Samsung One UI 5.0 is coming soon and will bring plenty of new features and customization options. But I’m sure you won’t be aware of all the One UI 4.1 features yet. When One UI 4.1 launched, Samsung highlighted many features while there are some hidden features that the company did not mention.

These are small features but when you start using them for different purposes, you find operating your phone becomes more convenient. They are easy to use and will definitely change the way you use your phone.

Here are some One UI 4.1 features that aren’t too famed but are useful for your Galaxy phone.

Useful Samsung One UI 4.1 features

Undo Typing with Gestures:

Just like you undo text on your PC, you can do it on your Samsung Galaxy phone as well. The  Samsung keyboard has an undo gesture if you turn off swipe typing. In this context, “undo” will remove the last few words you type, not individual characters.

To undo or redo: Simply swipe two fingers in either direction on the keyboard.

Watch Videos in better quality:

Samsung smartphone, especially the flagships and mid-ranges, comes with a wonderful display. Why not make the videos you watch on your Galaxy phone better? You can do it with the Video Enhancer feature that increases the screen brightness and make colors more vibrant whenever you’re watching a video.

To use it:

• Go to the Settings of your phone.
• Scroll all the way down to Advanced Features.
• Find Video Enhancer or Video Brightness.
• First, switch over to Bright mode.
• Under that, you’ll see a list of supported video apps.
• Toggle on or off any of the apps that you want to use Video Enhancer adjustments.

Supercharge with Good Lock:

Samsung Good Lock is the biggest customization app for your Galaxy phone or tablet. From the quick panel to the home screen, lock screen, always-on display, volume panel, navigations, notification, and others, there are a variety of cool options for the users.

Get more information about every Good Lock module:

• Routine+
• NotiStar
• Nice Catch
• Pentastic
• QuickStar
• Keys Cafe
• Home UP
• Wonderland
• Sound Assistant
• One Hand Operation+
• Theme Park
• MultiStar
• Nice Shot

Match the Theme to your Wallpaper:

When you apply wallpaper and enable the Dynamic Theming on your Samsung phone, the Material You theming engine will pick you up the dominant color palette that syncs with your wallpaper and applies them as accent colors to menus, buttons, backgrounds, and apps throughout your phone.

To apply it:

• Choose the wallpaper you like and apply it.
• A number of color palettes will appear that show different colors.
• Select the one you like the most.
• You can also apply the theme to app icons by enabling the toggle.

Quick access to app shortcuts:

Your One UI 4.1 phone has many features, why not keep your favorite items within easy reach Edge Panel is a very useful feature that Samsung offers to its users. It can keep the most important features of your phone tucked to one side so you can quickly use them without wasting time on finding them.

To use it:

• Head over to the Settings of your phone.
• Enter Display.
• Scroll down and turn on Edge Panel.
• Swipe leftward to open Edge Panel.
• Swipe left or right to select Edge Panel.
• Tap on the Settings icon to edit or view more Edge Panels.

Custom Lock Screen shortcuts:

The Lock Screen is the first thing you see when you use your phone. By default, there are two app shortcuts – Phone and Camera. You can change these according to your convenience. To do this:

• Open your phone’s Settings.
• Go to the Lock Screen section.
• Scroll down to Shortcuts and make sure it’s toggled on.
• Tap the title to configure it.
• You have two shortcut options – Left Shortcut and Right Shortcut. Tap either one.
• Simply select an app from the list, then do the same thing for the other shortcut if you desire.

With the help of Good Lock, you can even add up to 6 shortcuts and can even change the alignment, to do this:

• Open the Good Lock app.
• Enter the LockStar module.
• Turn the toggle on to get access to various features.
• To customize the Lock Screen, Tap the lock screen.
• Tap on either of the shortcuts already available.
• Select up to 6 apps and tap Save.

Music app in Quick settings:

You can put your Music apps easily in reach within the Quick Settings panel. Samsung phones have a Media Output menu to switch from where the audio should be played. However, this menu can also be used for app shortcuts. You can select your favorite media apps and have them all in one place.

• Open and fully expand the Quick Settings Panel.
• Tap the three-dot menu icon and select Quick Panel Layout.
• Select Device controls and Media output buttons.
• Choose Show Always or Show When Quick Panel Expanded.
• Now, when you expand the Quick Settings, you’ll see a Media Output button. Tap on it.
  • This menu will show any currently playing media and some devices.
• At the top is a bar that says Add App Shortcuts, that’s what you want to select.
• Now you can select up to six shortcuts to add.
• Tap the back arrow when you’re done.
• The shortcuts will now be available in the top bar, tapping them will open the app.

Make the shutter button easier to reach:

Smartphones now come with very big screens, take Galaxy S22 Ultra as an example. This makes it a bit difficult to click photos, especially selfies, on a large screen phone. Samsung allows you to move the Shutter button anywhere on the screen so you can reach it with either hand. You can hide it when you don’t need it.

To do this: Tap the camera shutter button and move it anywhere on the screen.

Clone apps with Secure folder:

Samsung Secure Folder is an aged One UI feature that keeps your private photos, videos, files, apps, and data safe and secure. You can even use it to have multiple instances of the same app on your phone. Any apps you put inside it are duplicates that don’t share anything with apps outside of the folder.

To do this:

• Tap the plus (+) button in the folder.
• Select the apps you want to clone.
• Finally, hit Add.

Flip the phone to silent calls:

Samsung Galaxy users can quickly mute unwanted alarms and calls just by turning their devices over. But the even better thing? It doesn’t hang up the call. So you can coolly cut the noise and ignore it, or take the conversation outside. Here’s how to activate it:

• Go to your phone’s Settings.
• Scroll down to enter Advanced features.
• Tap Motions and gestures.
• You will see the Mute with gestures option. Enable the toggle on.