One UI 5.0
One UI 5.0: Here’s what to expect from Samsung Android 13 update [Official]
At SDC22, Samsung officially unveiled the One UI 5.0 software that is based on Android 13 OS. Meanwhile, the company is ready to bring its latest offering and new features with One UI 5.0 update to million of Galaxy users around the world in the upcoming weeks.
At the present time, smartphones have become essential to us. They are small but are capable to hold our entire world within them. That’s why Samsung has developed One UI 5.0 to better connect innovative hardware with intuitive and easy-to-use software and provide greater control over smartphones.
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Here’s what to expect from Samsung One UI 5.0 update that relays on Andoird 13.
Use Your Phone Your Way:
Bixby Text Call:
With One UI 5.0, Samsung brings its most personalized mobile experience yet. The company has added a new Bixby Text Call feature that allows users to communicate in the manner that is most convenient to them. Using this feature, you can answer phone calls simply by typing a message.
The company’s intelligent platform Bixby converts the text to audio and shares it directly with the caller on the line on your behalf, and shows you what the caller is saying by converting their voice to text.
Match Your Phone to Your Lifestyle:
Routines and Modes:
The features you utilize for your morning routine to get you up and active might not be the same as what keeps you focused during the working day.
Meanwhile, with Routines, you can trigger a sequence of actions on your device based on your activities, and with One UI 5.0’s modes, you can customize settings for different parts of your life from sleeping and relaxing to exercise and driving.
Visual changes:
Samsung One UI 5.0 update will provide a fresh, new look and feel that makes the user experience more welcoming and seamless. From bolder, simpler app icons to a streamlined color scheme, the One UI developers has paid attention to the intricate details for a more engaging mobile experience.
Notifications:
The company has further refined the notifications in the new software to make them effortless to read at a glance and offer a more defined answer and decline buttons when receiving a call through the redesigned pop-up call display.
Lock Screen:
Another key part of the Samsung One UI 5.0 update is personalization and the ability to express oneself. In order to take this to another level, the new One UI brings the popular Video Wallpaper from the Lockstar of Good Lock app, directly to the lock screen.
You can now trim a video to transform your most memorable moments into a moving tribute on your phone. You can make this lock screen feel even more customized by changing the wallpaper, clock style, and notification pop-ups all from one screen.
A Mobile Experience Built Around You:
Stack widgets:
The One UI 5.0 further offers new features that help you get things done more efficiently. It brings exciting new options and the ability to keep your Home screen neat and tidy with new Stacked widgets.
This new feature lets you 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.
Smart suggestions widgets:
In order to help further streamline mobile tasks and activities, the company brings new Smart suggestions for widgets. Based on your usage patterns and the context of your mobile activity, this feature automatically suggests apps and actions that make the mobile experience even more personal.
Extract text from images:
No matter whether you want to quickly capture event details from a poster to send to a friend, or easily save a phone number from a business card, the new feature makes it easier to extract text from images and paste it into a note.
Connected device menu:
The new Connected devices menu in the Settings app lets you control all the devices connected to your smartphone. Here, you can access all features that work with other devices such as Quick Share, Smart View, and Samsung DeX.
It also provides easy access to the Auto switch Buds menu, which lets you automatically switch your Buds from one device to another for more seamless inter-device operation.
Convenient Security and Peace of Mind:
Security and privacy dashboard:
Samsung understands that there is no privacy without security, therefore, it has merged these two settings into one clear, easy-to-navigate dashboard. The One UI 5.0 is making it easier than ever for you to keep your device protected and your sensitive information private.
With one quick glance, you can get a quick overview of your device’s security and find suggestions and warnings depending on the status.
Notifications on Share Panel:
To ensure that your personal information remains private, Samsung presents a new notification on the share panel that alerts you if you are going to inadvertently share a photo that contains potentially sensitive information like the image of your credit or debit card, driver’s license, Social Security card, or passport.
Built for Galaxy Users, by Galaxy Users:
One UI 5.0 Beta program:
Samsung has worked hard over the past few months to make sure that One UI 5.0 provides the best mobile experience. So, to make sure these changes resonated with real users, the company received feedback from the thousands of Galaxy users participating in our One UI Beta program.
This beta program ensures that One UI 5.0 delivers a mobile experience that truly meets the needs of Galaxy users. By joining the beta program, you can get early access to the interface and share feedback with developers to help create the best experience possible.
Samsung Good Lock is a crucial part of One UI, especially for consumers who love smartphone personalization. With each new One UI iteration, Samsung brings fruitful apps, plugins, and modules to Good Lock in order to take the customization experience to the next level.
With the Android 13-based One UI 5, Samsung brought a handful of new plugins in order to make the Good Lock even more useful. Although all Good Lock plugins are not available for Galaxy consumers worldwide, you can take advantage of the remaining ones.
One UI 5 Good Lock update radically redesigned the overall look of the application, dividing the modules into two sections – Make Up and Life Up. The first section includes apps and services useful for personalization, while the second part consists of experimental Android tools.
Below, you can check brief info about plugins as well as download links from Galaxy Store and APKMirror.
