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Color palette

Customize your phone with unique colors based on your wallpaper. Your custom color palette now appears in more apps, including certain Google apps such as Gmail, Google Photos, Chrome etc. ¹

Colors and fonts

Similar features now use the same colors to help you understand them more intuitively. Text contrast has been enhanced to help you recognize important information.

Enhanced Dark mode

To keep you comfortable in the dark, Dark mode now automatically dims wallpapers and icons. Illustrations in Samsung apps now have Dark mode versions with darker colors for a more consistent experience that’s easier on your eyes.

More blur effects

Blur effects have been applied in more places to help you distinguish the important information on the surface from the less important stuff behind it.

Easier drag and drop

When you touch and hold an item on the screen, you'll get intuitive visual cues to show what you've selected.

Sound and haptics

One UI provides information that goes beyond visuals. Sounds and vibrations have been revamped across your device for a more intuitive experience. For example, sound and vibration feedback is provided when you move items around the screen to help you understand where you can drop them.

Sync vibrations with sounds

Sync your vibration pattern with your call ringtone and notification sound. ²

Instant video taking

Recording starts immediately after you tap the Record button, instead of when you release it, so that you catch those precious moments before they’re gone. In Photo mode, you can touch and hold the Shutter button to start recording a quick video, then drag your finger to the Lock icon to continue recording without holding down the Shutter.

Dynamic frame rate for videos

The frame rate can now be automatically optimized to give you a great brightness even in low light. ³

Focus enhancer for videos

Keep nearby objects in focus. Focus enhancer is now available while recording close-up videos. ⁴

Auto framing in Video mode

Automatically keep everyone in view, even if they move around. Squares are shown around the people the camera is following. You can also tap a single square to make the camera follow just one person. ^{5, 6}

Enhanced night portraits

Take stunning portraits, even in low light. Night shots are now supported in Portrait mode. ⁷

Portraits for pets

Take beautiful pictures of your furry friends with various portrait effects. Portrait mode now works with cats and dogs on both the front and rear cameras. Some portrait effects can only be applied after you take the picture. ⁸

More options for portrait videos

Portrait video mode now supports video stabilization with both the 1x and 3x lenses for stable close-ups. ^{9, 10}

Easier zoom recognition

Lens icons show the magnification level as a number, so you always know how much you're zoomed.

Detail enhancer for photos

Get more detail and less noise in your high-resolution pictures. Textures and details will look great even when you zoom in. ¹¹

Enhanced Pro and Pro video modes

Stay in control with the redesigned Pro and Pro video mode settings. The cleaner look helps you focus on the shot and find the settings you need easily. New level indicators added to the grid lines help you keep shots balanced.

Zoom in farther in Pro and Pro video modes

The telephoto lens is now supported in Pro and Pro video modes so you can capture clearer images and videos of things far away. ¹²

More time for your Single takes

Single takes are 5 seconds longer than before, and if that's not enough, you can even add 5 more seconds of extra time to so you never miss a moment. It’s also easier to select what you want to capture. Just tap the button to choose from a varuety of pictures and videos. ¹³

Get the full Director’s view

You can save your Director’s view videos with separate front and rear videos so you can edit them later, even after you’re done recording. When you play them back in the Video player, you can switch between different views such as split-screen or picture-in-picture. ¹⁴

Enhanced scanning

Scan documents, then tap the magnifying glass to zoom in and edit them immediately. You can also do more after scanning QR codes, like calling or emailing someone instead of just adding their contact info to your phone.

Enhanced Stories

See your stories come to life with highlight videos that are created automatically. Just tap the preview at the top of each story to watch. For trips or special days, you can also explore where the pictures in your stories were taken in the new Map view. Make your memories more vivid with new story features.

Create time lapse videos

Turn a picture into a vivid 24-hour time lapse video. A button will appear for pictures of scenery including the sky, bodies of water, mountains, or cities. Your video will appear as if an entire day has passed.

More suggestions

Get help creating artistic portraits and exciting highlight reels. Gallery will suggest the best effects for your pictures.

Add portrait effects

You can now add background blur to any picture with a person in view.

Powerful remastering

Make your photos look better than ever. Sharpen blurry faces, fix distortion on TVs or computer screens, and increase brightness and resolution.

