10 update with dedicated camera night mode now widely available
The latest Galaxy S10 update that started rolling out earlier this week is now more widely available. This update is an important one, as it brings a change many Galaxy S10 users had been asking for: A dedicated Night mode can now be found in the camera app. As we had explained earlier, Samsung has simply separated the Bright Night functionality from the camera’s Scene Optimizer feature and turned it into a Night mode, so users can now fire it up at whim.
And that’s an important change. Before the new update arrived, it was the phone itself that would decide when it should use Bright Night, and Samsung had tuned it to kick in only in extremely dark situations. Now, even in scenarios where the automatic mode would take good pictures, you can use Night mode to take brighter photos. As an example of this, we’ve added a comparison below of a scene shot in Night mode (swipe left) and the regular Photo mode (swipe right).
And we’d say it’s high time a dedicated Night mode came back to Samsung’s flagship phones, as the company had removed Night mode from its flagship devices a few years ago when it started equipping them with cameras that automatically take great pictures in low-light conditions. The next step would be to bring its flagships’ low-light capabilities up to par with what some of the competing smartphones are offering, and we believe Samsung should do that with the Galaxy S11 at the latest or risk falling further behind.
So if you own a Galaxy S10e, S10, or S10+, go ahead and check if the update is available for you. You can do that by tapping Download and install in the Software update menu of the Settings app. The update is a 205 MB download over the air and also includes the latest Android security patch.
- Model: SM-G970F
- Dimensions: 69.9 x 142.2 x 7.9mm
- Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
- CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
- Camera: 12 MP, CMOS F1.5/F2.4 (77°) & 16MP, CMOS F2.2 (123°)Ultra Wide
- Model: SM-G973F
- Dimensions: 70.4 x 149.9 x 7.8mm
- Display: 6.1"(157.5mm) Super AMOLED
- CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
- Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide
- Model: SM-G975F
- Dimensions: 74.1 x 157.6 x 7.8mm
- Display: 6.4"(162.5mm) Super AMOLED
- CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
- Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5/F2.4 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide
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Still havent received this update on my S10+ Dual Sim in South Africa…. so annoying
Truly speaking Samsung’s Night Mode is just Gimmick work in order to retain sorry Cheat the Customers Night Mode has introduced. still, it is way behind the P30 pro and Google Phone.
I just installed this update and somehow fingerprint sensor is working way batter.
The screenshot from OTA is for what country or CSC code ?
“The stability of Wi-Fi has been improved.”
What they fixed exactly ?
There were times when it wouldn’t connect back to my WiFi once I return home. It would detect the network, however, every time I tried to force it to connect, it would error out saying “authentication error”. The only way for me to reconnect to WiFi was to reboot the phone.
Thanks for sharing this info !
“is now more widely available.”
Which countries exactly ?
Where this Pizza Hit is located ?
“back to Samsung’s flagship phones, as the company had removed Night mode from its flagship devices a few years ago”
I have this mode on my old A5 2016.
Yes, they removed it from flagships, A5 wasn’t a flagship.
“it was the phone itself that would decide when it should use Bright Night”
This is still available ?
Nope! Now you have to manually select it every time as Night mode, even I realized perhaps having both as options would be better.
I tried it and it works ok, I’m satisfied with it..I’ve no problem with it as I don’t do low light photography that much..Yes, its Nowhere near to Google pixel and Huawei level..but still something is better than nothing. Now I’m waiting for that 25w charging update from Samsung.so I can juice up my phone fast. As my s10 battery backup is average. Hope in next update we will get that 25W tweak. Finger crossed.
Probably not going to happen. That 25W charging uses USB Power Delivery standard rather than something based on Quick Charge (as Samsung’s Fast Charge is), so it’s unlikely a software update can provide that. Not that we will complain about it if it does show up.
As far as i know Samsung chipset supports fast charging at 25w and its an new processer Than whats present in A80 so they must have included a fast charging capability and a charger itself na… now we wait for the update and buy a charger i hate a80 has both …and they lack in flagship phones
That’s very sad..if that is the case..then I think Samsung s10 is not a good choice for a premium device to buy in market. I know camera is good, screen quality is good..but not the best. Even the exynos we are getting in India is not the best. Now even the charging speed is bad..badder than a 3 year old one plus 3t. We costumer pay good amount to buy a good product, not a product which is only ok. I seriously now regret my buy. Better have waited for one plus 7. Which will give 30 watt charging speed… Read more »
Fully agree and Samsung needs to add 25W charging support to S10 series. Still I don’t understand why it wasn’t available out of the box for such a high-end price device incl. 25w charger, especially if Samsung release it for mid range A series one month(!) after flagship S10 releases. It’s really undignified to discuss here and hope for 25W charging support when competitors already implemented 50W charging technology. It’s time to wake up Samsung and finally leave Note 7 paranoia…
I think you didn’t notice but this update also updated the Fingerprint software.
Now the fingerprint has become faster than ever, unlocks every single time even with a light touch.
Ah, good catch, but we tested this on an updated device and one that hasn’t been updated, and performance seems to be the same even though fingerprint software version has been updated. It’s possible Samsung bundled the separate fingerprint sensor update that users got through Galaxy Store with the latest update and bumped up the software version.
for me too after the update the performance was the same.
So I removed my previous fingerprints and re-registered it, and I could feel the difference.
Its like day and night.
You should try that.
But remember, after this update register your fingerprint only once.
Do not add the same fingerprint more than once otherwise it will be sluggish.
I gave your suggestion a try and wow, you are so right. I had multiple copies of the same finger. Deleted all of it, and now the finger print sensor works like I imagined it would before delivery.
Thanks
You’re welcome.
Thanks for the tip! I just deleted all my fingerprints and re-registered them. I can definitely feel the difference in the recognition speed and accuracy.
What do you think of it Abhijeet? Is it an improvement or do you think it’s possible to get even better shots with Pro Mode adjustments?
Ah, always possible to get better shots with Pro mode adjustments. But one good thing with Night mode is that it doesn’t use settings that would result in the pictures getting blurred with even little motion as can happen sometimes in Pro mode, so it’s naturally better for people who don’t want to play with Pro mode settings.