Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and other older foldables now have loads of new features

Date:
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:47:03 +0000

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All Samsung's older foldables are getting a huge software update full of new features.

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Samsung recently launched the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 , but the company hasnt forgotten about its older foldable phones, as its rolling out an update that adds a bunch of software features from the newer handsets.

Dubbed One UI 3.1.1 , this update is coming to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 , Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G , original Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and original Samsung Galaxy Fold so in other words all of Samsungs older foldable phones, while the new models have this software already.

One UI 3.1.1 includes a wealth of features, including Drag and Split, which lets you drag a link to open it on the same screen as the current window
youre viewing. That will be available for all of Samsungs foldable phones. Check out all the best foldable phones These are the best Samsung phones Is a Google Pixel Fold on the way?

Then theres Multi-Active Window, which lets you view three apps
simultaneously on the screen. This feature is headed to all of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold models. Those phones will also get a Rotate All Apps mode,
which forces apps to rotate to match the phones orientation, even if theyre designed to be locked in a specific orientation.

Other features being added to the Galaxy Z Fold range include the ability to customize the aspect ratio of any app, and the ability to view your message list on the left and a selected conversation on the right in the Messages
app, rather than only seeing one of the screens at a time.

Every Samsung foldable except the original Galaxy Fold will also get the ability to force Flex Mode to work, even for apps that arent officially compatible with it. This means that video will be shown on one half of the screen, and playback controls will be on the other.

The One UI 3.1.1 update should be rolling out from now (September 1) for all models except the original Samsung Galaxy Fold, which should get it around a week later, so keep an eye out. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a fantastic foldable (Image credit: Future) Analysis: foldable phones are coming into their own

Samsung has achieved a lot with foldable phones in the last few years. With the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 its arguably close to perfecting the form, but thats only half the battle as this update shows, serious software changes need to happen in order to make the most out of them as well.

A foldable phone with normal Android software will act much like an oversized phone, making little use of all that extra screen space, and the flexible orientations you can have the display in.

So with these updates, Samsung should be close to delivering on the potential of foldable phones, and should breathe new life into its older models. Read our full Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review

Via The Verge



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