Revert remastered photos

Revert remastered pictures to their original versions at any time, even after they’re saved, so you never have to worry about losing the original.

Easier album sorting

Sort through albums more easily—even if they’ve got tons of pictures. In fact, you can sort albums by how many pictures and videos they contain so that your favorite and most used albums are always at the top of the list. A cover image also appears at the top of the screen when you view an album to give you a better feel for what the album contains.

Share albums as links

No need to invite people to shared albums individually anymore. Just create a link that can be shared with anyone, even if they don't have a Samsung account or Samsung Galaxy device.

Invitations on Shared albums

Easily accept invitations to shared albums, even if you miss the notifications. Invitations that you haven't responded to yet will appear at the top of your shared album list.

More control over information

Change or remove the date, time, and location of your pictures and videos to correct it or keep it private. You can also select several pictures and edit their information at once.

Convert unnecessary motion photos to still images

Save storage space by converting motion photos to still images. Gallery will suggest pictures where motion isn't necessary, such as documents.

Enhanced Object eraser

Shadows and reflections will be removed automatically whenever you use the Object eraser in Photo Editor.

Light balance

Picture too dark because of bad lighting? The new Light balance feature helps you pull out the details to make it look great.

More emojis and stickers

Use an emoji to cover the face of a shy friend or add stickers to create fun pictures and videos. You've now got even more to choose from.

Paste from one photo to another

Experiment with mixing and matching faces, pets, buildings, and more. You can cut any object out of one picture and paste it into a different one.

Highlight reels

Easily turn a set of pictures and videos into a beautiful movie. Just choose a theme, and the highlight video is automatically generated with music to match.

Photo and video collages

Make collages that include pictures, videos, or a combination of both. You can select up to 6 photos and videos. Videos will start playing when you play your collage. Pick out the perfect moments and create your masterpiece.

Revert to the original

Get bold with your editing! You can now revert both pictures and videos back to their original versions after they’re saved, or save them as copies to keep both the original and edited versions.

Edit photos before sharing

When you share a picture that doesn’t look quite right, whether it’s out of focus or not framed well, we’ll let you know and give you suggestions for fixing it. You can rotate photos from landscape to portrait, crop unnecessary areas, or make your photo align with the horizon.

Customize apps to share with

Make sharing your own. You can customize the list of apps that appear when you share content to keep the clutter away and focus only on the apps you use regularly.

Easier navigation

New layout and better navigation make sharing a breeze. Swipe left or right to scroll through apps and contacts when you’re sharing.

Include editing history

When you share pictures and videos with Quick Share, you can include the complete editing history so the receiver can see what's changed or revert back to the original.^{15, 16}

Share your Wi-Fi network

Use Quick Share to share your current Wi-Fi network with someone else. The person you share with will be able to connect automatically without entering the password.

Check your calendar and schedule right away

Check today’s schedule along with your calendar for the rest of the month on the Lock screen.

Easy audio output switching

Switch audio output from buds to speakers to your phone, all from the Lock screen.

Instant voice recording

Got a great idea? Record a voice memo without unlocking your phone.

Better Always On Display

Never miss a notification. You can now set Always On Display to turn on whenever you get a notification. New animated stickers, AR emojis, and bitmojis are also available to keep your Always On Display looking fresh.

Easier widget selection

Having trouble finding the right widget? You can now quickly scroll through the widget list to see what’s available from each app. You’ll also get recommendations for useful widgets to try out.

Get suggestions on your Home screen

Your Smart Widget will tell you when it's time to charge your Galaxy Buds, when it's time to get ready for an event on your calendar, and more.

Group widgets together

Save space on your Home screen by combining multiple widgets into one Smart Widget. Swipe left or right to scroll through your widgets, or set them to rotate automatically to show you the most relevant information based on your activity. ¹⁷

New widget design

Widgets have been redesigned to look better than ever, with info that’s easy to see at a glance and a more consistent style. Information is also more intuitive. The color of the Weather widget will change depending on the current weather conditions, and the color of world clock widgets will change depending on whether it's day or night.

