Hey everyone! 👋 I’m curious to know what your favorite One UI feature is. One UI has a lot of great functionalities, and I’d love to hear which one stands out for you. Is it the intuitive navigation gestures, the dark mode, the customization options, or something else? Share your thoughts, and let’s discuss what makes One UI awesome!
I wish you could allow to tweak the animation scale without turning on the Dev Options setting.
Edge panel, good lock
Deep S-Pen integration. It’s amazing when you use it to it’s potential…things like using it for camera control, air gestures, even sketching or just taking the pen out to grab a quick note without unlocking the phone. This functionality is really well integrated into the overall system.
gotta be good lock and good guardians. also how there are Samsung versions of almost most stock apps. makes you know you are living life with galaxy
none.
Navigation gestures debuted on iPhone and Chinese phones (Xiaomi? I used it since Android 10). It’s part of Android since Android 11 or so.
I don’t use any of the special OneUI functions as I simply don’t find a use for them or the workflow they have is slower than the normal way. e.g. Edge Panels while also having gesture navigation is either in the way or out of reach (depending on which side you place the trigger bar). In all cases it’s slower than just using the home screen.
Recently I configured a Routine that would switch off fast charging at night, but since my charger is max 15W anyway it doesn’t make much of a difference if the phone doesn’t have this.
And for the visual style of OneUI, I find it too bland. Icons are awful and Samsung puts some of the ugliest low effort wallpapers on their phones. They mostly look like what you create in a Blender tutorial in one afternoon. Landscapes or pets supplied by their employees worldwide would be easy to obtain and give a personal touch to the devices from and for the Samsung staff.
Launching an app pair from Edge panel is quicker if you’re already in one of the apps
I use it everyday
Mail/Calendar & Messages/Calendar
Samsung has a useful zoom windows option in goodlock which means you get all the functionality in the half window
Yes, I would probably use this on a tablet. But my current TabA7 slows to a crawl when I only just enable Edge Panels.
Navigation gestures debuted on iPhone
This is very wrong. Blackberry had them, and I forget who (too lazy to search) but someone had them even earlier than that.
Edit: I searched. Palm Pre
https://www.theverge.com/22555406/palm-pre-home-button-gestures-swiping
Ah, yes! But at least it is not a Samsung invention and has limited extensions on OneUI vs. stock Android.
Good lock, Bixby Routine, and Samsung Pay.
Dex!
Lots of things but above all is one minor feature but it’s irreplaceable.
The swipe to call in phone.