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Samsung One UI 3.0 Features: Latest, Changed, Improved, and Optimized
Samsung introduced One UI at SDC 2018, a new mobile software skin based on Android OS, designed for Samsung smartphone and works on the philosophy of “focus on what matters most”.
The South Korean tech giant made some big changes in the One UI user experience compared to the predecessor “Samsung Experience” and brought simplicity on performing tasks under reach your hand’s thumb.
Including its initial version, Samsung has released six One UI versions since its launch:
- One UI 1.0
- One UI 1.1
- One UI 1.5
- One UI 2.0
- One UI 2.1
- One UI 2.5
With these One UI versions, Samsung has improved the overall user experience, improved One UI’s system performance, and added new features.
Aside from the history, the next version of Samsung’s mobile software, the One UI 3.0 is here. And the One UI 3.0 is out on the device with the Beta testing program.
With One UI 3.0, Samsung has made some remarkable changes in the user interface and accessibility that can easily reflects on the quick settings panel, settings menu, the app drawer, and other parts of the UI.
One UI 3.0 is based on Android 11 and brings you some of the features from the Android ecosystem.
One UI 3.0 beta is out and we’ve examined this new One UI version to extract every single new thing that Samsung included in this new One UI.
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One UI 3.0 Features and Changes that we’ve discussed in this article:
- Quick Settings/Notification Panel Redesign
- Volume Control
- Settings Menu
- Always on Display (AoD)
- FaceWidgets
- Double Tap To Sleep
- Notification Type and History
- Redesigned Long Press application menu
- Home screen, App Drawer, Folders, Finder and Recents
- Device Care
- Video enhancer
- Gallery App
- Caller screen layout
Lock screen:
Once you update your smartphone to One UI 3.0, the lock screen will be the first door that you need to unlock before moving to the world of new user interface changes.
But once you reach the lock screen, you’ll start noticing the changes in the user interface by yourself. The lock screen now has smoother fingerprint animation and a new lock icon hovers on the top center.
UI of the unlock method such as PIN UI is also changed compared to One UI 2.5 and comes with a dialer with round backgrounds that look very good.
Furthermore, the shortcut on the left and the right side has been grayed out and the respective apps open with a brand new animation from each side.
One UI 3.0: Lock Screen
Home Screen, App Drawer, Folders, Finder, and Recent Apps:
Talking of changes, how can we forget the important part of the user interface that you access most of the time in a single day.
The new effect in the user interface may seem little but it definitely improves the user experience.
Home Screen appears the same but when you open the App Drawer and Recent Apps, the new transparent background (Similar to the notification) will also be found here and more visible. Not only that, it helps you to view the apps and recent apps section better than before.
Moving on, Samsung has added some new functionality to the finder, which includes your recent apps, suggests, files in storage, and recent searches in different cards.
One UI 3.0: Home Screen
One UI 3.0: Home Screen
Quick Settings/Notifications Panel Redesign
One of the major changes in the One UI 3.0 includes the Notifications and Quick Settings panel overhaul.
The background of the Quick Settings panel has a semi-transparent blurred background, which increases the overall viewing experience and better highlights the quick setting buttons.
The Media and Devices options are now placed above the buttons. While, the search, power button, settings, and more menu icons are moved to the top right corner of the screen. Also, the date is moved to the center area. To mention, the edit button option has also received some changes.
One UI 3.0: Notification Panel
Redesigned Volume Controls:
Samsung has completely redesigned the volume control panel and each control for Ring, Media, Notifications, and System and now appears “Vertically” instead of Horizontally in One UI 2.5.
The background of the volume controls has the same transparent and blurred finishing as the quick settings panel. It kinda looks cool.
One UI 3.0: Volume Controller
Settings Menu:
The Setting interface and its elements are one of the cleanest and nicely designed menu in any Android smartphones. The One UI 3.0 brings a redesigned and restructured settings app menu, which looks even better than before.
Talking first about the Samsung Account menu card, which has a bigger view of details such name, email, and profile avatar.
Coming to the menu items, the icons in the menu brings better and improved settings icons, and most importantly, a new color palette that looks way better than One UI 2.
Moreover, the subtle change in the spotlight feature is also noticeable and separated with dots instead of dashes (in One UI 2).
One UI 3.0: Settings Menu
Always on Display (AOD)
The Always-on Display is also improved with One UI 3.0 and now offers better AOD features.
The latest implementations in the AOD section bring new clock styles that now supports animated GIFs with some tiny customizations. Once you lock the phone, the GIF starts to play for a limited time.
You can also set an image from Gallery or download AOD themes from the themes store.
One UI 3.0: Always On Display GIFs
New FaceWidgets:
FaceWidgets are useful to get quick access to certain functionality including music playback, schedule, alarm, weather, Bixby routines.
With One UI 3.0, Samsung has given this lock screen feature a big overhaul and when you tap on the clock, you now have the option to swipe up or down. Once, you do this, there’s a whole screen with different cards will pop-up to provide a better view of the widget information than it was in the One UI 2.5.