Cast a single app with Smart View

Cast an app from your phone to your TV so you can continue chatting, playing games, or browsing while watching videos on the big screen. ¹⁸

Enhanced Edge panels

Keep your current app in view while using Edge panels. Blurring has been removed to help you see more at once.

More complete desktop experience in DeX

Apps are resizable in Samsung DeX, so you can multitask and get more done throughout the day. You can also change the touchpad scrolling direction in DeX settings to match your personal preference.

Quick access to pop-up window options

For easier multitasking, you can pin the window options menu to the top of the window to make it easier to access. You can close, maximize and minimize windows, open windows in split screen, and control transparency. ¹⁹

Resizable picture-in-picture

If a floating video is getting in the way, pinch your fingers together to make it smaller. Want to see more? Spread your fingers apart to make it bigger.

Do more during video calls

You can share another app's screen during a video call in Google Duo. Watch YouTube together, share photos, explore maps, and more. ^{20, 21}

Join videos calls in presentation mode

During a video call on your phone, you can join the same call on your tablet in presentation mode. Your tablet's screen will be shared with other participants while audio and video continue on your phone.²²

Animated Emoji pairs

Can’t find the right emoji? Combine two emojis together, then add an animation to really get your feelings across.²³

New animated stickers

Spice up your conversations with a variety of new animated stickers. You can download even more stickers from Galaxy Store.

Quick access to GIFs, emojis, and stickers

Self-expression is a tap away. Get to your emojis, GIFs, and stickers directly from the keyboard with a single button.

Writing assistant powered by Grammarly

Whether you’re typing an email or a text, Grammarly helps ensure your message is clear and effective. Turn it on for apps where you want to keep your spelling and grammar in check, and turn it off in apps where that’s less of a concern. With Grammarly, writing suggestions are just a tap away. ²⁴

Dancing AR emojis

Make cool dance videos with your AR emojis. Choose templates from 10 different categories including #Fun, #Cute, and #Party.

Design your own clothes

Ever wanted to be a fashion designer? In AR Emoji Studio, you can now use your own drawings to create unique clothes for your AR emojis.

Face stickers

Pretend to be your emoji with new stickers of your emoji’s face. Have fun decorating your photos and sharing them with your friends.

Background colors in Mask mode

Keep the focus on your AR Emoji while wearing it as a mask. Choose from a variety of colors to use as your background.

Jazz up your profile

Use an AR Emoji as your profile picture in Contacts and Samsung account. You can choose from 11 poses or create your own expressions.

Add more to your AR doodles

Create 3D stickers by scanning real-world objects, then add them to your AR doodle. You can also add GIFs from Tenor and Giphy. You can access AR Doodle inside of AR Zone, or you can add an AR Doodle icon directly to your Apps screen.

More decorations for your emoji stickers

Show your own unique style by adding GIFs from Tenor as decorations for your custom AR Emoji Stickers.

Body composition information

Set targets for your weight, body fat percentage, and skeletal muscle mass. You'll get tips for reaching your goals. ²⁵

Build better sleep habits

Track your sleep and get coaching based on your sleep patterns. ²⁶

Enhanced exercise tracking

On your Galaxy Watch4 series, you can set interval training targets before you start running or cycling. You'll get a report on your phone when you're finished. Your watch can also give information about sweat loss when you run and heart rate recovery for aerobic workouts. ²⁷

Challenge your friends

Starting a Together team challenge is now just as easy as starting an individual challenge. Invite friends by sending a link.

More food options

Recording your food intake is easier with separate snack options for morning, afternoon, and evening added to the meal tracker. Measure your daily calorie count more accurately by recording all the snacks you eat.

Summary at a glance

Get a summary of your health stats, achievements, personal bests, and progress on the My page tab.

Bottom tab redesign

Your important data is just a tap away. Everything you need is in easy reach as four tabs at the bottom of the screen.

Take quick notes while you browse

Keep track of your sources with new clipping options. You can include content from Samsung Internet or Gallery when you create a note using Air command, the quick panel, or the Tasks edge panel. ²⁸

Use your phone as a toolbar

When taking notes on your tablet, free up more screen space for writing by showing the S Pen toolbar on your phone.

Camera and microphone indicators

Keep prying eyes and ears away. A green dot will appear in the upper right corner of the screen when any app is using the camera or microphone. You can also use quick panel controls to temporarily block all apps from using the camera or microphone.

