One UI 7 Features Wishlist: What We Want To See

Samsung’s Android 15-based One UI 7.0 beta’s internal testing has started. It is expected to bring dozens of features, customizations, and seamless functionality, but despite all this, we are discussing some features from our wishlist that One UI 7 should bring. 

One UI 7 Features Wishlist

Transparently, One UI is one of the best Android skins in the industry, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfectly fine in all ways, since some long-requested features are still missing. One UI 7.0 will be based on Android 15, so it’s quite possible to bring Android 15 features such as App Archive, Notification Cooldown, and Audio Sharing. Let’s take a closer look at the wishlist that we are expecting from One UI 7. 

• Vertical App Drawer: 

The vertical app drawer is one of the most long-requested features, while Android devices have had a vertically scrolling app drawer. Since Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Samsung has stuck with a horizontal page-style drawer. Somehow scrolling through pages upon pages to find the one opp seems inconvenient. However, the leaks suggest that Samsung is working on this feature for the One UI 7 update. 

• Multiple Lock and Home Screen Setup 

Apple brought the ability to create multiple lock screens and a home screen setup that lets you switch between them, just like the watch faces on your smartwatch. This feature seems quite convenient, the Galaxy user wants Samsung to permit users to rotate between different lock screen setups and provide more customization options, including support for third-party widgets. 

• Battery and Storage Health Data: 

The reports already suggested that Samsung is working on bringing battery health data to One UI 7, but Samsung has yet to confirm this officially. This facility permits users to check the charging cycles and battery health, similar to iPhones and some OnePlus devices. However, Android 15 might add a feature to display storage health that will also degrade over time, so Samsung should adopt it as well. 

• App Sandbox: 

The best part of Android is that it lets you download and install applications from third-party sources. The sandbox would run the application in isolation with minimal permissions, avoiding unauthorized access by accessing user data or interfering with the system. It activates automatically for unreliable app downloads to upgrade user data security. 

• Improved Pro Mode: 

Samsung should offer more functionality in Pro Mode to enhance the user’s experience, such as grid lines for the Pro Mode viewfinder and switching between different image formats. Flagship Galaxy devices support shooting in RAW format with the usual JPEG. You can choose to shoot with either format in Pro Mode, but both of these options are also buried in the camera settings. 

• Customizable Icons: 

Samsung’s icons stand out from the crowd, but similar to the app drawer, they have not seen major improvements throughout the years. Currently, users can only change the material theming, but some options, such as changing shape, size, and even color, are not available yet. However, the GoodLock module called Theme Park permits you to do the same, but a native option within the OS will be much more convenient. 

• Redesigned Quick Settings: 

Previously, One UI offered a quick settings panel accessible with one hand. However, the Samsung One UI 6 update expands the panel to fill the entire screen, making it harder to reach the top controls such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth without using two hands. A one-hand-friendly redesign of the quick settings panel will offer better accessibility facilities. 

So these are some features that we are expecting from the Android 15-based One UI 7 update, although Samsung has not announced anything regarding the features of One UI 7 yet. But it will be interesting to see what new novelties One UI 7 will bring.