One UI Watch
Samsung One UI 5 Watch lets you create folders to keep apps organized
Samsung rolled out One UI 5 Watch Beta update to Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 5 users. Stable update will be available for all as the Beta activity is limited to the US and South Korea. Among others, the ability to let users organize apps in folders is an appealing feature of One UI 5 Watch.
Smartphones have a large display, making it easier to organize apps and access them without too many scrolls. However, just the opposite experience served on smartwatches due to small screens. Meanwhile, One UI 5 Watch is here to help, thanks to the new apps folders feature.
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Similar to your Galaxy smartphone, you will be able to create apps folders on your Galaxy Watch running One UI 5 Watch software. This will help you keep all the apps organized, making it easier to find the apps you need quickly with less scrolling.
As you can see in the images below, the folders offer two toggles, one for adding new apps to the folder, and the second allows customization. Using the color toggle of folders, you can adjust the background color so your watch will deliver an optimized appearance on the home screen.
Samsung will launch the One UI 5 Watch stable software at the next month’s Unpacked in South Korea. The Galaxy Watch 6 series will come pre-installed with this new operating system, based on Google’s Wear OS 4 powered by Android 13.
- The company could make this software available for all by September 2023.
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Samsung is not forgetting its older smartwatches, even though it has switched to Wear OS for its latest models. Right now, Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 is getting a new update that adds two watch faces of One UI 5 Watch.
The fresh update brings two new watch faces to the Galaxy Watch Active 2 – Stretched Time and Perpetual. These watch faces were introduced with the Galaxy Watch 6 and Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, which runs on Wear OS 4 with Samsung’s One UI 5 Watch.
The update does not change the operating system of the Galaxy Watch Active 2, which remains on Tizen OS. Samsung has confirmed that it will not update its older Tizen-based smartwatches to Wear OS, but it will continue to support them with security and feature updates.
If you have received the update notification then install it now. Users need to open the Samsung Wearable app on their connected phone, go to Watch settings, select Watch software update, and tap Download and install.
Samsung has been updating its smartwatch lineup with the latest One UI Watch 5 software, which debuted with the Galaxy Watch 6 series. However, not all Samsung smartwatches are eligible for the One UI Watch 5 update but the company promised to bring some of the new watch faces for them. Right now, Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 has started receiving a new update that adds One UI 5 watch faces.
The new update of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 comes with two faces of One UI 5 Watch update, which are Stretched Time and Perpetual. These watch faces were previously exclusive to the One UI Watch 5 devices, and they offer a minimalist and elegant design.
Users of Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 are getting the new update in Europe with firmware versions R840XXU1DWK2 /R850XXU1DWK2. The Tizen OS version stays unchanged at 5.5.0.2. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 is expected to get the same update soon.
To update the Galaxy Watch 3, users need to open the Samsung Wearable app on their connected phone, go to Watch settings, select Watch software update, and tap Download and install.
Some third-party watch faces on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 series do not show the preview when you use the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone to customize them. If you own a Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 series and use some third-party watch faces, you might have noticed this issue.
However, Samsung has officially confirmed that this is happening because of a bug that prevents the Galaxy Wearable app from processing the events related to watch face customization provided by Google.
Samsung has acknowledged this issue and plans to release a software update that will fix it. In addition, the Korean tech giant has shared a temporary solution to resolve this issue through the community.
You can still customize the watch face on your watch, without using your phone. You just need to follow a few easy steps – Press and hold the watch screen on your Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 series >> Swipe left or right to select the watch face you want to customize >> Tap on the customize button >> Now you can customize as you like.
If you are facing any issues with your Galaxy Watch then make sure to update it to the latest available software.
For that, you just need to open the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone that is connected to your Galaxy Watch 4/5/6 series >> Tap on the watch settings option on the app’s home screen >> Click on the update watch software option >> Press download and install option to start the update process.