Changelog of Samsung Galaxy S21 Series’s One UI 6.0 Stable Update

December 23, 2023

Samsung introduces timely updates to improve the experience of its users. Samsung is rolling out the Android 14-based One UI 6.0 update for its eligible users. Samsung has rolled out the One UI 6.0 update for the Galaxy S21 Series (S21, S21+, S21 Ultra) to expand the One UI 6.0 update. In this article, we will talk about the change lock of the One UI 6.0 update of the S21 series and tell you about the changes and new features available with the help of this update.

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With the help of this update, enhancements in the stability and reliability of the device will be introduced. Along with this, the efficiency and performance of the device will increase. This update will fix bugs and issues found in previous updates.

Update Changelog

Quick panel

New button layout: The quick panel has a new layout that makes it easier to access the features you use most. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth now have their own dedicated buttons at the top of the screen, while visual features, like Dark mode and Eye comfort shield, have been moved to the bottom. Other quick settings buttons appear in a customizable area in the middle.

Instantly access the full quick panel: By default, a compact quick panel with notifications appears when you swipe down from the top of the screen. Swiping down again hides notifications and shows the expanded quick panel. If you turn on Quick Settings instant access, you can view the expanded Quick panel by swiping just once from the right side of the top of the screen. Swiping down from the left side shows notifications.

Quickly access the brightness control: The brightness control bar now appears by default in the compact quick panel when you swipe down once from the top of the screen for quicker and easier brightness adjustments.

Improved album art display: While playing music or videos, album art will cover the entire media controller in the notification panel if the app playing the music or video provides album art.

Enhanced layout for notifications: Each notification now appears as a separate card, making it easier to recognize individual notifications.

More vivid notification icons: You can use the same full-color icons that are used for each app on the Home and Apps screens. You can turn this on in Settings.

Sort notifications by time: You can now change your notification settings to sort by time instead of priority so your newest notifications are always on top.

Lock screen

Reposition your clock: You now have more freedom to move your clock to the position of your choice on the Lock screen.

Home screen

Simplified icon labels: App icon labels are now limited to a single line for a cleaner and simpler look. “Galaxy” and “Samsung” have been removed from some app names to make them shorter and easier to scan.

Drag and drop with 2 hands: Start dragging app icons or widgets on your Home screen with one hand, then use your other hand to navigate to the screen where you want to drop them.

Multitasking

Keep pop-up windows open: Instead of minimizing pop-up windows when you go to the Recents screen, pop-ups will now remain open after you leave the Recents screen so you can continue what you were working on.

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New emoji design: Emojis that appear in your messages, social media posts, and elsewhere on your phone have been updated with a fresh new design.

Content sharing

Picture previews: When you share pictures from any app, preview images will appear at the top of the Share panel to give you one more chance to review the pictures before sharing them.

Weather

New Weather widget: The Weather insights widget provides more information about your local weather conditions. You can see when severe thunderstorms, snow, rain, and other events are on the forecast.

More information in the Weather app: Information about snowfall, moon phases and times, atmospheric pressure, visibility distance, dew point, and wind direction is now available in the Weather app.

Interactive map view: Swipe to move around the map and tap a location to view the local weather conditions. The map can help you find weather information even if you don’t know the name of the city.

Enhanced illustrations: Illustrations in the Weather widget and app have been enhanced to provide better information about the current weather conditions. Background colors also change depending on the time of the day.

Camera

Simple and intuitive design: The overall layout of the Camera app has been simplified.

With the help of this update, Samsung will introduce changes in wallpaper, home screen, lock screen theme, found features, notification panel, etc. This update has recently been released only in the US, soon this update will be released in all regions.

How to Download Update

To update your device, go to System Settings of the smartphone, then About Phone, go to UI version, and click on Download and Install.