On October 5, Samsung held its annual developer conference, where it officially announced OneUI 6.0, the latest version of its custom Android shell. Samsung has been running a beta testing program for OneUI 6 for a while now, but the official announcement means the stable release is just around the corner.

One of the most notable changes is the Quick Panel, which is now available to beta testers. The Quick Access Toolbar is now divided into different sections: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection tiles at the top, a large section for quick settings icons, brightness slider and eye controls in the middle, Smart View and device controls at the bottom. The overall look is sleek and simple and provides high visibility for all quick settings options.

Additionally, Samsung also announced a new custom font called One UI Sans, new AI photo editing tools, and a new feature called Samsung Studio, which allows users to edit multi-layered videos with options to add text, stickers, and music to the video. timeline.

Samsung did not reveal all the new features of OneUI 6 during the SDC23 event. sammobile It has compiled a list of features that are likely to come to Samsung phones with the next update. Here is a list of these features:

• New emoji design.
• Preview images and videos in the Share panel.
• More sharing options.
• Improved multitasking with a pop-up window that can remain open after exiting the Recents screen.
• Freely repositionable lock screen clock.
• Simplified app icon labels for the home screen.
• More information and improved weather plots, including a new weather widget, interactive map view in the weather app.
• A wide range of camera improvements, including a new widget, more alignment options for watermarks, quick access to resolution settings, easy-to-apply filters and effects, and more.
• Improvements to calendar, reminders and Samsung Internet.
• Quick actions for apps in Finder search results.
• Suggestions in My Files to help you free memory.
• Smarter flight mode.
• An additional layer of protection that prevents unknown programs from being installed, Auto Blocker checks for malware and prevents malicious commands from being sent over the USB connection.
• Customizable Bixby text greetings and the ability to switch to Bixby text search at any time, even during a call.
• Additional accessibility features, including new zoom options and custom cursor thickness options.

Samsung hasn’t announced a specific release date for OneUI 6.0, but its current flagships, the Galaxy S23 series, are likely to be the first series to receive the stable update after the beta program ends. It is expected to appear before the end of the year.