We're a little over two months away from Samsung unveiling its latest Galaxy foldable phones, and with the Galaxy Z6 series should come a new One UI update.
Although Samsung hasn't made any official announcements on the matter, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 should ship with the One UI 6.1.1 update, which will bring incremental fixes over One UI 6.1 and polish existing features.
With that in mind, One UI 6.1.1 might not be a major release, but it has the potential to address some of One UI 6.1's issues and improve the user experience in many ways.
Many of us have been using One UI 6.1 on our Galaxy S24 devices for months, and we're looking forward to the day we get the next One UI update — whether it be One UI 6.1.1 or One UI 7. Either way, here are the seven fixes we hope One UI 6.1.1 brings.
Option to move Quick Toggle sections around
One UI 6 redesigned the quick toggle area and divided things into a few extra sections, which almost look like widgets.
This new design brings dedicated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth buttons at the top, screen options at the bottom, a smaller yet customizable quick toggle section, and two new “Smart View” and “Device Control” buttons.
The more traditional quick toggle segment remains customizable, but the rest of these new quick toggle sections in One UI 6.x are set in stone.
Needless to say, we hope that One UI 6.1.1 will include an option to allow users to move these different sections / quick toggle widgets around the quick toggle area.
More Generative Edit options
The Galaxy AI-powered Generative Edit tool is pretty magical when it works. It enables users to manipulate photos in new ways and in no time, but I wish it had a few extra features.
Back in January, I described Generative Edit as “brilliant, faulty, intuitive, and lacking all at once.” And my opinion hasn't changed.
But even though the underlying AI could use some improvements, that's not what I hope for the most. Instead, we're hoping One UI 6.1.1 would bring more tools to Generative Edit, such as: mirroring tools (an option to flip cropped objects), perspective tools, and ways to manipulate the brightness and contrast of cropped objects.
Notification Categories reinstated
One of the concerning changes introduced by One UI 6.1 has to do with Notification Categories. The latter is a fantastic feature that lets Galaxy device users quickly customize which types of notifications they can receive or block.
Although Notification Categories still exist in One UI 6.1, Samsung hid this feature and made it so that it first has to be turned on before it can be used.
Part of me fears this is a sign that Samsung intends to remove this feature altogether in the future, which I think would be a real shame, given that it is believed by many to be one of the best things about One UI.
With that in mind, I hope Samsung does a 180 and turns Notification Categories ON by default in One UI 6.1.1.
An easier way to switch between Voice Recorder modes
For reasons unknown, the One UI 6.1 update that Samsung rolled out earlier this year made it more difficult for Voice Recorder app users to switch between recording modes.
Instead of having the “Standard” and “Interview” recording options readily available, as they used to be, the newer versions of Voice Recorder tuck these two modes away inside a Settings screen that can be accessed through a Hamburger menu button.
It's far from intuitive, and it's hard to conceive why Samsung hid these options as it did, seeing how they can drastically change the quality of your voice recordings.
We're hoping that One UI 6.1.1 will bring the Standard and Interview Voice Recorder modes back into the forefront.
A way to save and manage Generative Wallpapers
One of the funner tools Samsung introduced with the Galaxy AI suite is Generative Wallpapers. It allows Galaxy device users to generate AI wallpapers based on keywords.
There are different styles, keywords, materials, colors, and themes users can choose from. On the one hand, the beauty of this system is that each AI-generated wallpaper is more or less unique. It's a one-of-a-kind.
On the other hand, the issue is that there's no way to save your favorite Generative Wallpapers, share, or manipulate them in any way. One UI 6.1 stores the most recent 15 Generative Wallpapers the user created and used, and then it starts overwriting them to make room for new creations.
Samsung's upcoming One UI 6.1.1 will hopefully address this shortcoming and allow users to manage and favor AI wallpapers for safekeeping.
A universal Galaxy AI ON/OFF toggle
Speaking of Galaxy AI, even though this tool can be a game-changer in specific use cases, not everyone wants to use AI-based systems on their mobile devices, whether because they haven't warmed up to the idea or they don't like having their voices and data being processed by some algorithm, especially somewhere in the cloud.
The “Advanced Intelligence” menu inside the Settings app in One UI 6.1 offers the option to turn off most Galaxy AI features individually or use on-device AI for a higher level of privacy.
However, it would be nice for One UI 6.1.1 to simplify this and introduce a universal Galaxy AI quick toggle that turns every Galaxy AI feature ON or OFF. Personally, I probably wouldn't find a lot of use for it, but I can see how it can potentially be valued by others. It could encourage people who don't like the idea of AI to keep using newer Galaxy phones and One UI versions without worry.
Other Galaxy AI improvements
Conversely, for people who enjoy Galaxy AI, we're all hoping that One UI 6.1.1 will improve this concept even further. Not just through bettering existing Galaxy AI features but by harnessing the power of AI in more ways.
As we detailed earlier today, some interesting ways in which Galaxy AI could become more useful would be through mail, prices, and package tracking, travel tips, mindfulness and wellbeing, as well as time and route management.
We're also hoping that Circle to Search could be assigned to the side key on Galaxy devices. Hopefully, One UI 6.1.1 will address some of these things.
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