Here’s everything new Samsung’s Android 15 update, One UI 7, and the full changelog [Gallery]

Galaxy AI emerges as a powerful ally for those seeking to enhance their writing capabilities. With its intuitive features, users can effortlessly correct spelling and grammar, adjust tone, summarize content, or apply various formatting styles. Whether starting with a brief snippet or allowing the AI to generate text from scratch, the possibilities for polished communication are virtually limitless.

Transcription Made Simple

Reviewing recorded calls has never been more straightforward. The Samsung Phone app now offers a seamless transcription feature, allowing users to view entire conversations as text directly on the Recents screen. This innovation simplifies the process of revisiting important discussions.

A Bold New Look

One UI 7 introduces a fresh aesthetic that elevates the user experience. Key components such as buttons, menus, notifications, and control bars have undergone a stunning redesign, characterized by curves and circles that create a harmonious visual experience. Enhanced colors, soft animations, and a unique blur effect contribute to a clearer information hierarchy, enabling users to focus on what matters most.

• Reimagined icons and widgets enhance the Home screen’s appeal, featuring new visual metaphors and color schemes for easier app recognition.
• Widgets have been redesigned for a more colorful and consistent layout, making them not only functional but visually engaging.

Enhanced Home Screen Experience

The Home screen has been refined for improved usability. A new standard grid layout ensures symmetry, making it easier to utilize One UI widgets in standard sizes. The landscape view has also been optimized, providing a consistent appearance even when the phone is held horizontally. Users can now customize app icons and widget styles to suit their preferences, adjusting sizes and text labels as desired.

• New widget settings allow for adjustments in shape, background color, and transparency.
• Larger Home screen folders facilitate immediate access to apps without the need to open the folder first.
• The Finder search bar has been conveniently relocated to the bottom of the Apps screen for easier one-handed access.

Lock Screen and Always On Display Enhancements

The Now bar on the Lock screen keeps users informed of essential tasks without needing to unlock their devices. This feature displays ongoing tasks such as media controls, timers, and health tracking at a glance. Additionally, users can personalize their Lock screen clock with various styles and sizes, enhancing both functionality and aesthetics.

• Editing the Lock screen has become more flexible, allowing for resizing and repositioning of the clock.
• More widgets and shortcuts can be added, providing quick access to favorite features even when the phone is locked.

Streamlined Quick Panel and Notifications

One UI 7 separates the notification and quick settings panels for more efficient access. Users can swipe down from the top right corner for quick settings or from anywhere else for notifications. Live notifications keep users updated on ongoing activities, while a new notification layout makes it easy to recognize which app sent each alert.

• Customization options for the quick panel allow users to tailor the layout to their preferences.

Effortless Image Capture

The camera interface has been restructured for ease of use, with controls and modes now more accessible. A redesigned mode selection menu allows users to choose modes without obstructing the camera view, while enhanced zoom controls simplify the process of selecting the right zoom level.

• Exposure settings can now be saved for each mode, providing consistent control over image brightness.
• Pro and Pro video modes have been streamlined, focusing on the essentials for capturing high-quality content.

Creative Photo and Video Editing

Users can now easily erase unwanted objects from photos with a simple touch and hold. The Gallery app allows for free-form collages, enabling personalized layouts, while motion photo effects add a playful touch to captured moments.

• Video editing has been enhanced with undo and redo options, ensuring a smooth creative process.
• Animations can be added to stickers and text in videos, bringing an extra layer of engagement to visual storytelling.

Health Management Features

The new Mindfulness feature in Samsung Health aids users in managing stress and anxiety, offering tools for mood tracking and meditation. Users can also earn badges for achieving health goals, set medication reminders, and securely access health records from various providers.

Boosting Productivity

One UI 7 enhances productivity with features like previews for minimized apps, allowing users to quickly select open windows. Alarm management has been simplified with grouping options, and the File Picker streamlines file selection across various applications.

Task and Event Planning

Calendar management is now more intuitive, with drag-and-drop functionality for rescheduling events and customizable widgets that display specific calendars. Users can easily create countdown widgets for important dates and move multiple events between calendars effortlessly.

Connecting and Sharing Made Easy

Quick Share now recommends devices for seamless file transfers, and if a direct transfer fails, it will continue over the internet, ensuring uninterrupted sharing.

Enhanced Security Measures

Knox Matrix provides a comprehensive security overview for devices linked to a Samsung account, while Auto Blocker offers additional protection against cyber threats. These features work together to create a safer user experience.

Battery and Charging Innovations

Power saving options have been expanded, allowing users to customize which features to limit. Battery protection settings now let users adjust the maximum charging level, while a new charging effect minimizes interruptions during the charging process.

Accessibility Features

New accessibility options, such as one-finger zoom and enhanced screen controls, make it easier for all users to navigate their devices comfortably. Customization options ensure that touch interactions can be tailored to individual needs.

Continuous Improvements

One UI 7 brings a host of enhancements, including the ability to replay videos easily, a unified contacts list experience, quick boarding pass additions to Samsung Wallet, and activity forecasts for outdoor plans. Gaming experiences are also optimized with Game Booster, allowing for tailored performance settings for each game.