Android 14 and One UI 6.0 is a significant OS improve for Galaxy smartphones and drugs. Galaxy units get new Android and One UI upgrades once a year, however the most recent variations are a bit extra thrilling than standard due to a very good combine of recent options and improvements to current options and the consumer interface.
Samsung launched a beta model of Android 14/One UI 6.0 for Galaxy S23 customers in August 2023, adopted by way of numerous different flagship and mid-range Galaxy telephones. On October 30, the strong Android 14 and One UI 6.0 replace began rolling out to the Galaxy S23 collection.
We combed during the tool to search out the whole thing that is new and the whole thing that has been advanced over One UI 5.1/One UI 5.1.1, and it is all indexed beneath to your curious eyes. If you’re searching for simply the large stuff, you will have to take a look at the video beneath. If you need all of the nitty-gritty main points, proceed studying previous the video.
One UI 6.0 (Android 14): What is new, what is higher?
Digicam
One of the Most worthy new options and enhancements in One UI 6 can also be observed within the Digicam app. A few of these is probably not to be had for non-flagship Galaxy smartphones, however maximum will have to be there on each and every software this is eligible for One UI 6.
Fast get entry to to answer settings in Picture mode: Earlier than One UI 6, converting the digicam answer in Picture mode required two faucets – one to convey up the answer choices and every other to in fact choose and alter the answer. One UI 6 means that you can transfer digicam answer in Picture mode with a unmarried faucet, apart from on units just like the Galaxy S23 Extremely, that have a 200MP digicam that may shoot at 200MP, 50MP, and 12MP, through which case you are going to nonetheless wish to faucet the answer button two times. Faucet the GIF symbol beneath to peer it in motion.
More straightforward video measurement choices: A pop-up now seems while you faucet the video measurement button, making it more straightforward to peer all of the choices and make a selection the suitable ones. The screenshots display the variation between One UI 5.x (left) and One UI 6 (proper).
Customized digicam widgets: You’ll be able to upload customized digicam widgets to your house display screen. You’ll be able to set each and every widget to start out in a selected taking pictures mode, save photos in an album of your selection, and choose the background of the widget (it might display the most recent photograph within the gallery or a customized photograph of your selection). Take a look at how you can set digicam widgets on One UI 6 right here.
Extra alignment choices for watermarks: You’ll be able to now make a selection whether or not your watermark seems on the most sensible or backside of your footage. Date and time will also be one after the other enabled or disabled within the watermark.
High quality optimization: You’ll be able to make a choice from 3 ranges of high quality optimization for the images you are taking from the digicam’s Settings » Complex intelligence choices menu. Make a choice Most to get the best quality photos with probably the most post-processing. Make a choice Minimal to cut back the volume of post-processing so you’ll take photos as briefly as conceivable. You’ll be able to additionally make a selection Medium to get the most efficient steadiness of velocity and post-processing.
Follow results extra simply: Filter out and face results now use a dial as an alternative of a slider, making it more straightforward to make exact changes with only one hand.
Scan paperwork without or with Scene Optimizer: The digicam’s Scan paperwork and textual content characteristic (which detects paperwork and textual content within the body and will seize best the record and textual content and discard the remainder) is now break away Scene Optimizer (which optimizes after they’ve been captured and likewise does such things as routinely activate Evening mode) and can also be enabled even if Scene Optimizer is off.
Auto scan paperwork: A brand new possibility within the digicam settings’ Scan paperwork and textual content menu, referred to as Auto scan, alows the digicam to seize paperwork and textual content with out requiring a press of the shutter button (take a look at the video beneath).
Auto FPS can also be enabled and disabled for various video body charges: Galaxy telephones that strengthen video recording to 60 frames consistent with 2d (fps) include an Auto FPS possibility within the digicam settings that may routinely build up or lower body fee relying at the lights prerequisites. Earlier than One UI 6, Auto FPS may just merely be enabled or disabled. On One UI 6, you’ll choose whether or not Auto FPS works for 30 fps movies or for 60 fps movies.
