One UI 5.1
Samsung DeX with One UI 5.1 will raise the multitasking abilities of your phone
The recently-launched One UI 5.1 update has brought various new features and services with it, which will help you to enhance your mobile experience. These novelties are related to Camera, Gallery, Sharing, Connectivity, Calling, Multitasking, and more. The update has also brought improvements and modifications to Samsung’s services, such as Samsung DeX, Bixby Routines, Samsung Internet, and more.
One UI 5.1 multitasking with Samsung DeX
Informatively, today we will focus on Samsung DeX’s multitasking-related improvements only. Firstly, let us tell you Samsung DeX is a feature which lets the user connect their device to an external display to get a desktop computing experience. Additionally, you can even connect a Keyboard and Mouse to your device with the DeX service. The One UI 5.1 has brought plenty of changes to this service, so let’s have a look at them.
According to Mihai Matei, who has used DeX in One UI 5.0 and 5.1 both, with the 5.1 UI update, DeX became better than before. He said that with the One UI 5.1 update, the taskbar had adopted a desktop system-like look, which has a mini calendar as well. Besides, the DeX interface has taken only 2 seconds to open a total of 25 tabs in the Google Chrome service, which took 10 seconds to complete in the One UI 4.1 update.
Apart from this, the One UI 5.1 update offers new ways to resize application windows. Now you can merge two different windows together while using the split mode; you can even resize them at the same time, which will be indeed helpful while opening two apps at the same time. The windows resizer now works kind of like windows; you can drag the divider to the centre of the screen to resize them.
Conclusively, the One UI 5.1 update has improved the functionalities of Samsung DeX, as well as the multitasking experience. Besides Samsung DeX, if you want to know more about the One UI 5.1’s novelties, you can check them out here in our previous articles.
Samsung fans are eagerly waiting for the new One UI 6 beta updates for their devices, but Samsung is delaying it; amid this, the company has started distributing its new update for the Galaxy devices. Currently, the Galaxy S20FE devices are receiving the update in the form August 2023 security patch.
The latest security patch doesn’t bring any innovation to the device, but it brings some minor increment for the improvements of the security of the devices. At the moment, Samsung still needs to publish a detailed bulletin of the update, so we can’t say exactly how many fixes were made in this update.
The August security patch is now rolling out in some countries, including Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Trinidad & Tobago. All the Galaxy S20FE users who belong to the mentioned countries will get the update through OTA.
The new update for Galaxy S20FE is now live in the countries mentioned above, but due to the limitation of the server, it will be distributed to users batch-wise, which means some users will get it on the same day of release while others will get it in the next few days.
Users who own S20FE should get the notification on their devices shortly; once the notification arrives, you can easily update your device by tapping it and installing it through the software update menu. Alternatively, users can check the update availability manually by going to the software update option by the device’s main Settings.
After successfully organizing the unpacked event, now Samsung is actively rolling out the July 2023 security update for its devices. Currently, the update is live for Galaxy A33 5G. The latest update doesn’t bring any new features but comes as maintenance for the Galaxy devices.
Notably, the latest security update is rolled out in Europe. The update is expanding in batches, so it takes time to reach every user in the region. For identification users can check out its build version A336BXXS7CWG1.
Galaxy A33 5G July 2023 security update, what’s new
The July 2023 update comes with the standard changelog which says the stability and reliability have been improved and the security of the device is also improved. However this time the new update specifies that the Bluetooth connectivity is also improved.
As the update includes a new security patch, it will come with over 90 security patches that fix several internal functions of the devices. In other words, the update will improve the security of the device and make it more effective against external threats.
How to install
You should get a notification regarding the new update, and just tapping on it you can easily install it on your device, but in any case, if you didn’t get notified about the update so you can also check the update manually by following the below steps:
- Go to the device Settings
- Then click on the Software updates button
- Now tap on Download and install
- wait until the search is finished,
- If it shows the security update is available, tap on the install button,
- It will start downloading and get installed automatically.
Samsung’s fan edition smartphones always have a different fanbase set as it brings out the combined handset technology and model design. As of now, the Galaxy S21 FE is the latest Samsung FE smartphone which was launched after the success of the Galaxy S21 in the market. The firm skipped the Galaxy S22 FE, but now it is all set for the comeback of the Galaxy S23 FE. It is expected that Samsung will officially announce after its Galaxy Unpacked event.
A reliable source, Android Authority, a senior business executive, reported that Samsung would soon release the Galaxy S23 FE. Additionally, Justin Hume, Samsung’s Vice president of mobile division for South Africa, said the firm will announce soon. He added,” an FE-sized gap between the Galaxy A54 5G and Galaxy S23.” The model will likely be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in the US and China regions. In contrast, the rest of the regions will receive Exynos 2200 chipset-powered Galaxy S23 FE variants.
The model is expected to include internal storage of 128GB and 256GB and 8GB RAM. One UI based on Android 13 is said to run on top of the Galaxy S23 FE. A 12-megapixel front camera sensor is probably mounted on a flat 6.4-inch Full HD+ resolution AMOLED display with a refresh rate 120Hz and a punch hole in the center. The triple rear camera system would include the following:
Galaxy S23 FE Camera:
- A 50-megapixel main sensor.
- A 12-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide angle lens.
- An 8-megapixel sensor with a telephoto lens.
- Battery system with 4,500 mAh and 25W fast charging support.
Galaxy S23 FE Launch Timeline:
The Galaxy S23 FE will mostly hold similar specifications to the Galaxy S23. The fan edition model is expected to launch by the year’s end. The Galaxy S23 series includes three variants: the Galaxy S23, the Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, and the fan edition variant may be equipped with some significant features of the S23 series.