Permission info at a glance

See when each app accesses sensitive permissions such as Location, Camera, or Microphone in Permission usage in Privacy settings. You can deny permissions for any apps you don’t feel comfortable with.

Manage permissions during setup

To give you more control over your privacy, you can now manage permissions for Samsung apps and services, including Nearby Service, Continuity Service, and Customization Service, from when you set up your phone.

Clipboard protection

Keep your passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information safe. You can choose to receive an alert whenever an app accesses content copied to the clipboard in another app.

Approximate location

Keep your exact location private. You can set apps that don't need to know exactly where you are to only have access your general area.

Search for apps in Secure Folder

A search bar is now available on the Secure Folder Home screen. If you have a lot of apps in Secure Folder, they’re now easier to find.

Customize your Secure Folder icon

Change the image, color, and text that appear on the Secure Folder icon. Choose something that looks like a different app to prevent others from trying to access your private content.

Adjust screen size and contrast easily

High contrast mode: Select High contrast in Display mode to apply Dark mode, High contrast fonts, High contrast keyboard, Remove animations, and Reduce transparency and blur all at once to make content more visible.

Large display mode: Select Large display in Display mode to increase both the font size and the screen zoom. Text will also be changed to bold and buttons will be highlighted.

Easier magnification

Magnifier window has been merged with the new Magnification menu, giving you more options and more control for magnifying content on the screen. Simply select a magnifier from the floating menu to zoom in on the entire screen or just part of it.

Extra dim screen

If your screen is too bright, even at the lowest brightness setting, turn on Extra dim for more comfortable reading in the dark.

Reduce effects for more visibility

More visibility options are available to meet your needs. You can reduce transparency or blur of dialogs and menus to make them easier to see.

Customize flash notifications

Make the screen flash when you receive a notification so you don't miss something important. You can customize colors for each app so you can easily determine where a notification is coming from.

Customize your sound balance

In Accessibility settings, you can adjust the left/right sound balance for connected devices, such as speakers or headphones, separately from the sound balance for your phone speakers. This allows you to get the perfect balance out of your headphones without affecting how your phone's ringtone and speakers sound.

Mouse gestures

If you're using a mouse or trackpad, you can perform actions more quickly by moving your mouse pointer to one of the 4 corners of the screen. For example, set the top right corner to Volume up and the bottom right corner to Volume down to quickly control the volume using your mouse. ²⁹

Quick access button

Accessibility features such as Magnification, Color inversion, and High contrast fonts can be accessed quickly with a floating button that’s always available.

More conditions, actions, and combinations

There are now more ways to start routines and more you can do with them. For example, connect to a Bluetooth speaker when you open a music app, change your watch face, and more. ³⁰

New advanced options

Advanced options have also been added to let you wait before an action starts, to confirm actions, and more. Turn on Wi-Fi and set SmartThings 5 seconds later to prevent connection errors.

Read important notifications aloud

Never miss an important notification. You can set up routines that read notifications out loud if the notification text contains certain words or phrases.

Run routines from your watch

Control routines on your wrist with the new Bixby Routines complication for the Galaxy Watch4 series.

More customization

Create custom icons for your routines using the Camera or an image from Gallery. The icon will appear in your routine list or when you add a routine as a widget on the Home screen.

Automatic control with smart devices

Dim the lights when it's your bedtime and turn them off completely when you fall asleep. You can now control SmartThings devices with the separate bedtime and sleep time settings in the Clock app. If you have a Galaxy Watch, you can use it to detect your sleep. ³¹

Find a lost device together

You can share the location of your devices with others. If a device gets lost, you can get help from another person to scan for it nearby.

Get notified when you leave something behind

Make lost belongings a thing of the past. You can choose to get alerts whenever your Galaxy SmartTag is too far away to connect to your phone.

Diagnostic checks

Now you can get right to Samsung Members diagnostics from Device care. If something seems wrong with your phone, try the diagnostic tests to find out what the problem is and get suggestions for solving it.

Customize your virtual memory

Choose the size of your phone's virtual memory with RAM Plus in Device care. Go with more to boost performance or less to save storage space.

