Samsung’s latest foldable phones — theGalaxy Z Fold 5and Flip 5 — run on One UI 5.1.1 based onAndroid 13. This is a newer version of the company’s One UI skin, packing several foldable-specific improvements. Similarly, while existing Galaxy Watches feature One UI 4 Watch, theGalaxy Watch 6runsWear OS 4-based One UI 5 Watch. You won’t have to upgrade your current Galaxy foldable or smartwatch to try out the latest One UI version, as Samsung is rolling out One UI 5.1.1 and One UI 5 Watch to its devices globally, asannounced in a press release.
With the latest One UI release, Samsung has focused on multitasking improvements to boost your productivity. Support for two-handed drag and drop makes moving content between apps easier in multi-window mode. On tablets and Folds, the enhanced taskbar will show up to four recent apps, up from two. You can also seamlessly switch between pop-up and Multi Window modes by pressing and holding the handle at the top of the open window.
In One UI 5.1.1,Galaxy Z Flip 4and Fold 4 users can hide or show the Flex Mode Panel as they wish. Plus, it has a 10-second fast-forward and rewind buttons for easy media playback controls.
One UI 5.1.1 is coming to Samsung’s entire foldable lineup, including the original Galaxy Z Flip. The full list is below:
The original Galaxy Z Fold reached its end of support last year, so it’s not getting this update. Additionally, Samsung is bringing the latest One UI release to theGalaxy Tab S8and S7 series, Tab A8, Tab A7 Lite, and the Tab Active 3.
As for One UI 5 Watch, Samsung is introducing new sleep management features, like Sleep Score Factors, Sleep Consistency readings, and Sleep Animal Symbols, to provide deeper insight into your sleeping pattern.
If you use your Galaxy Watch for sports or activity tracking, you’ll like the addition of personalized Heart Rate zones. And if you own theGalaxy Watch 5 Pro, you’re able to import new custom routes using GPX files. The Korean giant has beenbeta testing One UI 5 Watchfor older Galaxy Watch models for the last couple of months.
Samsung’s recent foldables and watches, the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Flip 4, Tab S8 series, and Watch 5 series, will get the update first starting today, followed by older Galaxy devices.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5
You may not need the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 to get the latest features thanks to the One UI 5.1.1 update rolling out to all Samsung foldables, but the new book-style foldable is sure to be first in line to get future updates and patches.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 may not be a substantial upgrade over its predecessor, so you might not feel the urge to upgrade — unless, of course, the much bigger exterior screen is a killer feature for you. No software update could get you a big hardware upgrade like this.
