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Latest One UI (Android Pie) Feature Focus news
Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the One UI (Android Pie) Feature Focus, with regular updates and all the information you need.
![[Updated] Samsung releases Android Pie update for the Galaxy Tab S3 and Tab A (2017)](https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/samsung-galaxy-tab-s3-review-keyboard-cover-465x199.jpg)
![[Updated] Samsung releases Android Pie update for the Galaxy Tab S3 and Tab A (2017)](https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/samsung-galaxy-tab-s3-review-keyboard-cover-235x235.jpg)
Galaxy Note 9 Android Pie update brings separate Dolby Atmos gaming option
One of the first new features that we wrote about when Samsung released the Android Pie beta for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ was a Dolby Atmos mode for gaming. This feature didn't make it through to the last beta, and it was nowhere to be found when the stable Galaxy S9 Pie update started […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI lets you completely mute media volume in do not disturb mode
The Android Pie/One UI update for Galaxy devices brings some useful granularity to the Do not disturb feature. On Oreo and previous Android versions, one can enable Do not disturb mode to mute alarms, calls, messages, and other audio notifications, but there is no way to mute media volume. Samsung is fixing that with Android Pie and One UI […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Auto disable unused apps
Samsung's expanding the advanced battery features on Galaxy devices with Android Pie with a new feature that disables apps that aren't used for 30 days. It can be considered an extension of the existing option that puts apps that haven't been used for three days or so to sleep and prevents them from running in […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android 9) feature focus: Free up memory and storage automatically
Galaxy smartphones have all the tools one needs to keep their device running optimally, including the ability to clear the device memory by stopping background apps and freeing up storage by deleting unnecessary files. Howevers, users can't be expected to actively keep an eye on these aspects of their device, so Samsung has introduced an […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Selfie focus is now called Live Focus
Samsung has officially released Android Pie for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ today, and the stable update comes with a few changes compared to the last Android Pie beta. One of these changes comes in the camera app when you're using the front camera. The Selfie focus camera mode has now been renamed to Live Focus and […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Neat touch in Android Pie: Battery tips in device maintenance section
The Device maintenance feature on Galaxy smartphones allows users to handle their device storage, memory, battery life, and security. There are plenty of simple and advanced maintenance options in there, with new options introduced with Android Pie. Device maintenance has been renamed to Device care on Android Pie, and it looks like Samsung has also added a […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
New Android Pie beta adds quick toggle for full-screen navigation gestures
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 […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
New One UI beta brings Android Pie’s Adaptive Battery feature
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 […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
A tiny way One UI makes screenshot button combo more convenient
Here's something for those who tend to take screenshots often on their Galaxy device: On Android Pie, you no longer need to press and hold the volume down and power buttons to take a screenshot. You can simply press both buttons together and immediately let go to take a screenshot. It's great for us who take screenshots […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Kids Mode gets a quick toggle
Here's a One UI (Android Pie) feature those with kids will like having: The Samsung Kids Mode can be accessed via a quick toggle in the status bar on the latest version of Android. Before Android Pie, Kids Mode was only downloadable via the Galaxy Apps store, but it now downloads the first time you […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Android Pie brings a nifty alternative to the screen auto rotate toggle
Samsung is making plenty of additions to Google's version of Android Pie, many of which we have already written about in our One UI (Android Pie) feature focus series. But there's one particular feature of stock Android Pie that we felt deserves to be highlighted. On Pie, you have a small button in the navigation […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Reset volume and screen brightness
Have you ever gone into the display settings of your Galaxy smartphone to temporarily increase the screen timeout duration, only to forget resetting it back to normal? Increased screen brightness for a particular situation and left it there, allowing the display to use up precious battery life? Or wished the phone's speakers would stop blasting […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Galaxy S9 camera gets Flaw Detection, Scene Optimizer with Android Pie
Android Pie may increase the steps needed before one can record a video on a Galaxy S9, but it also brings some new camera features. These camera features, Scene Optimizer and Flaw Detection, debuted on the Galaxy Note 9 and have also been seen on some mid-range devices Samsung has launched in recent weeks (such as […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Samsung keyboard gets floating mode
The Samsung Keyboard app received many new features with Android 8.0 Oreo, such as high-contrast themes, a customizable toolbar, and new emojis, stickers, and GIFs. And the app is getting even more functionality with One UI/Android Pie. One of the new Samsung Keyboard features in Pie is a floating keyboard mode. Samsung keyboard gets its […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Navigation button gestures
A nifty alternative for software navigation keys that Samsung introduced with the Galaxy A7 (2018) is becoming a standard feature with Android Pie. With Samsung adopting software navigation keys for all devices, there are going to be many complaints about those keys taking up useful screen estate. And that's where navigation button gestures in Android […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