Battery and security info at a glance

Device care now shows you battery and security issues on the main screen so you can solve problems quickly. You'll also see your phone's overall status as an emoji to help you understand easily.

Quickly add events

Need to add something to your calendar in a hurry? Just enter a title at the bottom of the screen and you’re done.

More search options

You’ve got more ways than ever to find your calendar events. Choose from recent search keywords or filter by color or sticker.

Add emojis to your calendar

In addition to stickers, you can now add emojis to a date on your calendar to express your feelings.

Share with friends

Sometimes you need to keep others in the loop. It’s now easier to share your calendars with other Samsung Galaxy users. Invite other users from Contacts or by using their Samsung account without having to create a group.

Easier date and time selection

Setting reminder details is a breeze with separate date and time options.

Quickly add reminders

Need to add a reminder in a hurry? Just enter a memo and you’re done. If the text you enter includes a time, you'll get an alert at that time.

Search from the Home screen

The new search widget helps you find what you’re looking for quickly, at any time, right from the Home screen.

Tab groups

Keep your tabs organized by grouping them together. You can label groups with keywords like "Shopping" and "News" to easily keep track of what's inside.

More control over Dark mode

Set websites to Dark mode or Light mode even when Dark mode is off on your phone. You can also change the brightness of websites in Dark mode using the slider in Samsung Internet settings.

Redesigned address bar

Get more suggestions when you enter text in the address bar. You'll see search suggestions, websites you've visited before, as well as your bookmarks. Results will be grouped by category with an all new design.

Combined address and tab bar

On tablets, you can show the current website's address and your open tabs on a single bar to free up more screen space for browsing.

Change address bar position

Choose to show the address bar at either the top or bottom of the screen. Put it on the bottom for easier access when using your phone with one hand.

Automatically start in Secret mode

To protect your privacy, Samsung Internet will automatically start in Secret mode if you were using Secret mode during your last browsing session.

More transfer options

You’ll get 3 options when transferring content to your new Galaxy. You can choose to transfer everything, transfer just your accounts, contacts, calls, and messages, or go Custom to choose exactly what you want to transfer. ³²

Change audio device without pausing videos

Tap Media output to seamlessly switch audio playback from your phone to a speaker, headphones, or other device. Videos will no longer pause when you switch.

Easier brightness control

A bigger brightness bar in the quick panel makes it easier to change screen brightness with a swipe.

Suitable suggestions for each moment

Your Samsung Galaxy just got a lot smarter. When you start adding an event to your calendar, your device will suggest a title and time based on text messages and other activity on your phone. You'll get similar suggestions in Calendar, Reminder, Keyboard, Messages, and other apps.

Enter text and emojis with your S Pen

A squiggle icon will appear when you hover over a text area where you can write with your S Pen. A button has also been added that lets you enter emojis, stickers, and GIFs.

More search results

Now you can search your messages for photos, videos, web links, and more. The results are all filtered by content types so you can jump right to what you’re looking for.

Easier search

Find the file you’re looking for, even if there’s a typo or the name doesn’t match exactly. The Recent files area shows app icons and file names, and has been expanded to help you quickly locate files you’ve used or received in the past 24 hours.

Settings search enhancements

Improved search features help you find the settings you need, when you need them. You’ll get suggestions for related features depending on what you search for.

Extra brightness

Having trouble reading the screen on a sunny day? You can now turn on Extra brightness to make the screen 60% brighter. ³³

Safety and emergency menu

The new Safety and emergency menu in Settings lets you manage your emergency contacts and safety information all in one place.

Skip an alarm just for today

Feel like sleeping in? You can now turn off an alarm just for one occurrence. It will turn back on automatically the next day it’s scheduled.

Driving monitor

The new Driving monitor in Digital Wellbeing keeps track of the time you spend on your phone while driving. You’ll get reports on how much you used your phone and which apps you used.

Solve Bluetooth problems easily

Having trouble connecting a Bluetooth device? You'll get tips and suggestions for solving common problems.

Share tips with friends

Find something useful in the Tips app? Tap the Share icon to send it to a friend.

Tips preview videos

Learn more about what your Samsung Galaxy can do with preview videos on the main screen of the Tips app.