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Galaxy S24 could be Samsung’s smoothest phone ever, thanks to One UI 6.1

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Last updated: January 15th, 2024 at 09:08 UTC+01:00

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S24 series in a couple of days, and it has failed terribly at plugging leaks. By now, we know how the upcoming phones look and what their specifications are. Most of the software features of the phones in the lineup have leaked over the past few weeks. A new leak has now revealed what to expect from the software smoothness on the Galaxy S24.

One UI 6.1 to bring fluid animations to Galaxy S24

The Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra will be the first phones to run One UI 6.1 out of the box. And if the leaks are on point, the new software could make the devices Samsung's smoothest-feeling phones ever. According to tipster Ice Universe (@UniverseIce), who posted a short video showcasing the animations, the frame rate of animations has improved with One UI 6.1. Samsung has reportedly removed the background blur effect to improve power efficiency.

The company has also reportedly improved background scaling animation greatly, made it non-linear (fans have been asking for this for a long time), and improved wallpaper scaling. All these changes make animations appear smoother than iOS, according to the tipster. Have a look at the video below.

 

When closing apps, the animation that scales back the app window to its icon on the home screen has a more pronounced elastic effect. When you quickly open and close apps from the home screen, the whole UI looks very fluid and smooth, without frame rate drops that are sometimes seen on Samsung's older smartphones.

One UI 6.1 could bring similar smoothness and fluid animations to existing smartphones and tablets

While One UI 6.1 will debut on the Galaxy S24 series, it is bound to come to existing smartphones and tablets from Samsung. As we mentioned earlier, the company is already testing One UI 6.1 on several phones, including the Galaxy S22 and the Galaxy S23, and that update could be released as soon as the end of January or early February.

One UI 6.1 also brings several new AI-powered features, including real-time language translation during voice calls and messaging, a Generative AI-powered wallpaper generator, lock screen wallpaper animations, notes summarization in Samsung Notes, circle search in Samsung Internet, the ability to erase objects from images and videos, Generative AI-powered content fill for images, language improvement with Samsung Keyboard, and better battery protection. However, we are not sure if (or how many of) these features would make it to existing devices.

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