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10 New features of One UI 5.1 coming to your Galaxy smartphones
Samsung is all set to be ready for the launch of One UI 5.1 with Galaxy S23, the device will make its first appearance on 1st Feb at the Galaxy Unpacked event, and the company will unveil some other products along with Galaxy S23. But ahead of the launch event, the One UI 5.1 features are leaked.
10 New Features Are Coming To One UI 5.1
Camera
In the camera section, there are some new features have been introduced, as you can easily change the colour tone of your selfies with the effects button on the side of the screen, as well as the Expert raw is now easily accessible through the Advanced menu.
Gallery
In the Gallery app, there are some specific changes have been applied, like a new shared Family Album; with the help of this feature, you can easily share your photos with your family. It will recommend photos to add to your shared family album by recognizing the faces of your family. When you swipe up while viewing an image or video in your gallery, you can see at a glance; now, you can choose the location to save your screen recordings and screenshots in your desired folder.
AR Zone and AR Emoji
With the latest One UI 5.1, you can now able to take funny photos of 3 people and can replace the faces of your friends in the mak mode. The brushes are now available on the main screen of AR Doodle for faster access. You can resize and move drawings even after they have been created, and the new eraser tool lets you erase only part of your drawing without deleting them entirely.
Widgets
There are some improvements have been made to the widget, like a new battery widget has been introduced, which lets you check the battery level of your Galaxy device. Right on the home screen, you can see how much battery is left on your smartphone, Galaxy Buds, Galaxy watch and other supported devices; there is a new illustration style has also been added under the weather widget, which makes it easy to know the weather information, whether it’s sunny, cloudy, raining or snowing.
Modes and Scenarios
You can set different wallpapers on the lock screen and home screen depending on your current activities; there are new changes, like now it can automatically run scripts when you turn on Airplane mode or Mobile Hotspot. Scripts can now open a couple of apps, adjust left/right audio balance and more.
Connectivity
With the help of Samsung notes now, you can create a shared note that multiple people can edit at the same time; now you can easily invite people to share albums using a link that can be shared through apps like messaging social networks, with the latest one UI 5.1, you can now use your Galaxy Book’s mouse, keyboard, or trackpad not only with your Galaxy tablet but with your Galaxy smartphone. If you surf the web using Samsung internet on your smartphone.
Multitasking
In multitasking, there are some minimal changes have been introduced, like now you can minimize the application without going to the settings menu. Just drag one of the corners of the popup; now, when you launch split screen, the apps you use most often will be displayed under recently used apps to help you find them faster.
Samsung Dex
In the split screen mode, you can now drag the splitter in the centre of the screen to resize both windows. You can also snap a window to one of the corners, so it takes up a quarter of the screen.
Weather
Now you can easily access the information from the main screen. It alerts you about severe weather and daily weather reports.
Call
You can use Bixby text calls to automatically answer calls and find out the purpose of the call. You will see what the caller is saying in text chat, and you can tap or type the answers to be read aloud to the caller.
However, the features mentioned above may vary by device model, country, carrier, or version of One UI installed.
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
Firmware
Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.
Firmware
Samsung rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy S23 FE devices in the US
Samsung has rolled out the March 2024 security patch to almost all devices but still needs to complete the update distribution to all eligible devices. So, gradually expanding the update to remaining devices, the company has started rolling out the update for the Galaxy S23 FE in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy S23 FE devices are getting a new update in the carrier-unlocked version with the firmware version number S711U1UES2BXBF. The update has already been rolled out to almost all carriers, including AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, C-Spire, Cellular South, Comcast, Cricket, DISH, MetroPCS, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Cellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile.
According to the official changelog, the March 2024 security patch is one of the standard maintenance updates that provides some internal improvements for the device, and there will be no visible changes available. In other words, users may experience some improvement in the functioning of devices, but it doesn’t particularly bring any specific changes for the device.
Going to the details, the March 2024 security patch includes more than 40 fixes, 37 of which are provided by Google and address the issues found in the Android OS, while 9 more features are introduced by Samsung that enhance the performance of Galaxy devices exclusively.
Suppose you are using the Galaxy S23 FE in the US. In that case, you can update the devices to the latest version by following the simple steps: first, go to the system settings, tap on the software update, and tap on the download and install button; if it shows a new update available, tap on the download button.