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Samsung One UI 7.0 leaked Features & changes: Here’s all we know so far
Samsung is on full roll in developing its next One UI version, the One UI 7.0 build, which will be backed up with Android 15. We have been hearing several leaks and rumors regarding the latest One UI 7 version for a long time, suggesting that Samsung is continuously working on its One UI 7.0 version.
As One UI 7.0 is inching closer to entering its beta channel, this latest Samsung software version has been the trendiest topic everywhere across the internet.
These leaked reports regarding the One UI 7.0 version significantly indicate that the Korean brand is expected to bring tremendous new features and changes to the upcoming One UI 7.0 build, as the leaks and rumors are continuously indicating that the latest build will be highly inspired by Apple’s iOS 18.
One UI 7.0 leaked features are as follows:
- Dynamic Island and Live Activities
Inspired by Apple’s Dynamic Island as well as Live Activities, Samsung could feature Dynamic Island and Live Activities with the One UI 7.0 version. The brand could integrate the Live Activities with Dynamic Island, allowing users to have all the relevant information at a glance via Dynamic Island.
- Quick settings
Quick Settings will take a revamp, as the settings tiles will have a more rounded design with the ability to change the position of each tile but not the size, of course. The Quick Settings page will take up two pages, with the Quick Settings on one page and the notifications on the next.
- A cleaner look for the home screen
As per leaks, Samsung will bring two new options for the app icons and labels for the home screen to offer a cleaner look to the users. The two options include Classic and Bold, where the Classic one will show the app and the widget labels, while the Bold option is for bigger app icons but without labels.
- One hand-friendly camera UI and a new camera icon
Samsung will be introducing a major revamp within its Galaxy device’s camera UI, changing the UI completely to provide a more comfortable user experience so that the users could handle all the camera-related operations all one-handedly. In addition, a new camera icon has surfaced online, suggesting that Samsung is expected to change its iconic camera app icon too.
- AR emoji replaced by Galaxy Avatar
Another noticeable change is the replacement of the AR Emoji with the Galaxy Avatar. The AR Emoji will now be termed the Galaxy Avatar, offering users a more fun and interactive experience.
- Battery percentage indicator
Now with the One UI 7.0 version, Samsung is going to add the battery percentage inside the battery icon, which will be turned on by default and will allow users to have their device’s battery insights straight from the battery icon.
- Vertical App Drawer
Samsung is expected to bring the highly-awaited vertical app drawer to its Galaxy devices with the One UI 7.0 build. With this addition, the search bar inside the app drawer has moved to the bottom, under the app icons. This will allow users to scroll in a vertical manner instead of a horizontal one.
- New Gallery app icon
Samsung will be introducing an all-new Gallery icon design, which significantly looks like a colorful flower with seven different shades. Interestingly, like every other feature and change listed above, the new Gallery app icon is also inspired by Apple’s iPhone’s Gallery app icon.
- Changed Weather app icon
Samsung could also change the Weather app icon with the One UI 7.0 version, offering users a better software design. With One UI 7, Samsung will revamp the Weather app icon by reducing the gradient of blue color in the background of the icon, as compared to the app icon in One UI 6.
Samsung is one of the most appreciated brands in terms of innovation; now, with the latest development, the company has started a new era with the Galaxy AI features that arrived with One UI 6. 1. Now to bring more new change, it is expected to get an Apple for summarizing notifications.
Galaxy users will receive a summary of notifications with One UI 7
According to the tipster, chunvn8888, Samsung is testing an Apple-like AI feature that will summarize notifications. However, it is not confirmed if the feature is exclusively available for the Galaxy S25 or if it will be available with Galaxy AI.
Meanwhile, it is expected that Samsung could bring more enhancements to its features, which will bring a completely fresh experience for users. It is expected that the company will provide the feature for all smartphones, irrespective of their price range, through One UI 7.
As far as the One UI 7 availability is concerned, it is expected that the company will introduce the One UI 7 beta program in the next couple of weeks. If this prediction is true, then most probably it will introduce the stable in early January or with the Galaxy S25.
Samsung has delayed the One UI 7 beta program so much this year; now the good news is arriving: The beta program is expected to be live in the next couple of weeks.
One UI 7 beta may be available in the next 15 days
Last month, Samsung announced that One UI 7 will be available for Galaxy devices next year; this is related to the stable version. In addition, the beta program is also expected to be available later this year.
Now, it is more confirmed after the statement of reliable tipster Ice Universe. According to the statement, he claimed that Samsung will take another half-month to start the beta program.
Beta forums updated
Apart from the tipster statement, more developments are done to ensure that the One UI 7 Beta is near. According to the information, the beta forums for the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S23 series are for the devices. Another event is also taking place in SD, C24, in Korea. This confirms that it will be available next month.
Earlier this month, Samsung conducted SDC2024 in the US to discuss several topics based on the future opportunities. Now to go into more details, the company is preparing to do one more conference as SDC 2024 in Korea. It will hold the Samsung Developer Conference Korea 2024 online on November 21.
Samsung Electronics has been hosting developer events in various forms every year since 2014 to emphasize the improvement of software.
Samsung SDC 2024 in Korea key highlights
According to the information , the SDC 2024 in Korea will be attended by Jeon kyung-hoon, president and chief technology officer.
In this conference, several futuristic topics will be covered, including:
- generative AI S/W platform
- IoT healthcare
- communication data
- open source development culture.
Along with the discussion, the conference also showcased the performance of different divisions of the company, including Samsung Electronics’ research and development results on generative AI technology (Samsung Electronics Samsung Research Vice President Lee Joo-hyung and Executive Director Koh Hyun-mok) and Improving the user experience of Samsung Electronics’ software and device platforms (Samsung Electronics Device Platform Center Vice President Jeong Jae-yeon and Samsung Research Executive Director Kwon Ho-beom). For more information, you can check here.
Apart from these, it is also possible that Samsung could introduce the One UI 7 timeline for the Galaxy devices. So it is very crucial for Galaxy users to check out the conference. Hope that we may atleast get more information about the