Your Samsung phone’s back panel doesn’t just complete the appearance, but also has 3 brilliant tricks. You can use it to trigger specific tasks, share power with compatible devices, and make contactless payments.

Let’s check them out.

RegiStar

Samsung phones don’t natively support back tap gesture actions. Meanwhile, you can activate the back tap features on your Galaxy device using the RegiStar plugin of Good Lock. It’s available on the Galaxy Store and costs nothing.

It offers two options: Double Tap and Triple Tap. For each tap option, you have different actions to choose from, which include:

• • Take and share screenshot
  • Summon Google’s AI assistant Gemini
  • Start pop-up window of running app
  • Open Notification Panel
  • Show Recents screen
  • Back gesture
  • Open an app from installed ones

I usually keep Samsung Wallet’s Scan any QR for quick payments on a double tap and Gemini on a triple tap.

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Wireless Powershare

Samsung’s Wireless PowerShare is another feature to look at. It’s available on Galaxy phones that support wireless charging technology. You can activate Wireless Power Sharing from your phone’s Battery settings page.

Once done, put the center of your smartphone back to back with another device like the Galaxy Watch, Buds case, or ring case. Interestingly, you can also charge another Galaxy phone that supports wireless charging, phone-to-phone charging.

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NFC payments

Samsung has been aggressively bringing NFC tech across Galaxy devices for quite a few years. This hardware unlocks contactless nearby payments. It’s secure and reliable, leaving no chance for security concerns or password theft.

Many platforms offer a tap-to-pay feature that leverages NFC tech. I use Samsung Wallet’s tap and pay quite often for payments. It can be accessed on the app’s home page, unlock with your fingerprint, and touch your phone’s back to the receiver’s terminal.

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Apart from this, you can decorate your phone’s back with unofficial skins available online. Customized cases are also available, and there are also some mirror-like back covers on sale, which further boost the back panel’s usability.

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One UI 7 brought a brand-new Quick Settings and Notification Panel experience for Samsung devices, and it also contains some hidden features.

Samsung’s Quick Panel has a dedicated card that features a Brightness Slider, a Volume Slider, a Dark/Light mode toggle, and a Sound/Vibrate/Mute key. One UI 7 also has two big hidden features beneath this Quick Panel card.

Display and speaker adjustment sliders are the most used functions. Despite Adaptive Brightness, we tweak the brightness level quite often for quick optimization, the same case with built-in speakers for ringtones and media audio.

One UI 7 has expanded quick settings for brightness and sound, and effects.

How to access?

Here’s how you can access the hidden quick settings:

Brightness

Tapping and holding the “brightness slider” expands a bigger Brightness menu. It retains the brightness slider to adjust the screen brightness and a switch to Adaptive brightness.

Sound and effects

You can access the expanded Sound and effects by tapping and holding the “audio slider.” Unlike the Brightness section, the Sound and effects page has many useful adjustment tools, including:

• Speaker volume slider
• Dolby Atmos > Off, Auto, Movie, Music and Voice
• Equalizer > Balanced, Bass boost, Smooth, Dynamic, Clear, Treble boost and Custom
• Loudness normalization

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Beyond the four options within the Sound and effects page, the Dolby Atmos and Equalizer drop-down menus feature quick additional options. These include:

• Dolby Atmos > Off, Auto, Movie, Music, and Voice
• Equalizer > Balanced, Bass boost, Smooth, Dynamic, Clear, Treble boost, and Custom

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These two dedicated sections are super useful as they open on the fly. Tapping and holding the Dark mode or Audio buttons redirects to their root pages within Settings, making it less effortless than the expanded pages from sliders.

This is a basic upgrade that you may have accessed already. If you’re meeting them for the first time, do you like these useful pages within the quick settings?

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Samsung introduced Theme Park 1.1.01.23, which brings a stunning Glass UI upgrade. Apple’s Liquid Glass design looks outdated against the ease of access and practical customization features provided by Samsung in Theme Park.

Recently, Samsung started rolling out the Theme Park 1.1.01.23 update (download link below). The new version adds five cool effects for icon customization. The scope of icon customization is broad enough, covering non-Samsung apps too.

Theme Park gets 5 icon effects:

1. Basic
2. Film grain
3. Duotone
4. Glass
5. Gradient

Theme Park Glass Effect

Apple dropped a new Liquid Glass UI with iOS 26. The company is still working to improve the visibility based on user feedback. Meanwhile, Samsung offered a more impressive way to Galaxy users with plenty of personalization options.

Samsung Glass UI tweak is available with an app update rather than a requirement for a software update or major OS release. You can look at the application of the Glass Icon effect in the images attached below, which also reflects in notifications.

How to setup Glass Icon

The new Glass Icon effect is available on Theme Park 1.1.01.23. It’s available for some devices, but you can get all the bells and whistles by installing the APK, provided by Theordysm.