Stay your photos degree: When grid strains are became on in Digicam settings, a degree line will now seem in the course of the display screen whilst the use of the rear digicam in all modes apart from Landscape. The road will transfer to turn whether or not your image is degree with the bottom.
Flip off swipe up/down to modify cameras: The Digicam app on Galaxy telephones can transfer between the entrance and rear digicam while you swipe up or down at the display screen, and from One UI 6 onwards, you’ll disable that possibility so you’ll steer clear of unintended swipes.
Fast Panel
New button format: The short panel has a brand new format that makes it more straightforward to get entry to the options you utilize maximum. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth now have their very own devoted buttons on the most sensible of the display screen, whilst visible options, like Darkish mode and Eye convenience defend, had been moved to the ground. Different fast settings buttons seem in a customizable house within the heart.
Straight away get entry to the entire fast panel: By means of default, a compact fast panel with notifications seems while you swipe down from the highest of the display screen, and in the event you swipe down once more, the expanded fast panel presentations up. However on One UI 6, you’ll allow the Fast settings quick get entry to technique to immediately cross to the expanded fast panel by way of swiping down from the suitable facet of the highest of the display screen. To allow it, swipe down two times from the highest of the display screen, faucet the pencil icon, choose Fast settings quick get entry to, and use the toggle to show it on.
Briefly get entry to brightness keep watch over: The brightness keep watch over bar now seems by way of default within the compact fast panel while you swipe down as soon as from the highest of the display screen for faster and more straightforward brightness changes. You’ll be able to exchange that if you want by way of swiping down from the highest of the display screen two times to open the expanded fast panel, tapping the pencil icon, tapping Brightness keep watch over, and opting for the Display when fast panel expanded possibility.
Gallery
Save clipped photographs as stickers: While you clip an object from a picture by way of lengthy urgent that object, you’ll simply reserve it as a decal that you’ll use later when enhancing photos or movies or when chatting the use of Samsung Keyboard.
Paperwork can also be scanned in current footage: Earlier than One UI 6, it’s essential extract textual content from current footage already provide on your gallery, however now, you’ll additionally scan paperwork from current footage. You’re going to see a scan button along with selectable textual content when scanning is conceivable, as you’ll see within the One UI 5.x (left) vs One UI 6 (proper) screenshot beneath.
QR code and textual content extraction on the identical time: If a photograph has each textual content and QR codes in it, One UI 6 will display you the technique to extract textual content and provide you with details about the QR code. On One UI 5.x and previous, it’s essential best extract textual content from current footage.
Enhanced tale view and enhancing: When viewing a tale (tales are out there from the Tales tab within the Gallery app), you’ll swipe up from the ground of the display screen to briefly upload or take away extra photos and movies to a tale.
Conceal content material in tales: When making a tale, One UI 6 means that you can conceal photos and movies taken on a selected date and explicit folks and pets detected within the footage and movies. This selection is to be had from the three-dot button on the most sensible proper of the display screen when viewing a tale within the Gallery app’s Tales tab.
Fast photograph enhancing choices shifted to element view: On One UI 6.0, fast photograph enhancing choices, reminiscent of Portrait impact, Background impact, Remaster, and Object Eraser, at the moment are accessed by way of opening a picture within the Gallery and tapping the ‘i’ icon on the backside (which additionally presentations symbol main points reminiscent of date and time and placement).
Picture Editor
Faster get entry to to complex enhancing options: Modifying options reminiscent of Object eraser and Taste/filters at the moment are to be had from the primary button within the backside menu, as an alternative of being hidden within the extra choices menu this is accessed by way of tapping the three-dot button, making them more straightforward to find.
Streamlined straightening choices: Earlier than One UI 6, straightening photos used to be executed from a special menu than horizontal and vertical perspective adjustment. On One UI 6, they’ve been blended in combination beneath the Turn out to be menu.
