In today’s world, our smartphones are indispensable. They may be small, but they are capable of carrying our whole world within them. That’s why Samsung Electronics first developed One UI to better connect innovative hardware with intuitive and easy-to-use software that gives people better control over their mobile devices.
In the coming weeks, Samsung is excited to bring its latest One UI offering, One UI 5, to millions of Galaxy users around the world with new features that give everyone the freedom to choose their own mobile experience.
Read on for a closer look at what to expect from One UI 5.
Use your phone your way
Representing Samsung’s most personal mobile experience yet, One UI 5 is designed to give people more ways to customize their devices exactly the way they want – and that starts with communication.
The new Bixby text call¹ This feature allows users to communicate in the way that is most convenient for them. Bixby Text Call allows you to answer calls simply by typing a message. Samsung’s intelligent platform, Bixby, converts the text to audio and shares it directly with the caller on the line on your behalf, showing you what the caller is saying by converting their voice to text. This feature is perfect for those moments when you need to communicate but can’t necessarily be heard, e.g. B. in a crowded train or at a loud concert. This feature allows you to take your calls in any environment without disturbing or missing a beat.
Match your phone to your lifestyle
What you want from your device can change throughout the day. The functions you use for your morning routine to get up and get active may not be the same ones you focus on during the workday. With the routinesyou can trigger a series of actions on your device based on your activities and with One UI 5 modesyou can create custom settings for different areas of your life from sleeping and relaxing to exercising and driving.
For example, while you exercise, your priority might be to mute notifications to stay in the zone and play music. Alternatively, when it’s time for bed, you can turn off the sound and turn on dark mode to relax.
One UI 5 also offers a fresh, new look and feel This makes the user experience more welcoming and seamless. From bolder, simpler app icons to a streamlined color scheme, Samsung has taken care of the intricate details for a more engaging mobile experience.
Samsung has also refined this notifications in One UI 5 to be more intuitive, easy to read at a glance, and redesigned to offer more defined answer and decline buttons when a call comes in Pop-up call display.
Beyond the general design considerations, personalization and the ability to express yourself are also an important part of everyone’s mobile experience. To take this to the next level, One UI 5 brings the popular video wallpaper from the Lockstar of Good Lock app straight to the lock screen. With just a few taps, you can crop a video to turn your most memorable moments into a moving tribute on your phone. You can customize this lock screen even more by changing wallpaper, clock style and notification pop-ups all in one screen.
A mobile experience built around you
One UI 5 not only gives you options to curate a custom look and feel for your device, but it also introduces new features to help you get things done more efficiently. For example, widgets in One UI 5 offer exciting new options and the ability to keep your home screen clean and tidy with new features Stacked widgets. With this new feature, you can drag and drop widgets on top of each other and swipe left or right to quickly and easily scroll through each one to free up space on your home screen and use it more efficiently.
To further streamline mobile tasks and activities, One UI 5 also comes with new ones Smart suggestions for widgets. Based on your usage patterns and the context of your mobile activity, Smart Suggestions automatically suggest apps and actions that further personalize the mobile experience.
You can easily Extract text from images and paste it in a note. Whether it’s quickly capturing event details from a poster you want to send to a friend, or simply saving a phone number from a business card, One UI 5 makes it easier than ever to be productive with intelligent text extraction.
In addition, you can also control all devices connected to your smartphone in the new one Connected devices menu., where you can access all the features that work with other devices such as Quick Share, Smart View and Samsung DeX. You also now get easy access to the Auto switch Buds menu, which allows you to automatically switch your buds from one device to another for more seamless operation between devices.
Convenient security and peace of mind
Samsung understands that there is no privacy without security, so in One UI 5 these two settings have been brought together in one clean, easy-to-navigate dashboard, making it easier than ever to protect your device and sensitive information private.
This new one Security and privacy dashboard has been designed to be as simple as possible to quickly and easily understand the status of your device. With a quick glance, you can get a quick overview of your device’s security and find suggestions and alerts based on its status.
To ensure your private information stays private, One UI 5 also features a new one Notification in Share Panel² alerts you if you unknowingly want to share a photo containing potentially sensitive information, such as a picture of your credit or debit card, driver’s license, social security card, or passport.
Developed by Galaxy users for Galaxy users
Samsung has been working hard over the past few months to ensure One UI 5 offers our best mobile experience yet, and to ensure these changes resonate with real users, Samsung has received feedback from thousands of Galaxy users who have participated in our One UI Beta Join Program.
That A UI beta program ensures Samsung delivers mobile experiences that truly meet the needs of Galaxy users. This program allows attendees to access the interface early and share their feedback to create the best possible experience. This year, Samsung launched its One UI 5 open beta program sooner than ever to ensure everyone has access to the exciting new interface as soon as possible.
As a result, the feedback received during this process has shaped the upcoming One UI 5 experience in more ways than one. From small details like smoother gestures for a more refined look and feel, to entire features, users have had a say in the development path. Users found that the security dashboard was a much appreciated feature, paving the way for additional updates that give people more control over their privacy, and feedback also indicated that the new Bixby text calling feature was incredibly useful for answering calls in difficult environments. Therefore, this feature should support English early next year.
Stay tuned to learn more about One UI 5 and how you can make your mobile experience exactly how it should be – unique to you.
