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One UI 5.0 Lock Screen: The most customizable lockscreen in Samsung’s history
Along with the Home Screen, the Lock Screen is also a very important part of the smartphone as it helps to keep your device more secure. Samsung already offers several customization options for the lock screen, however, with the One UI 5 update, the company brings more new features and improvements to the lock screen.
With One UI 5, the Korean tech giant brings the most customizable lock screen in Samsung’s history. The company has also created a new section for the lock screen and widgets to make it better. It has well-optimized lock screen settings options.
One UI 5.0 Lock screen
Screen lock type
For security and safety, it is important to lock your smartphone. You can lock your Galaxy smartphone by using the Swipe gesture, Pattern, PIN, or Password. Along with this, you can also use a fingerprint sensor and face recognition feature to unlock your smartphone.
Smart lock
To keep your phone unlocked while it’s on you at specific places that you trust, or near your connected device, you can use the smart lock feature. To use this option you can turn on On body detection feature, add trusted places and trusted devices.
After enabling all this, your device stays unlocked when it is connected with trusted devices, in touch with your body, or in any trusted place. Your phone stays unlocked for up to 4 hours or until you put it down, leave one of your trusted places or disconnect from trusted devices.
Secure lock Settings
Aside from the normal setting, there are more options for better security of your smartphones.
- Auto lock when the screen turns off
- Lock instantly with the side key
- Auto factory reset
- Lock network and security
- Show Lockdown option
Lock Screen
Samsung provides various customization options for lock screen, you can decorate your lock screen however you like. On the lock screen, you can set clocks style, notifications, contact information, or any text, and left and right shortcuts to open any apps, wallpaper, and filter.
Widgets
You can choose useful info to show when you tap the clock on the lock screen. After locking your smartphone, you can get information on Music, schedule, next alarm, voice recorder, weather, Digital Wellbeing, Modes, and Always on Display (AOD).
If you want to see some app notifications on the top then you can select them by re-arranging the apps by the reorder option given on the right corner.
Touch and hold to edit
This option allows you to edit the lock screen by touch and hold it.
Always on Display
AOD or Always on Display is a feature that let you see important information such as time, date, battery, status, an image or GIF, and notifications on your smartphone’s screen without unlocking it. This feature saves your time as well as your smartphone’s battery.
Roaming Clock
To enable Roaming Clock, you can turn on the toggle. After enabling this feature, you can see both the time where you are and at home while you’re roaming.
Owners of select Samsung Smart TVs, monitors, The Premiere 7 & 9 projectors, or The Freestyle 2nd Gen can stream Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Flight Simulator 2024 and hundreds of other games with Gaming Hub Xbox Game Pass.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Flight Simulator 2024 are two of the most popular games of 2024. Thanks to Samsung Gaming Hub, you don’t need to download any of the Xbox Game Pass titles, no meaning no storage required – just jump in and play.
The company has also built an engaging gameplay experience designed by fans, for fans through The Six, challenging players’ knowledge and providing another way to interact with the world of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Notably, Samsung’s Gaming Hub is available on a variety of Samsung screens. It includes the AI-powered 2024 TV lineup, monitors, projectors, The Premiere, and The Freestyle 2nd Gen projector, offering instant access to console-free gaming.
Anyone with a Samsung Smart TV will be able to use their remote to jump in and play. This way, Gaming Hub provides a co-branded experience, giving Call of Duty fans another way to engage with the franchise they love.
For starters: The Six offers daily trivia where players can answer a series of six questions in competition with other players around the world. Correct answers with the fastest response time will achieve higher scores.
Samsung could launch the Galaxy ixi-O AI Phone next year. The company has collaborated with LG Uplus to develop a custom smartphone. The device is said to feature Galaxy AI and LG Uplus’s AI call assistant ixi-O.
Sources citing KEDGlobal revealed that Samsung and LG Uplus working together to develop the Galaxy ixi-O AI Phone. It’s a big development in the smartphone industry, while the handset is highly likely to be Korea-limited.
Samsung fans are well aware of the Galaxy AI feature suite. ixi-O is an AI-powered digital assistant developed by Korean carrier LG Uplus. The company plans to enter the smartphone market, featuring its own-developed AI assistant.
The report indicates that Samsung and LG Uplus’ ixi-O AI Phone will launch as early as next year. The development project focuses on crafting a “real AI phone” that goes beyond simply integrating AI assistant services into a smartphone.
ixi-O comes with useful features such as AI call answering, detecting voice phishing in real-time, recording and summarizing phone calls and converting voice conversation into text – all within an on-device environment.
Image: ixi-O AI | LG Uplus Newsroom
Based on specifications, the Galaxy ixi-O AI Phone will be based on a Galaxy phone available globally. The design will match with a global Galaxy smartphone, but the software may be tweaked as per the carrier’s requirements.
A custom Galaxy phone isn’t shocking or impossible in South Korea. Samsung releases Quantum, Buddy, and Jump-branded phones in the market. The company collaborates with Korean carriers to bring these devices to mainland Korea.
The carrier introduced an on-device AI-powered ixi-O assistant earlier this month. LG Uplus will initially target its consumer base for the new AI Phone. However, the AI Assistant may be expanded to a broader audience across Korea.
Samsung could use Gauss2-based Galaxy AI on the Galaxy S25 Ultra. The company’s next-gen Generative AI model is 1.5 to 3x faster than the first-gen Gauss model. The DX division is already using Gauss2 to ramp up internal productivity.
Gauss2 offers improved performance and efficiency in simultaneously handling various data types. In the previous article, we’ve demonstrated its three distinct models that cater to different purposes: Compact, Balanced, and Supreme.
Samsung says the second-gen Gauss model offers equal or superior performance in response generation than leading open-source generative AI models. That said, the Galaxy AI will become faster and smarter with the inclusion of Gauss2.
Thanks to faster processing speed, Gauss2 enables quicker AI response generation. This way, the Galaxy user won’t have to wait much time. The company stated that it will continue to expand the reach of its AI-based services across all product lines.
That said, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is likely to boast Gauss2-based Galaxy AI. This upgrade will result in even faster processing of tasks and execution. Features like composition, image generation, and translation would benefit from Gauss2.
Earlier, we broke the news that Samsung is crafting an advanced AI technology. The Gauss2 press release indicates that the future Galaxy AI iteration could be integrated with knowledge graph technology to offer relevant results.
The Galaxy S24 series also uses Google’s Gemini Nano AI model. The fruitful collaboration offers futuristic capabilities on Galaxy devices. Samsung is rumored to use an enhanced version of Gemini Nano across the Galaxy S25 lineup.
Meanwhile, Samsung’s development may have indulged Gauss2 capabilities on the Galaxy S25 series. Integrated with new processors and optimized software, the company’s AI model would offer faster, reliable, and smarter results.