The Samsung One UI 3.0 & 3.1 is Samsung’s custom interface for Android 11. With most of its 2020 phones now receiving the update, Samsung’s well underway with its update process for the new software.
The stable release has made its place in the Galaxy S20, Note 20, S10, Note 10, and dozens of other Samsung phones. And it landed on tablets also.
Samsung One UI 3.0 & 3.1
One UI 3.0 comes with exciting new features, subtle UI tweaks, and optimizations across the board. Here’s what you would need to understand about the One UI 3.0 update.
With the Galaxy S21 series offering One UI 3.1 out of the box, Samsung is making that specific build available to its older flagships. So, let’s have a look at what One UI 3.1 brings to the table as well.
What is UI in Samsung?
Samsung UI is a new revolution in the Samsung user interface cycle and designed to offer handiness to its users. As the successor of Samsung Experience, the One UI offers a new intuitive UI along with the new Android OS version 9.0 Pie.
The One UI also brings new features and advanced improvements. So, there are a lot of benefits that come with the Samsung One UI 3.0 & 3.1.
What’s new in One UI 3.0?
Samsung isn’t making many design changes in One UI 3.0, with the general aesthetic just like One UI 2.5. That said, there are a lot of exciting new features.
They include the ability to long-press an app to see all associated widgets. And add them to the home screen. Then a double-tap gesture anywhere on the home screen to toggle off the screen.
One UI 3.0 is additionally getting the Conversations view that debuted in Android 11, and also the persistent media player. You can also get better auto-focus and exposure controls within the camera, etc.
What Does UI 3.1 Do?
Samsung unveiled its 2021 flagship Galaxy S21 series on January 14th. And these phones run One UI 3.1 based on Android 11 out of the box.
It comes with a couple of changes and feature additions, including the ability to feature the Google Discover feed to the left of your home screen. There’s also Digital Key Plus tech that leverages UWB within the Galaxy S21+ and S21 Ultra as a virtual car key for select BMW models.
Here is a complete changelog on the UI 3.1:
- Home screen.
- Lock screen with more categories.
- Quick panel.
- Improved AOD.
- Better Accessibility features added.
- New Samsung Keyboards.
- Samsung DeX.
- Duplicate contact deletion feature.
- Digital wellbeing and parental controls.
- Bixby Routine.
And so much more.
When will my Samsung phone get the One UI 3.1 update?
If you bought a Galaxy phone within the past few years, chances are high that you will get an update to one UI 3.0 or 3.1. That includes not only flagship devices but also all of Samsung’s cheap Android phones.
On December 2, 2020, we began to see the first trickle of one UI 3.0 making its place into devices with the Galaxy S20 on Verizon getting the update.
Just a day later on the 3rd December, Samsung announced that One UI 3.0 was globally rolling out to the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra within the U.S., Korea, and select global markets.
On December 8th of December, the T-Mobile versions of the Galaxy S20 series received the stable One UI 3.0 update. As for other Galaxy handsets, the Note 20 series, the S10 series, and also foldable will be next with an update in January.
Starting December 14th, the Galaxy Note 20 started receiving the One UI 3.0 stable update. The rollout is starting with the AT&T models of the Note 20. But should make its place into other variants and unlocked devices shortly.
December 2020
Samsung Galaxy:
- S20.
- S20+.
- S20 Ultra.
January 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Note 20.
- Note 20 Ultra.
- S20 FE.
- Z Fold 2.
- Z Flip.
- Note 10.
- Note 10+.
- S10
- S10+.
- S10 Lite
February 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Galaxy Fold.
March 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Note 10 Lite.
- Tab S7.
- A51.
- M31.
- M30s.
- M21.
April 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- A50.
- M51.
May 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Tab S6.
- Tab S6 Lite.
- A80.
- A71.
- A70.
- A31.
- A21s.
June 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Tab A.
- A11.
- A01.
- A01 Core.
- M11.
July 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Tab S5e.
- A30
August 2021
Samsung Galaxy:
- Tab Active Pro.
- Tab A 10.1.
- A30s.
- A20s.
- A20.
- A10s.
- A10.
And that’s it.