Theme Park
- You can create and apply themes easily and quickly
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Pentastic
- Apply various styles to the S Pen
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Wonderland
- Allow creating 3D motion wallpaper with various effects
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
LockStar
- Customize and create a new lock screen and Always on Display.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
KeysCafe
- Set the keyboard optimized for you and try creating your one unique animation sticker.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
NavStar
- Conveniently organize the navigation bar and gesture mode.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Home Up
- Enjoy the improved One UI Home experience.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
ClockFace
- You can configure many different clock styles on the lock screen and AOD and customize the clock however you want.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
QuickStar
- Redesign your Quick Panel UI
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Nice Shot
- Use the screenshot and screen recording features more conveniently
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
NotiStar
- Manage the notification history easily
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Edge Touch
- Adjust settings for touch on edge screen easily
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
NiceCatch
- You can customize Sound, Vibration, and screen history.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
One Hand Operation +
- Use your phone or tablet easily with your thumb.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Routines+
- Various features have been added to Bixby Routines, allowing you to create more powerful routines.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
MultiStar
- Experience the improved Multi Window
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK [New update]
SoundAssistant
- Expand Audio System settings and increase convenience
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Camera Assistant [One UI 5]
- Customize your own camera settings to your preference
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
RegiStar [One UI 5]
- Customize your smartphone’s home settings, search options, history, back taps, and more.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
DropShip [One UI 5]
- Easily share files between devices running Android, iOS, and the Web.
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
Galaxy to Share [One UI 5]
- Share your own created personalization settings of various Good Lock modules
- Download – Galaxy Store | APK
One UI 5.1 offers different customization possibilities to meet the need of users. This operating system allows the smartphone’s interface to be configured in a few steps in a very practical way to combine the power of the Galaxy with the user’s lifestyle. Among the many options of One UI 5.1, the Samsung Edge Panel is a powerful ally for everyday usability.
Edge Panel is a sidebar that unfolds only when desired with a brief pulling movement towards the center. It allows you to access your favorite app with just two taps. This feature is not only easy to use but also powerful.
When did you think of measuring small things with your phone? This can be achieved with an edge panel ruler. In addition, you can also use a surface level to level objects and a compass to guide you in the right direction.
Enable Edge Panel
Firstly, find the handle of the Edge Panel which is basically located next to the volume buttons. Then drag to one side to scroll from right to left.
Now, tap on the Settings button in the lower right corner of the screen. From there you can choose which panel category to add. If you want widgets with animated messages, reminders, contacts, or tools for different purposes, just select the category to add an Edge Panel table with these settings.
Aside from this, you can also add this feature through Settings >> Display >> Edge Panels.
Also, you can visit Galaxy Store where you can choose from different free and paid options for Edge Panels templates such as Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, and more.
How to customize Samsung One UI 5.1 Edge Panel?
Along with editing preferences for shortcuts to be added to the Edge panel, you can also configure Edge’s design according to the user’s style, choosing colors, shades, and styles.
Once you’ve tapped on the setting, click the arrow next to Panels to open the column customization. The Edges panel can be activated or deactivated, and the edges can be re-selected.
To change the strap that initially activates when you open the panel, select the Handle option. By choosing this option, you can change the color, transparency, size, and position of it.
Availability
Edge panel customization is available on many Samsung Galaxy models including Galaxy S23 5G, S23+ 5G, S23 Ultra 5G, Galaxy S22 5G, S22+ 5G, S22 Ultra 5G, Z Fold4 5G, S21 Ultra 5G, Z Fold3 5G, S20 Ultra 5G, Note20 Ultra 5G and Z Fold 2.
Samsung added new widgets with the One UI 5.1 update as well as improved some of the previous widgets and added new features to them. These new widgets were first introduced with the Samsung Galaxy S23 and are now available on a bunch of Samsung devices.
The newest version of Samsung’s custom skin One UI brought new widgets such as the Battery Widget and Dynamic Widget. Also, some older widgets like the Contacts and Smart Suggestions widgets have been improved.
So far, the Korean tech giant rolled out this major One UI update to several Galaxy devices including A series, S series, F series, Note series, M series, and Tab series in different regions. Along with this, more Galaxy users can now use new widgets.
Below you can see the details of the top 3 smart widgets that you must try on your Samsung Galaxy devices running One UI 5.1.
3 New One UI 5.1 Widgets
Battery Widget
Battery Widget allows you to check the battery of your Buds, smartwatches, and other connected devices effortlessly so you can check the information of the battery and charge them before they get discharged.
There are two formats of the battery widget, the first one that appears in circles and the second one that appears in the list form. You can choose and add it to your smartphone’s home screen.
Read more: How to add One UI 5.1 Battery widget on Galaxy phone’s lock screen
Dynamic Weather Widget
Samsung improved Dynamic Weather Widget with One UI 5.1. The new widget lets you view important information like the place, temperature, UN index, and day/night at a glance.
The company has also added animation to weather widgets with the One UI 5.1 update. These animations feature a person’s character, who walks in frames created for the occasion, to signify the weather.
Read more: Samsung One UI 5.1 Weather Widget
New Contacts Widget
With One UI 5.1, Samsung further enhances the Contacts widget feature by adding a new and useful widget type. Once you install the latest One UI version, you can contacts widgets on your smartphone’s home screen in four formats, whereas in One UI 5.0, you can add it in 3 formats.
The fourth one is Direct Dial, which allows you to add four contact numbers to call directly.
How to add a Widget?
You can easily add widgets of any app on your home screen just need to follow a few steps. First, tap and hold the blank space on your smartphone’s home screen >> tap on Widgets >> select any app or feature >> click on Add option and it is done. Your Galaxy device must be updated on One UI 5.1 or later versions.