One-tap object cropping from footage: When enhancing a photograph and the use of the Lasso instrument to chop gadgets/topics out, you’ll now faucet at the object/matter/house you need to chop and the photograph editor will routinely choose it. Current choices, reminiscent of freely chopping a space or object by way of manually drawing round it, also are to be had.
Draw on customized stickers: When developing customized stickers, you’ll now use drawing equipment to make your stickers much more private and distinctive.
Undo and redo particular person adjustments when enhancing footage: This can be a fundamental possibility that Samsung someway did not upload to One UI some of these years, however it is right here now. On One UI 6, the photograph editor has undo and redo buttons that you’ll faucet to undo or redo the final exchange made to the photograph. That is along with the Revert button, which undos all adjustments with a unmarried faucet.
New textual content backgrounds and types: When including textual content to a photograph, you’ll choose between a number of new backgrounds and types that can assist you get the very best glance.
Studio (up to now referred to as Video Editor)
Video editor now referred to as Studio: The Gallery’s video editor has been renamed to Studio in One UI 6 and can also be briefly accessed by way of opening the Gallery app, tapping the icon with 3 horizontal strains on the backside proper, and tapping the large Cross to Studio possibility. You’ll be able to additionally merely seek for Studio within the app drawer’s seek bar and the app will display up within the effects.
Upload Studio shortcut to apps display screen: You’ll be able to upload a shortcut to Studio to the app drawer. To try this, open the app drawer from the house display screen, seek for Studio and faucet the Studio icon within the effects to open the app, faucet the three-dot button on the most sensible proper, faucet Settings, and allow the Display Studio on Apps display screen possibility.
Stepped forward consumer interface with rearranged icons: The consumer interface for developing movies within the Studio has modified with One UI 6. Issues had been moved round, and a few needless choices had been got rid of. Take a look at the One UI 5.x vs One UI 6 (proper) screenshot beneath to peer how the interface has modified.
Video participant
Save stickers from video being performed: While you open a video within the Video Participant app (for digicam movies, you’ll achieve this by way of navigating to a video within the Gallery, tapping the three-dot button, and settling on the Open in Video participant possibility), you’ll pause it and lengthy press on any object or house you need to avoid wasting as a decal after which faucet the Save as decal possibility. Faucet the GIF symbol beneath to peer it in motion.
Multitasking
Apps open in pop-up home windows keep open after getting back from contemporary apps display screen: This one is self-explanatory. On One UI 6, in case you have an app or two open in a pop-up window and get entry to the new apps display screen after which return, the pop-up home windows will proceed to stick open, as can also be sees within the video beneath. On One UI 5.x and previous, the pop-up home windows can be minimized when the new app display screen used to be accessed.
2-hand drag and drop from one app to every other: Earlier than One UI 6, dragging recordsdata, textual content and many others from one app to every other will require you to have each apps open on the identical time in Multi Window mode. Now, you’ll open one app, choose the recordsdata you need to duplicate to every other app, press and cling the chosen recordsdata with one hand/finger, then use the opposite hand to open the opposite app and drop the chosen recordsdata in there.
Messages
Edit possibility added to fast responses: On One UI 6.0, within the Samsung Messages app, you’ll now edit your fast responses by way of tapping the wheel icon, as proven within the screenshot beneath.
Block more than one decided on messages immediately: You’ll be able to now choose more than one conversations within the Messages app’s house display screen after which block them abruptly.
Block messages from trash folder: While you delete messages, they cross to the trash folder, and on One UI 6.0, you’ll additionally block messages from the trash folder.
Samsung Keyboard
The Samsung Keyboard will get redesigned emojis with One UI 6. As you’ll see within the screenshot beneath appearing the emojis on One UI 5.x (left) subsequent to One UI 6 (proper), the variation is refined, however it is noticeable.