One UI 3.0: New Face Widget
Double-tap to Sleep:
One UI system offers a feature to wake up the lock screen by double-tapping on the display and One UI 3.0 adds a new feature to sleeping the display by double-tapping to the screen, while the lock screen is on.
One UI 3.0: Tap To Sleep
New Notifications:
One UI 3.0 allows you to set how notifications will show as they arrive. In the notification panel, notifications are grouped to make them easier for you to read at glance.
Ongoing conversations in your chat and messaging apps are shown on top so you can get them quickly. Alert notifications will give you an indication when they arrive. Silent notifications provide useful information without interrupting you.
To make the notification viewing experience simpler, One UI 3.0 now allows you to select between Brief and Detailed notification styles:
Brief: It’ll allow you to see text-only pop-up notification details. You’ll have the option to select a specific app that will be shown as brief. Moreover, you select the color of the notification by a keyword and even show while the screen is off.
Detailed: The Detailed view will appear in the notification bar, which is seen as usual.
One UI 3.0: Notification Settings
Notification History: With Android 11, Google introduced the new Android notification history manager, which now keeps the history of your notification.
This feature is now implemented in the One UI 3.0 and allows users to keep the history of recent and snoozed notifications.
One UI 3.0: Notification History
Redesigned Long Press on an application menu
Long press on an application option is very useful to open a set of features to view a notification or select from a range of services related to the respective app. This feature has been revamped with One UI 3.0.
One UI 3.0: Long Press Button
Battery and Storage Management:
The Device Care feature is in the Settings is now renamed to “Battery and device care”. Both Battery and Storage screen also received some noticeable changes in their features respectively.
One UI 3.0: Battery and Storage (Device Care)
Video enhancer:
Video enhancer improves the image quality of your videos to enjoy brighter and more vivid colors. This feature supports Samsung’s native video player, YouTube, and Netflix and on One UI 3.0, it supports Google Play Movies & TV.
Also, users can turn on or off an individual app by using the Video Enhancer feature, using the switches.
One UI 3.0: Video Enhancer
New Gallery App UI:
Yes, we’ve to talk about the Samsung Gallery app, and One UI 3.0 has brought new changes in this photo or video viewing application.
The options from the Gallery app user interface is now restructured. Beginning from the top, the options previously had Videos, Favorites, Locations, and Suggested sections to sort out images and videos in respective categories.
In One UI 3.0, these options are gone but only from the top and moved to the bottom bar inside the new hamburger icon menu alongside Trash and Settings features. Also, the same restructuring has been made throughout the Gallery app.
One UI 3.0: Gallery User Interface
Caller screen layout and caller background:
One UI 3.0 makes your calling experience even better because you select a picture or video to show You can select a picture or video to show when you make or receive a call.
You can also choose a layout on how to show caller info when the person has a profile picture.
One UI 3.0: Call Screen
Recycle Bin for Phone and Messages:
One of the most important features, Trash is now added to the Phone and Messages app. Once you delete a message or a contact it’ll go to their Trash respectively and it’ll stay there for at least 30 days before it deletes permanently.
One UI 3.0: Contact and Messages Trash
One UI 3.0 Rollout:
Samsung is currently rolling out One UI 3.0 for Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 series devices in different markets and the company are also preparing to rollout this latest One UI version to more devices.
If you want to know the list of eligible devices and the latest news regarding the One UI 3.0, take a look at the articles linked below.
Samsung Galaxy S26 can beat Apple iPhone 18 in first 2nm chipset adoption. Apple was the first vendor to debut a 3nm chipset in mobile devices, which was later followed by Qualcomm, while Samsung failed in commercialization.
Reports from Taiwanese media suggest that TSMC is expected to have a 2nm process line capable of producing around 50,000 wafers per month by the end of this year. The first customer for the 2-nanometer chips is likely to be Apple.
Previously, the initial orders for TSMC’s advanced processes have been placed by Apple. This time, the 2-nanometer process chip is considered a candidate for the A20 processor, which will go into the iPhone 18 Pro series next year.
TSMC’s 2nm process is said to offer 15% higher performance efficiency than the 3nm process. It would make the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 processor significantly better than the A18 chipset manufactured using the 3nm process.
Well-known Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo recently reaffirmed that the test production yield of TSMC’s 2-nanometer process already reached approximately 60 to 70% three months ago, and now it far exceeds that.
Since the iPhone 17 series will retain 3nm chipsets, Samsung can utilize the opportunity to become the world’s first in the 2nm era. The Exynos 2600 is said to be manufactured using Samsung’s 2nm SF2 process technology.
In addition to Apple, Intel is also racing for TSMC’s 2nm process, but full-scale mass production is expected to be pushed back to 2026, after Apple.
Apple plans to invest over $500 billion in the US over the next four years in response to the newly formed Trump Government’s manufacturing strengthening policy, and it will also support TSMC’s Arizona factory with billions of dollars.
Samsung Exynos application processor’s market share has declined in the fourth quarter of the last year. The company’s AP market remained flat year-over-year, while there was a decline of 1% quarter-over-quarter.
