Here you can check everything about the One UI 5, including One UI 5 eligible devices, features, release, and more. In August, Samsung originally started testing One UI 5 on the Galaxy S22. The beta program later expanded to the Galaxy S21 and the mid-ranger Galaxy A52. The testing is in the final phases on the Galaxy S22 and will be available to everyone by the end of this month. Speaking of the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy A52, as per the previous trends, the new skin will be available first to the Galaxy S21, hopefully in a month or two, whereas, it may take a little longer for Galaxy A52.
One UI 5 Release Announcement
Samsung finally introduced the One UI 5.0 at Samsung Developer Conference 22 on October 12. The South Korean tech giant shows off its latest software technologies including SmartThings, Knox Matrix for enhanced security, Bixby upgrades, Bixby Home Studio, Samsung TV Plus, Samsung Gaming Hub, and One UI 5.0. As I said earlier, the Galaxy S22 will be the first smartphone to get a taste of One UI 5.0. Samsung confirms the release date of the new skin, it will be available by the end of this month. If you own the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus, or Galaxy S22 Plus, your phone will receive the new Android 13-centric One UI 5 soon. Talking about the Android 13 based One UI 5.0 then, it brings a stack of new features to Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Let’s look at all features of the new One UI 5.0.
One UI 5 Features
One UI 5.0 is one of the most feature-rich upgrades for Galaxy phones, bringing a big list of customization features, new Good Lock tools, more wallpapers choices for the lock screen and home screen, widget stacking support, and many more. Customization features Let’s take a look at the One UI 5.0 customization features first. One UI 5.0 lets you easily customize the lock screen of your Galaxy smartphone, yes, you can customize everything available on the lock screen. The new customization tools for the lock screen let you change clock style, notifications settings, live wallpapers tools, new colors and graphics, dynamic lock screens, more color palettes for the home screen, improvements for call backgrounds, and more. Samsung releases some new colorful backgrounds with the One UI 5.0, which are already available to us, you can try the new backgrounds on your phone if you want. Good Lock is one of the best tools available on Galaxy devices with best-in-class personalization tools. Samsung at SDC says, more new features are coming to Good Lock soon. Routines and Modes One UI 5.0 comes with customized build routines so that you can stay focused on what you are working on. Modes let you pick a mode on based on what you are doing, suppose you can set a sleep mode to cut down all notifications beeps, and calls while you are sleeping, Exercise mode, Driving mode, a dedicated mode for gamers, and many more. The best part is, the modes will automatically be applied to the other connected Galaxy devices, suppose you own a Galaxy Watch or a Galaxy tablet, then the same mode will be applied to your other connected devices. Better Multitasking One UI 5 also brings some new productivity tools including better multitasking. The new options let you change the view with a swipe of a gesture and also let you quickly open apps in a split screen. Here you can know more about the multitasking features of the Galaxy Fold 4. New Camera Features The camera app on Galaxy phones gets a bunch of new features including Histogram in Pro mode, the option to zoom with one hand, support to add watermark to images, food mode gets Telephoto lens support, and users can easily select filters in the camera app. Widgets Improvements Last year, Samsung revamped widgets on the One UI 4. Now, the firm brings widget stacking support to the One UI 5. Not only this, but it also brings smart suggestions widget, Samsung says, “It suggests apps to use, people to call, calendar events to add, and more, based on your usage patterns.” Apart from these features, One UI 5.0 comes with updated app icons and illustrations, improved and smoother animations across the system, improved blur effects, connected experience across Galaxy devices, new photo editing tools including enhanced GIF editing, more sticker options, improvements to Samsung Keyboard, Optical Character Recognition for gallery app, copy text from screenshots, new taskbar for Samsung DeX, improved design layout in the notification panel, better privacy features, and more.
One UI 5.0 Eligible Devices
There are a lot of phones that were eligible for the One UI 4 update including many entry-level phones such as Galaxy M01, Galaxy A12, etc. One UI 5 will also be available to many Galaxy phones. Phones that were released the last year 2021 or this year 2022 will definitely get the Android 13 based One UI 5.0. So if you have a new phone then you don’t need to look for the list because your phone is eligible for the update. Now coming to the old phones, then from the past 2-3 years phones, most of the flagship phones will be eligible for the One UI 5. Whereas in mid-range phones, not all of them will be eligible. As Samsung is transparent about the update policies for its devices, it is not hard to guess which phones will get the Android 13 based One UI 5 update. So here’s a list of Galaxy phones expected to get the Android 13 based One UI 5 update. Galaxy Z Series Phones
Galaxy Z Fold 2 5GGalaxy Z Fold 3Galaxy Z FlipGalaxy Z Flip 5GGalaxy Z Flip 3Galaxy Z Flip 4Galaxy Z Fold 4
Galaxy S Series Phones
Galaxy S22 UltraGalaxy S22+Galaxy S22Galaxy S21 FEGalaxy S21 UltraGalaxy S21+Galaxy S21Galaxy S20 UltraGalaxy S20+Galaxy S20Galaxy S20 FEGalaxy S10 Lite
Galaxy Note Series Phones
Galaxy Note 20 UltraGalaxy Note 20Galaxy Note 10 Lite
Galaxy Tablets
Galaxy Tab S8 UltraGalaxy Tab S8+Galaxy Tab S8Galaxy Tab S7+Galaxy Tab S7Galaxy Tab S7 FEGalaxy Tab S6 5GGalaxy Tab S6 LiteGalaxy Tab A7 LiteGalaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021)Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro
Galaxy M Series Phones
Galaxy M42 5GGalaxy M13 5GGalaxy M13Galaxy M12Galaxy M62Galaxy M22Galaxy M31Galaxy M32Galaxy M32 5GGalaxy M52 5GGalaxy M53Galaxy M33Galaxy M23
Galaxy F Series Phones
Galaxy F42 5GGalaxy F62Galaxy F12Galaxy F22Galaxy F23Galaxy F13
Galaxy A Series Phones
Galaxy A73Galaxy A53Galaxy A33Galaxy A71 5GGalaxy A71Galaxy A51 5GGalaxy A51Galaxy A52Galaxy A52 5GGalaxy A52sGalaxy A72Galaxy A QuantumGalaxy Quantum 2Galaxy A03sGalaxy A12 NachoGalaxy A32Galaxy A32 5GGalaxy A22Galaxy A22 5GGalaxy A23 5GGalaxy A23Galaxy A13Galaxy A04sGalaxy A04Galaxy A03
Other Galaxy Phones
Galaxy Xcover 5Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro
Is your Galaxy Phone on the list? Let us know in the comment section. So that’s all on the One UI 5 Roadmap, Supported Devices, and Features. One UI 5 beta is currently available for Galaxy S22 users who want to test Android 13. What are your thoughts on the One UI 5.0 version? Let us know below. Also Check:
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