Notifications
Kind notifications by way of time: Uninterested in having to scroll down via your telephone’s notifications to discover a notification even if that notification simply got here in? One UI 6 solves that by way of including an technique to kind notifications by way of time. You’ll be able to allow that possibility by way of opening the software’s Settings app, going into the Notifications menu, tapping the Kind notifications possibility, and settling on By means of time as an alternative of By means of precedence.
Enhanced format for notifications: When an app has more than one notifications, reminiscent of messages from other chats in WhatsApp, each and every of the ones notifications is proven as a separate card for more straightforward reputation.
Stepped forward album artwork show: Whilst taking part in song or movies, album artwork will quilt all the media controller within the notification panel if the app taking part in the song or video supplies album artwork.
Finder
Fast movements for apps: When an app seems on your seek ends up in the app drawer, you’ll contact and cling the app’s icon to get fast get entry to to movements you’ll carry out the use of the app. For instance, a button for updating apps will seem while you contact and cling the Galaxy Retailer icon, and lengthy urgent the Amazon icon will display you buttons reminiscent of seek, orders, cart, and offers.
House display screen
Simplified icon labels, shorter Samsung app names: App icon labels at the moment are restricted to a unmarried line for a cleaner and more effective glance, and “Galaxy” and “Samsung” had been got rid of from some app names to lead them to shorter and more straightforward to scan.
Default house display screen grid modified from 4×5 to 4×6: By means of default, the house display screen in your telephone could have 4 rows and six columns to your app shortcuts and widgets, as you’ll see within the One UI 5 vs One UI 6 (proper) comparability beneath. Remember that in case you have already manually custom designed the house display screen grid, putting in One UI 6 won’t exchange the surroundings.
Default app drawer grid modified from 4×5 to 4×6: The app drawer grid has additionally been set to turn 4 rows and six columns. Like the house display screen grid, the app drawer grid won’t exchange in case you have manually custom designed the grid surroundings prior to putting in One UI 6.
Lock display screen
SmartThings Widget: One UI 6 provides a widget for the Samsung SmartThings app so you’ll keep watch over an view your attached units from the lock display screen. You’ll be able to upload/take away widgets from the lock display screen from the software’s Settings » Lock display screen menu.
Clock can also be moved round on lockscreen: One UI 6 means that you can transfer the clock at the lock display screen to other place as an alternative of locking it to the highest middle of the lock display screen. The clock can also be custom designed from the Settings » Lock display screen menu. Faucet the GIF symbol beneath to peer it in motion.
Extra fonts and clock types: Along with converting the location of the clock, you’ve extra clock types and clock textual content fonts to choose between, as you’ll see within the One UI 5.x vs One UI 6 (proper) screenshot beneath. Word: You can not edit clock taste or font when you’ve got enabled the roaming clock (you’ll disable roaming clock from the Settings » Lock display screen menu in your telephone).
Bixby textual content name
Activate Bixby textual content name all through a decision: Bixby textual content name is a neat Bixby characteristic that lets you convert the speech from the caller into textual content and likewise sort textual content responses which might be relayed to the caller in Bixby’s voice. Earlier than One UI 6, it’s essential best allow the Bixby textual content name characteristic prior to acccepting a decision. Now, you’ll do it whilst a decision is already ongoing as smartly.
Clearer button to modify again to voice name: When you are the use of Bixby textual content name, One UI 6 presentations a clearer possibility on the most sensible to return to a voice name.
Numeric keypad: When the use of Bixby textual content name, you’ll now use a numeric touchpad to go into numbers along with textual content.
Modes and Routines
Distinctive lock monitors relying in your mode: Arrange other lock monitors with their very own wallpaper, clock taste, app shortcuts, and extra for when you find yourself using, running, exercising, and extra. While you get started enhancing the lock display screen whilst a method is on, you can edit the lock display screen for that mode.
New prerequisites and movements: You’ll be able to now get started a regimen when an app is taking part in media.
New movements: Your routines can now do greater than ever prior to. Exchange your lock display screen, exchange Samsung Keyboard settings, and extra.
