One UI 3.0 update changelog

One UI 3 brings you Android 11, with exciting new features from Samsung and Google based on feedback from users like you.

Home screen

• Touch and hold an app to add an associated widget
• Turn the screen off by double-tapping on an empty are of the Home screen. You can turn this on in Settings > Advanced features > Motion and gestures.

Lock screen

• Dynamic Lock screen now has more categories,, and you can select more than one.
• Lock screen widgets are improved.

Quick panel

• See your conversations and media more conveniently in their own sections when you swipe down from the top of the screen.

AOD

• Always On Display widgets are improved.

Accessibility

• Get quick access to the most important accessibility settings during device setup.
• Get recommended accessibility features based on what you use.
• Set the Accessibility shortcut more easily in settings.
• Sound detectors now work with your SmartThings devices such as TVs and lights to give you more visible alerts when the doorbell rings or a baby is crying.

Samsung Keyboard

• You can find the keyboard in settings more easily under General management in Settings, and the settings have been reorganized to put the most important ones first.

Samsung DeX

• You can now connect to supported TVs wirelessly.
• New touchpad multi-gestures let you change screen zoom and font size more easily.

Internet

• Added ability to block websites from redirecting you when you tap the Back button.
• Added warnings and blocking options for websites that shot too many pop-ups or notifications.
• Rearranged menus to make things easier to find.
• Added several new add-ons, including one that translates websites.
• Added option hide the status bar for a more immersive browsing experience.
• Increased maximum number of open tabs to 99.
• Added ability to lock and reorder tabs.
• Improved design for tab bar which is now supported on all devices.
• Ended support for Samsung Internet edge panel.

Contacts & Phone

• Added the ability to edit multiple linked contacts at one time.
• Added an option to help you quickly delete duplicate contacts.
• Enhanced the search experience.
• Extended the storage period of the Trash bin from 15 to 30 days.

Phone/Call background

• Added the ability to customize the call screen with your own pictures and videos.

Messages

• Created a Trash bin to store recently deleted messages.

Call & Text on other devices

• Added the ability to turn Call & text on other devices on or off with Bixby Routines.

Calendar

• Events with the same start time are now shown together in month and agenda view.
• Reorganized options for adding and editing events.
• Improved layout for full screen alerts.
• Reminder
• Improved layout for full screen alerts

Digital wellbeing and Parental controls

• Added trends to your weekly report. You can see how your usage has changed since the previous week and check your usage time for each feature.
• Added phone usage time while driving to the weekly report.
• Added a lock screen widget so you can check your screen time without unlocking your phone.
• Added separate profiles for personal and work modes so you can track your screen time separately.

Camera

• Improved auto-focus and auto exposure functionality and usability.
• Improved stabilization when taking pictures of the moon at high zoom levels.

Photo editor

• Added the ability to revert edited pictures back to their original versions.

Bixby Routine

• Grouped preset routines help you get started quickly and learn how to build your own routines easily.
• You can now see what actions are reversed when a routine ends.
• New conditions have been added, such as a specific start time, the disconnection of a Bluetooth device or Wi-Fi network, a call from a specific number, and more.
• New actions have been added, including talking to Bixby and accessibility actions.
• You can add a customized icon for each routine and add routines to the Lock screen for quick access.