To set up Glass Icon, you need to open Theme Park and tap the “create theme” option. From the bottom tabs, you have to selectthe  “icon” menu, where you will find the Glass style in the drop-down menu.

Selecting the Glass style opens up additional customization settings like icon color, glass appearance, and glow hue, as well as saturation and transparency sliders.

You can pick icon color that matches your wallpaper and test out different level of transparency to get the best results based on what’s on the background.

Theme Park Icon Effects

Download the Theme Park 1.1.01.23 APK – Google Drive

You have probably seen the headlines – Samsung’s July 2025 security patches are “rolling out.” But if you’re like most Galaxy users worldwide, you’re still staring at your phone wondering where your software update is. Here’s why this frustrating situation happens every single month.

Samsung always starts with South Korea, and there’s a good reason for this. It’s Samsung’s home market, so the users in the country get priority treatment. It’s like Samsung testing software updates on familiar ground before sending to global users.

After Korea, the rollout follows a fixed pattern: major European markets like Germany and the UK come next, followed by North America, then the Asia-Pacific regions, including India. Places like Latin America and Africa typically wait the longest.

Here’s what most people don’t understand: Samsung can’t just push software updates to everyone at once. You can argue how Apple can do this, they have a similar user base? I have an answer for that, too. Apple can do simultaneous global releases because it controls both the hardware and software completely, but Samsung works in a more complex ecosystem.

There’s also the carrier problem. In many countries, especially the US, carriers need to test and approve software updates before sending out to your phone. Some carriers are faster than others, which is why your friend with an unlocked phone might get updates weeks before you do. In addition, different countries also have different regulatory requirements.

Whenever you see any headlines claiming the updates are “rolling out,” it usually means Samsung has started the process somewhere in the world, typically Korea. But there’s a huge difference between “started rolling out” and “actually available to most people.” It’s not that the reports are wrong, but just not telling the whole story.

If you are in the US with a carrier phone, expect to wait longer than someone in Germany with an unlocked device. That’s just how Samsung’s system works.

Samsung’s staggered rollout isn’t meant to annoy you. Yes, it’s frustrating to wait, but your July 2025 security patch will arrive eventually. Samsung hasn’t forgotten about you.

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Samsung Galaxy users are eagerly awaiting the One UI 8 rollout, the company’s latest Android 16-based interface. While the latest major update brings promising new features and performance improvements, Samsung’s communication strategy has left many users wondering when they will receive it on their devices.

Samsung introduced the One UI 8 alongside the latest foldable devices during the Galaxy Unpacked event in July 2025. The Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 shipped with the new interface pre-installed.

However, existing Galaxy device owners are experiencing a different reality. Samsung started the One UI 8 beta testing program in May 2025, initially limited to Galaxy S25 series users in select markets, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Poland, and India. So far, Samsung has released 3 betas for the S25 series.

As per beta testers, the current builds show significant stability improvements, indicating Samsung may be close to a stable One UI 8 release for flagship devices. Now the question is, when will Samsung release the One UI 8 update for eligible smartphones? Let’s discuss the expected rollout timeline.

Galaxy S25 Series:

Based on historical patterns and current beta progress, Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra users should expect the stable One UI 8 update between late July and early August 2025. The S25 series should be the first to receive the stable update, as the S25 trio has been in beta testing for a long time.

Other Flagships:

Galaxy S24 series owners, along with users of the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6, will likely see One UI 8 updates in August 2025. The Galaxy S23 series and Z Fold/Flip5 devices should follow shortly after, in late August. By the end of this quarter, we might see the final rollout for the remaining flagship devices.

Mid-Range and Budget Devices:

These users should prepare for a September-October 2025 timeline, with some devices potentially waiting until late 2025.

Tablets and Other Devices:

Galaxy Tab S10, S9, and S8 series tablets will likely receive One UI 8 following the smartphone rollout, though Samsung hasn’t provided specific guidance for these devices.

I have something important to share about the eligibility for the One UI 8 update. Samsung’s old four-year update policy means some older devices may not receive One UI 8 at all. To be specific, Galaxy S21 series users have reached the end of the software update lifecycle.

There’s another important point, kind of a disappointment. Samsung’s delay in sharing clear update schedules upsets users who need timely security fixes and new features. This is similar to the One UI 7 rollout, where users waited months without any official updates until the stable version was released in April 2025. Clear information from Samsung would help Galaxy users plan for device upgrades and know what to expect from software updates.

Without official timelines, users can check for updates:

1. Samsung Members App: Check regularly for beta program announcements and rollout notifications
2. Device Settings: Navigate to Settings > Software Update to check for available updates
3. Official Samsung Channels: Monitor Samsung’s website and verified social media accounts for announcements

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In the end, the Galaxy S25 users should see the One UI 8 software updates soon, while others will need patience as Samsung works through its traditional rollout schedule.

For now, keeping your current software updated and monitoring official channels remains the best strategy for staying informed about One UI 8’s arrival on your specific Galaxy device.

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