My Recordsdata
Transparent directions and recommendations when garage is low: When your Galaxy telephone or pill’s inner garage is working out of house, the Set up garage phase of the My Recordsdata app will suggest deleting needless recordsdata, provide you with pointers for putting in place cloud garage, and likewise permit you to know which apps in your telephone are the use of probably the most space for storing..
Blended trash for pieces deleted in My Recordsdata, Gallery, and a few third-party apps: When having access to the trash folder within the My Recordsdata app, it is possible for you to to get entry to the trash folder for different apps, reminiscent of Gallery, as smartly.
Typeface/Font
New default font: One UI 6 has a brand new default font with a extra trendy and fashionable really feel. You’ll see the brand new font if the default font is chosen in Settings » Show » Font measurement and magnificence. In case you’re the use of a special font, you’ll nonetheless see that font after upgrading to One UI 6.
Good choose
Resize and extract textual content from pinned content material: While you pin a picture to the display screen after shooting it during the Good choose instrument, you’ll now resize it or extract textual content from it.
Magnified view: When settling on a space of the display screen, a magnified view will seem so you’ll get started and finish your variety at the very best spot.
Calendar
Repetition ideas for every year occasions: When including new occasions, the Calendar app will locate titles with phrases reminiscent of ‘birthday’ and counsel surroundings a reminder.
Your agenda at a look: The brand new agenda view supplies your upcoming occasions, duties, and reminders all in combination in chronological order. To get entry to it, open the Calendar app, swipe proper from the left fringe of the display screen, and choose Agenda.
As much as 25 attachments from cloud garage: One UI 6 means that you can upload as much as 25 attachments from cloud services and products like Microsoft OneDrive and Google Power to occasions within the Calendar app.
Reminder
Delicate reminder listing view: The principle listing view has been redesigned. You’ll be able to arrange classes on the most sensible of the display screen. Underneath the types, your reminders shall be proven arranged by way of date. The format for reminders containing photographs and internet hyperlinks has additionally been enhanced.
New reminder classes: The Position class comprises reminders that provide you with a warning when you find yourself in a selected position, and the No Alert class comprises reminders that do not supply any signals.
Extra choices for developing reminders: When sharing content material to the Reminder app, you can get complete enhancing choices prior to your reminder is created. You’ll be able to additionally take photos the use of the digicam when making a reminder.
Create all-day reminders: You’ll be able to now create reminders for a whole day and customise the time when you need to be alerted about them.
Climate
New Climate widget: The Climate insights widget supplies extra details about your native climate prerequisites. You’ll be able to see when serious thunderstorms, snow, rain, and different occasions are at the forecast.
Additional information within the Climate app: Details about snow fall, moon levels and instances, atmospheric drive, visibility distance, dew level, and wind path is now to be had within the Climate app.
Enhanced illustrations: Illustrations within the Climate widget and app had been enhanced to offer higher details about the present climate prerequisites. Background colours additionally exchange relying at the time of the day.
Content material sharing
Image and video previews in Proportion panel: While you proportion photos or movies from any app, preview photographs will seem on the most sensible of the Proportion panel to provide you with another probability to check the images and movies prior to sharing them. Faucet the GIF symbol beneath to peer it in motion.
Edit pics from inside Proportion panel: Within the Proportion panel, along with seeing symbol and video previews, you’ll additionally make edits to pictures. Faucet the GIF symbol beneath to peer it in motion. Faucet the GIF symbol beneath to peer it in motion.
Additional sharing choices: While you proportion content material, further choices would possibly seem at the Proportion panel relying at the app you proportion from. For instance, while you proportion a web site from the Chrome internet browser, you’ll get the technique to proportion a screenshot of the web site together with the internet cope with.
