One UI 5 is the next major release of the Samsung Galaxy device skin. Based on Android 13, it offers the best of both worlds: Google’s take on Android with Samsung’s customizations and additional features. One UI 5 doesn’t bring any major UI overhauls, but it includes several new features.
Once the official Android 13 update hits your Galaxy phone, check out the top One UI 5 features you must try. Let’s take a look below!
1. Lock screen customization
Taking inspiration from iOS 16, Samsung has made it easier than ever to customize the lock screen in One UI 5. Just long press the lock screen to start editing. You can add certain widgets, change the lock screen wallpaper and clock style, adjust notification display settings, and more. Displays a live preview to make customization easier. Most of the customization options were there before – it’s just that you can now access them more easily.
2. Change the system palette
One UI 5 features the Material You enhancements Google added in Android 13, including an improved dynamic theme engine. Now you can access up to 16 preset wallpaper-based color themes. After applying your favorite wallpaper, One UI 5 will automatically display a color palette with colors extracted from the wallpaper.
3. Close RAM Plus
RAM Plus debuts on some lower-end Galaxy A phones in 2021. Samsung then expanded that capability to its flagship and high-end devices with One UI 4.0.
RAM Plus uses the phone’s storage as an extension of the device’s memory, also known as virtual RAM. RAM Plus is not a replacement for your phone’s physical RAM. Virtual RAM is always slower than physical RAM and if not implemented correctly it can slow down your device.
By default, RAM Plus uses 4GB of onboard storage on Galaxy devices. In One UI 4.1, Samsung introduced more options: 2GB, 6GB and 8GB. However, there is no way to turn off the feature. In One UI 5, the company added an option to turn off RAM Plus entirely.
If you have a high-end Galaxy device with 8GB or 12GB of RAM, using RAM Plus won’t make any difference. In this case, it’s best to turn off the feature and reclaim your device’s storage space.
To turn off RAM Plus, navigate to Settings > Battery & Device Maintenance > Memory > RAM Plus. Here you’ll find options to turn off RAM Plus or set the amount of virtual memory you want it to use. A restart is required to implement the changes.
4. Multitasking gestures
One UI 5 includes some handy gestures to help you multitask. You can swipe toward the middle of the display from the top corner to open any app in a pop-up view. Another gesture makes triggering split view mode easier than ever: swipe up from the bottom of the screen with two fingers. This gesture also lets you bring up the app drawer when you’re already running two apps in split-screen mode.
You can enable them via the Good Lock module. With One UI 5, Samsung is bringing gestures to all of its mid-range and high-end devices. You can enable Swipe for pop-up view and Swipe for split screen gestures from Settings > Advanced features > Labs.
5. Better text extraction in Samsung Gallery
Samsung has further deepened the OCR integration in the Gallery app in One UI 5. While you can always copy text from a photo, you must use the Bixby Vision feature. In One UI 5, you can long-press a piece of text in an image and the Gallery app will automatically recognize it. Depending on the highlighted text, you can choose to copy, translate, call, or find the location in Google Maps.
6. Smart suggestion widget
Taking inspiration from the iPhone’s Siri Suggestions widget, Samsung added the Smart Suggestions widget in One UI 5.
7. Patterns and routines
Samsung has renamed Bixby Routines to Modes and Routines in One UI 5. Automation tools have also become more powerful than ever, and some new actions have been added. Using modes, you can set a mode to automatically change multiple system settings at once. Routines get new trigger intents and system settings customization so you can create more powerful routines than ever before.
8. Camera app improvements
The Samsung Camera app in One UI 5 has received some notable improvements. You can easily zoom with one hand by swiping vertically on the zoom bar. To help new users use the Pro photo and video modes, Samsung will display helpful tips related to the different controls. For advanced users, pro mode gets a histogram so you can determine the exposure in your photos.
Additionally, One UI 5 allows the telephoto camera to be used in food mode in the camera app on Galaxy devices.
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