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Samsung Galaxy’s Security & Privacy features are keeping you safe
Privacy is a major concern in this tech era, but now not to worry as the Samsung Galaxy’s security and privacy features will stand beside you to keep your data safe with its three special features.
Here we are discussing the Samsung Galaxy’s features that contribute to your phone’s security and privacy, adding an extra layer of safety and security. Below are the three features of the Samsung Galaxy that enhance users’ security experience.
- Pin App
- Maintenance Mode
- Secure Folder
These functionalities let you decide what people can and can’t see, no matter who’s got your device in their hand. Check out the elaboration of these features mentioned below:
Pin App-
The Pin App prevents your crucial data from unauthorized access; it’s like a personal bouncer for your applications. Even after forcing this, it will stop illegal access from getting into places where they’re not welcome. This feature ensures that they remain precisely where they belong, within the pinned application and not anywhere else. This feature also appears as a Do Not Disturb sign; it indirectly helps avoid awkward pop-up notifications, which risk showing sensitive details when all you wanted to do was share a funny social media post.
You can easily set up the Pin App by just following the steps mentioned here:
- Go to Settings >> Security and Privacy >> Scroll down to find More Security Settings. Toggle the switch for the Pin App on.
For extra security, you can also prefer ‘Ask for PIN before unpinning’ so whoever has your phone will need a password to get out of the pinned application.
Maintenance Mode:
Maintenance Mode protects you from the risk of unauthorized access to data while sending your device for repair. The Korean giants have introduced this feature just to the rescue by hiding your crucial data, creating a safe environment for repair without even compromising your privacy.
Once you activate Maintenance Mode, you can set up a distinct user profile, ensuring your primary account and data remain private. This mode can be activated either through the device’s Settings, where you hit Device Care before navigating to and clicking Maintenance Mode, or through the Samsung Members app. After turning on the maintenance mode, you can cache all data, including photos, videos, contacts, and messages. Apart from this, it also makes sure that no data is erased by accident from the device, in scenarios like a repair service center.
Secure Folder:
Samsung Knox offers a layer of security and privacy, not only to protect users but also to give them an option for what they want to secure. Secure Folder is a container that locks away your data just to avoid illegal access through your phone’s regular storage. It can hold most private data, such as calendar schedules and contact information, as well as notes, images, videos, files, and applications. You have to set your lock type, for instance, a PIN, pattern, or password, when you open the Secure Folder for the very first time. You can also add fingerprint access.
With these three features—Pin Apps, Maintenance Mode, and Secure Folder—Samsung is offering extra reassurance against a nosy look.
Samsung has already rolled out the One UI 6.1 update to the Galaxy A25 5G and Galaxy A14 5G devices in several regions, including Europe and the US; however, the company hasn’t been successful in providing the update to all the devices, so it is now expanding the update to the Middle Eastern units.
Galaxy A25 and Galaxy A14 5G are spotted receiving the One UI 6.1 update in the Middle East with these firmware version numbers: A256EXXU4BXE3 and A145FXXU6CXF1, respectively. With the latest update, the company has brought several new features, which will ultimately lead to improving the user experience.
Samsung has brought some new features with One UI 6.1. According to the official changelog, the latest update will provide several new features. You can now have the ability to copy and paste images to another; it has improved the Gallery search; and many more.
With the latest update, users can have several new customization options applied to different existing functions, including wallpaper, lock screen, customized alarm alerts, calendar settings, and many more.
If you want to explore all the new features arriving for the device, you can visit this article. To get the latest update, you just need to go to the software update menu via system settings.
The Galaxy A14 was introduced last year with Android 13 pre-installed, and then it grabbed one major update in the form of One UI 6 and Android 14.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy A25 was also introduced last year in the final quarter, so the device has debuted in the market with Android 14 pre-installed. Both of the devices are eligible to get at least four major updates, but as the Galaxy A14 already received a major update, it will now get three more major updates in the future.
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Samsung is moving to wrap up the One UI 6.1 session; it has already distributed the update to almost all the eligible devices. Now the company has brought the latest One UI update to the European units of the Galaxy A25. Previously, it had already served the update to the Korean and US units of the same devices.
Samsung has rolled out the One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy A25 with the firmware version number A256BXXU4BXE3. Being a major improvement update, it is coming in a significant software package of 2 GB. With the latest update, the company hasn’t introduced the latest security patch and is still using the May 2024 patch level.
OneUI 6.1 brings many new features
One UI 6.1 is a minor upgrade to the previously installed Samsung skin. With the latest update, there are many fruitful additions applied to various existing functions, including gallery, wallpaper, calendar, reminder, and many more.
With the latest update, Quick Share is merged with Google’s nearby Share. With this integration, Galaxy device users can easily share files with any Android users. Along with this, there are some new features applied to Samsung Health, such as an enhanced exercise experience and more options for daily activity targets. If you want to explore the full changelog, you can check out this article.
If you are using the Galaxy A25 device in Europe, now you can download the latest update by simply touching on the notification if available, which will redirect you to the software update menu. Then you just need to touch the download button. Alternatively, you can also check for the update by going to the software update menu via system settings manually.
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Earlier this week, Samsung introduced the One UI 6.1 update in the US. Now, with the latest development, the company has started expanding the update to more countries, including South Korea. It is expected to be available to more units present in different regions in the next few days.
Notably, the One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy A25 5G is coming with the firmware version number A256NKSU2BXE5. With the latest update, you will get a lot of new features and improvements to the existing functionalities, which will elevate the overall experience of the devices. It is worth noticing that the device is coming with an older security patch, i.e., a May 2024 security patch.
According to the official changelog, the upcoming update for the Galaxy will improve the overall performance of the device with different additions in many menus such as Gallery, Wallpaper, Quick Share, Samsung Find, Samsung Account, Reminder, and much more. If you want to explore the full changelog, you can check out this article.
Along with this, the update also brings enhancements for the Samsung Cloud and Passkey, which will increase your data safety. There are also some important additions to the Samsung Health Management system that will improve the exercise experience, daily activity goal options, and cycle recording. Similar to these, several new features (Galaxy AI is not included) have arrived for the device. If you want to explore the full changelog, you can check out this article.