Settings
Password proven when viewing a Wi-Fi community’s main points: When checking a stored Wi-Fi community’s main points/settings (you’ll get entry to a community’s settings by way of tapping the wheel icon subsequent to it within the Settings » Connections » Wi-Fi menu in your telephone or pill), One UI 6 provides a password box that presentations you your password while you faucet the attention icon subsequent to it. You’re going to be requested to go into your software password or development prior to the password is proven, so it is safe.
Fast Proportion icon added to Wi-Fi community main points: When viewing a Wi-Fi community’s main points, you’ll proportion the community with different Samsung Galaxy customers the use of the Fast Proportion characteristic on One UI 5.x and previous. You’ll be able to nonetheless do this on One UI 6, however as an alternative of a devoted Fast Proportion box, you are going to see a Proportion button on the backside of the display screen, subsequent to QR code and Disregard. The screenshot beneath presentations how it is other between One UI 5.x (left) and One UI 6 (proper).
Battery is now break away Software care: Galaxy telephones have a Software care phase within the software settings the place you’ll arrange garage, reminiscence, battery, and virus/spy ware coverage, along with some optimization choices to stay your software easily. However with One UI 6, the battery phase has been got rid of from Software care and is now a separate menu out there from the software settings. Test the variation between One UI 5.x (left) vs One UI 6 (proper) beneath.
Faster get entry to to offer protection to battery characteristic: The offer protection to battery characteristic on Galaxy telephones and drugs, which limits most battery rate to 85% when enabled, can also be accessed extra briefly on One UI 6, because it now presentations up in the first actual display screen while you cross to the Battery phase within the software settings as an alternative of being hidden within the Extra battery settings submenu.
Smarter Plane mode: In case you activate Wi-Fi or Bluetooth whilst Plane mode is on, your telephone will take into account. The following time you utilize Plane mode, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth will stay on as an alternative of turning off.
Drop down possibility for date and time picker: When settling on a date or time within an app the use of the date and time picker, One UI 6 presentations an arrow subsequent to the month and yr to make it transparent that you’ll skip months and years.
Safety and privateness
Auto Blocker: Auto Blocker is a brand new characteristic that assists in keeping your Galaxy telephone or pill secure by way of blocking off threats reminiscent of malicious tool. It does so in more than a few tactics, like blocking off photographs suspected of containing malware in messaging apps and blocking off set up of tool updates the use of a USB cable. It may be accessed from the Settings » Safety and privateness menu.
Safety and privateness options on identical display screen: On One UI 6, you’ll see all safety and privateness choices once you input the Safety and privateness phase of the Settings app on Galaxy units, as an alternative of getting privateness as a submenu throughout the Settings and privateness phase.
App icons in listing of permissions utilized in final 24 hours: When you are checking all of the permissions which have been utilized by apps in your telephone or pill within the final 24 hours, One UI 6 presentations you the icons for the ones apps so you’ll extra simply establish them.
No scan button: One UI 6 does not display a scan button while you input the Safety and privateness menu within the software settings, because the software is already routinely scanned each and every time you input that menu.
Descriptions for each and every merchandise in safety and privateness menu: All of the pieces within the Settings » Safety and privateness menu, reminiscent of lock display screen, account safety, app safety, and updates, now display an outline of what they do while you faucet them.
Accessibility
New magnification choices: Customise how your magnification window seems. You’ll be able to make a selection complete display screen, partial display screen, or permit switching between the 2. You’re going to to find those choices within the Settings » Accessibility » Imaginative and prescient improvements » Magnification menu.
Customise cursor thickness: You’ll be able to now build up the thickness of the cursor that looks whilst enhancing textual content in order that it is more straightforward to peer. To take action, open the Settings app in your telephone or pill, choose Accessibility, faucet Imaginative and prescient improvements, then scroll down and choose Cursor thickness.
Good ideas
New appear and feel: The Good Ideas widget has been redesigned with a format that higher aligns with different icons in your House display screen.
Extra customization: You’ll be able to now alter transparency and make a choice from a white or black background. You’ll be able to additionally set apps to exclude from ideas.