Counterpoint Research revealed that Samsung Exynos recorded a 4% share in the worldwide Mobile SoC market in Q4 2024, ranking fifth. This was a 1% drop from the previous quarter, while it remained similar to the same period last year 4%.
Although Samsung increased Exynos shipments, centered on mid- to low-end smartphones like the Galaxy S24 FE, it failed to expand its market presence significantly due to the absence of Exynos 2500 in the Galaxy S25 series.
Counterpoint Research highlighted:
Samsung’s Exynos shipments were flat sequentially in Q4 2024. The Exynos 2400’s shipments have increased with the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 FE.
Further, the Exynos 1480 and Exynos 1330’s shipments have increased due to the high shipment volumes for Samsung’s Galaxy A55 and A16 5G, respectively.
Global Smartphone AP-SoC Market Share: Quarterly | Source – Counterpoint Research
Samsung is highly likely to equip the Exynos 2500 in the affordable Galaxy Z Flip FE this year. The company is expected to hold a Galaxy Unpacked event as early as July this year to unveil the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 foldable phones.
Additionally, Samsung is focusing on developing the Exynos 2600, aiming to boast it in the Galaxy S26 series. Reports suggest that Samsung’s DS Division has recently formed a dedicated task force to improve the Exynos 2600’s performance.
Despite challenges, Samsung isn’t giving up on the Exynos business. Since the Flip FE won’t have as much saturation as the S26 series, the Korean tech giant is parallelly ensuring the Exynos 2600 to be finalized and used in next year’s flagships.
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Galaxy S25 Ultra powers Samsung’s Esports Tournament in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore
Galaxy S25 Ultra is taking center stage at Samsung’s biggest MLBB Campus Esports Tournament yet in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.
The South Korean tech giant continues to redefine gaming innovation with the Galaxy Gaming Academy Campus Series in an exciting new partnership with MOONTON Games.
The Galaxy S25 Ultra is at the heart of Samsung’s Esports Tournament, providing participants with the ultimate gaming experience. Designed for peak performance, the Galaxy S25 Ultra features:
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform for Galaxy for seamless gameplay
- 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED 2X display for ultra-smooth graphics
- Vulkan Engine for smoother and more realistic gaming
- Long-lasting battery life
- Larger vapor chamber
- Tailored thermal interface material (TIM) for efficient heat dissipation
Samsung has officially kicked off its partnership on the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Campus Series (MCS). It will be launched for the first time across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
Tournament Dates
Country Qualifiers
25 April – 18 May 2025
Country Finals
24 – 25 May 2025 (Indonesia)
17 – 18 May 2025 (Malaysia)
17 – 18 May 2025 (Singapore)
17 – 18 May 2025 (Philippines)
Regional Finals
20 – 22 June 2025 (Indonesia)
Prize Pool
Total: USD 40,000
1st place: USD 18,000
2nd place: USD 8,000
3rd place: USD 5,000
4th place: USD 3,000
5th – 8th place: USD 1,500
Samsung is considering hiring Mauro Porcini as the Galaxy Mobile design chief. The company is in talks with the design icon, and he would be recruited if the discussions progress with the same energetic approach.
KoreaHerald reports that Samsung is in discussions with Mauro Porcini for the role of Mobile Design chief. If finalized, Porcini will be the first overseas Chief Design Officer (CDO) in Samsung’s history since its founding in 1969.
Over two years ago, Samsung hired Hubert H. Lee to lead the design team at MX Division. He is a brilliant designer who previously worked in the top role at Mercedes-Benz China.
With discussions underway for Porcini, Samsung is probably considering a major Galaxy design overhaul in the years to come across smartphones, wearables, and smart gadgets.
Samsung is well-known for hiring experts across domains to drive innovation. Mauro Porcini is famous for spearheading design-led innovation at global companies such as 3M and PepsiCo.
In 2012, Mauro Porcini was the only designer named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list, and he was also awarded Italy’s national merit honor for elevating the country’s design reputation on the global stage.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (left) and Note 20 Ultra (right)
AndroidAuthority reports that all Android development will go private within Google’s internal branches starting next week. The source code for changes will be made available when Google publishes a new branch containing those changes.
A big change is coming to Android’s development mechanism. Currently, Google works on some parts of Android in public (on a site called AOSP) and some in private.
Soon, all Android work will happen in private, and Google will only share the finished code later. Google believes it will make the job easier and faster without making Android closed-source.
How does this Android shift affect Samsung’s One UI?
Google will be hiding Android development starting next week. As the Android operating system is going private (not closed-source), Samsung has an opportunity to reinvent the One UI’s appeal by making it stand out even more.
One UI is built on top of Android, so Samsung takes Google’s code and adds its own style. With Google keeping their work secret until it’s done, Samsung might not be able to see or access Android changes early anymore.
Samsung could use this chance to make One UI even more special. Since the company won’t follow Google’s work step-by-step, it might add more of its own ideas, like better Galaxy AI, faster updates, or new features exclusive to Galaxy users.
This change probably won’t affect general Samsung users. Your Galaxy phone will still get updates, and One UI will keep feeling smooth and feature-rich. However, the company might surprise you with updates that feel more “Samsung” than ever.
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