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It's not just major features that Samsung is still adding to the Android Pie beta for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9. Minor additions and changes are being made as well, and the latest Galaxy S9 beta (software version XXU2ZRLF) brings a new quick toggle for the status bar that lets you switch between […]
Samsung isn't done adding all of the Android Pie features to the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 One UI beta it seems. The latest beta update for the Galaxy S9 (and most likely the next Note 9 beta) comes with one of Android Pie's highlight features: Adaptive Battery. Adaptive Battery is an AI-based feature […]
One UI 6 has quite a few neat new features, and Samsung has also changed many aspects of the user interface, but not all changes make things 100% better. For example, the redesigned Quick Panel goes against one of the core tenets of One UI by making it harder to access the quick toggles in […]
As you may have noticed in our coverage of One UI 6.0 and in the changelog for the update, Samsung has made many changes and improvements to the camera experience. From easier switching between camera resolutions and more watermark options to home screen widgets for quick access to various shooting modes, One UI 6.0 offers […]
With One UI 6.0, one area that Samsung has spent a lot of energy on is the camera experience. The camera app on Galaxy smartphones is getting more user-friendly with One UI 6.0; it has also received a couple of new features and improvements to existing functionality. Falling under the latter camp are new customization […]
Do you often share pictures and videos with others from your Galaxy smartphone? If your answer is yes, congratulations, you're just like the rest of us, normal and totally not addicted to your phone. And like the rest of us, you probably have moments where you pick a few pictures and videos, hit the share […]
Flight (or airplane) mode is one of the most basic features you can find on a smartphone. Its job is to take a phone offline and disable all wireless connections on it, including cellular connectivity, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, which prevents the phone from making calls, sending and receiving messages, browsing the internet, and anything else […]
The One UI Watch 5 update has massively expanded the concept of using your smartwatch through gestures. Samsung added a new feature called Universal Gestures, and now that the One UI Watch 5 update is out of beta and rolling out on live channels, it's time for us to take a closer look at how […]
Back in 2018, Samsung introduced a dark mode toggle to Galaxy devices via the first One UI update, a full year before Google brought a similar feature to stock Android. The dark theme looks great on the AMOLED screens that many Galaxy smartphones and tablets are equipped with, and it also reduces strain on your […]
Samsung Notes is one of the most beloved first-party apps available on Galaxy phones and tablets, and with almost every major One UI update, the app kept improving. Recently, Samsung made some changes to the Shared Notebook feature. Shared Notebook was originally released a few years ago. And since it got updated recently, now might […]
Samsung Internet is one of the best mobile browsers available on Android. It's made by Samsung but is one of its few apps not exclusive to Galaxy smartphones and tablets, which is great because the Samsung Internet browser offers some excellent features, including a built-in ad blocker. Another nice thing about Samsung Internet, especially when […]
Google released the stable and complete version of Android 13 for Pixel devices a while ago, and it continues to release incremental updates (called Quarterly Platform Releases, or QPRs) with new features, including giving users the option to beta test those features ahead of their global rollout. One of the new features in the latest […]
Did you know the Samsung Gallery Android app comes packaged with a (not-too-)secretive Galaxy Labs menu? More importantly, enabling this array of impressive and entertaining features on your end shouldn't take more than a literal minute. Largely on account of the fact that Galaxy Labs support has been built into every single one of Samsung's […]
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at Motions and gestures and how you can make your smartphone seem smarter using this feature on most Galaxy devices running Samsung's One UI. Previously, we've largely touched on the ‘motions' aspect of Motions and gestures. Now we're taking a final closer look at this set of tools, […]
Gestures are slowly but surely becoming a mainstream method of navigation on smartphones. Navigation gestures were introduced to Samsung Galaxy smartphones with Android Pie, and you can select whether you want to use gestures or use traditional navigation buttons. On Android 10, you can even select between two different gesture systems: Samsung's own implementation and […]