Samsung updates its foldables with Android for tablets and incidentally updates its watches to the Galaxy Watch Active2

When it comes to foldable phones, Samsung is already on its fourth generation. Fourth, in fact, for its Fold models, since the Flip models only had three, arriving later and adapting to the numbering of the first. The last to arrive were the Galaxy Fold4 and Galaxy Flip4, and they brought product news of a very specific version of Android.

The two new models, each with their own differential form factor, arrived with One UI 4.1.1 running through their veins, but more importantly they were based on Android 12L, the version of Google’s operating system for tablets and full-size mobiles

. That is, for folding. Now the South Korean company is rolling out the update for the rest of its folding catalog. From first to last.

The novelties that reach all Samsung foldings

As we said, Samsung is about to officially release the One UI 4.1.1 update for the rest of its foldables, which means that all of them, from the first to the last, will receive the improvements included in said version. . Improvements which, coming from Android 12L, they mainly focus on the multitasking sectionthe part in which this version of Android specializes.

From the original Samsung Galaxy Fold to Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3, all Samsung foldables will receive a new taskbar

which facilitates the simultaneous execution of several applications. You can drag an app directly to the edge of the screen to have the system open it using that half of the panel, or drag it to the center to open it in a window appear.

The update will also bring new gestures to deal with simultaneously open apps, or to quickly activate split-screen without much effort. Also the uses of external screens are expanded phones that can access Quick Setup, WiFi or Flashlight, or even dial directly from there to talk to favorite contacts.

Another function improved with the move to One UI 4.1.1 and Android 12L is the one that allows us to use the external display as a preview of what we are photographing. Users of older Flip models will have a correct proportion of the capture before taking it, which will improve the experience. The update is released starting today, September 5thand will gradually spread to the four corners of the planet.

Additionally, Samsung is taking advantage of this statement to indicate that it has also released the One UI Watch 4.5 which landed with the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 on the previous series of Samsung Galaxy watches, including those that run Tizen under its proprietary layer and not Wear OS. Your watches update will reach Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2.