Apps & Services
Samsung Health gets One UI 5.1 support and adds new features
Samsung Health is one of Samsung’s most advantageous and beneficial applications. If you don’t know, Samsung Health is an application that Samsung develops to serve tracks of the user’s health in various aspects of daily life, contributing to well-being such as physical activity, diet, and sleep. Recently, the company has provided the latest One UI 5.1 update complete support for this application. So, let’s take a look at it.
Samsung Health One UI 5.1 Update
Informatively, Samsung has just launched version 6.23.3.003 for the Samsung Health app, with which the One UI 5.1’s support also made its way. With this new update, the applications have got many modifications or, we can say, improvements with it. Along with it, some new functions will also make their way to the application. So, let’s take a look at what this updated Samsung Health app will offer to us.
The update has brought a Sleep Widget to the home screen and a ‘Measure’ feature, which will be applied to body consumption, heart rate, etc.
A new Cycles is now in Galaxy Watches
The Women’s health option is now changed to Cycles tracking, which is approved by MFDS in Korea and also registered with the US Food and Drug Administration. Notably, the new Cycles feature added menstrual cycle tracking ability to the Galaxy Watch lineup, which will be based on temperature. However, this new feature will exclusively be available to Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro only, as per the original announcement.
The Samsung Camera app comes with all the necessary features that allow users to capture good photos and shoot elegant videos via their Galaxy devices. To make it more effective, the company frequently brings new updates to the stock camera application.
Samsung Camera update
Samsung has rolled out a new update for the stock camera application, which comes with the firmware version number 11.0.02.95. The latest update does not introduce any new changelog, instead reiterating the previous one that addressed the issue of photos breaking when repeatedly shooting after applying a filter. But it is expected that the company will surely provide some improvements to the functioning of the application.
How to install
The Samsung Camera application update is now live for Galaxy devices, which are running on Android 14. If you are also using any of the Galaxy devices with One UI 6.0 or One UI 6.1 installed, then you can install the latest update via the Galaxy store, but in case the update is not reached for your device, you can also sideload the application via external sources.
Samsung provides more options for better photography
For premium devices that are equipped with high-end camera hardware, there are some more camera-related apps and functions available in the form of Expert RAW and Camera Assistant. With these applications, users will be able to use the smartphone camera more professionally.
YouTube is rolling out a new jump-ahead AI-powered feature for its users. Under this functionality, users will be able to skip the video by double-tapping to the most-viewed part of the video.
Previously, when you double-tapped on the video in the right half of the screen, it forwarded the video to 10 seconds. Now, to make this function more useful, YouTube has used AI, which is able to analyze the most-viewed part of the video and redirect users directly.
According to the information, the new facility will be limitedly available to users who have joined the premium memberships. It is worth noticing that YouTube has had this functionality for a long time. A few days ago, when the company had previewed this capability, it suggested a small experiment.
As this is currently in the initial stage, the functionality is only available for US users and those working on the English videos. According to the information, the jump-ahead feature is available for users who join the premium membership before June 1. However, after passing the experiment phase, it may be available for every user.
A couple of months ago, YouTube brought the Picture in Picture (PiP) feature for free to users. Initially, it was limited to US users, but it is expected to be available to other countries’ users. To get the latest functionality, users should always keep the YouTube update.
Samsung uses the Android operating system for its Galaxy devices but is not fully dependent on it. For some of the important functionalities, the company has made fully in-house applications to minimize its dependency on Google. The Galaxy Store is the prime example of it; even after having the fully optimized Google Play Store on the devices, the Galaxy Store is popular among users. So to make it more useful, companies frequently bring new updates to it.
The Galaxy Store gets updated to the new version
Samsung has rolled out the Galaxy Store update for both smartphones and smartphones with different versions; specifically, for smartphones, it is carrying the version number 4.5.78.1. Meanwhile, the smartwatches with WearOS come with version number 1.0.05.32. However, with the new version for Galaxy devices, there is no new changelog attached, which indicates that the update could not bring any significant changes to the application.
How to install the latest Galaxy Store version
If you are having issues while using any of the functionalities, then you must try to install the latest version. To check the new version’s availability, follow these simple steps: First, open the Galaxy Store application, click on the menu button, which looks like three horizontal lines in the bottom right corner. Now touch the setting icon, and you will see a list of options. Select about Galay Store. It will show you the latest version of the application.
The Galaxy Store provides exclusive content
The Galaxy Store provides similar features to the Google Play Store; for instance, you can instantly play games and use applications without actually installing them. It also provides exclusive content, including games, themes, and other customizations that you may not find on the Google Play Store. It also uses AI to recommend the best application based on usage, as well as offers discounts and deals on events.