Samsung has acknowledged a bug in its One Hand Operation + app that breaks gesture input after taking screenshots. A fix is already in the works and will arrive via an upcoming app update.
The issue surfaced on Samsung’s Korean community forums (via MojoTrick), where users reported that custom gestures stop responding immediately after a screen capture.
For context, One Hand Operation + is part of Samsung’s Good Lock suite. The app expands One UI navigation with edge-based gesture controls, allowing users to assign shortcuts for back, recent apps, quick tools, and more.
The problem is specific but disruptive. After taking a screenshot, gesture inputs configured through One Hand Operation + freeze. Swipes from the screen edges fail to trigger any assigned actions.
The rest of the system remains functional, but gesture-based navigation effectively stops working until the UI resets or the app recovers. For users who rely on these gestures daily, it breaks core usability.
A Samsung Community moderator has confirmed the root cause.
According to the official response, the issue is tied to how the app handles “gesture handles” during screen capture. When a color is assigned to these handles, the system hides them to prevent them from appearing in screenshots.
That behavior is currently flawed, causing the handles to disappear in a way that also disables gesture detection. There is no exact release date yet, but the fix is expected in the next software rollout for One Hand Operation +.
The moderator added that Samsung is reviewing a change to make these handles transparent instead of hidden, which should resolve the UX bug without interfering with screenshots.
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Across older Galaxy phones, tablets, and even Galaxy Book laptops, Samsung Notes has been stuck in a frustrating OS compatibility loop that asks users to update the app, but offers no update in the store.
Samsung’s ecosystem pitch hits a wall when core apps stop syncing properly, and that is exactly what some Galaxy users are dealing with right now. Just a dead-end “Run” button and no way forward.
Older devices are essentially locked out due to version mismatches, a classic case of ecosystem fragmentation when newer builds of an app move faster than legacy OS support.
It is not the first time Samsung Notes has struggled with cross-device syncing consistency, especially when bridging Android and Windows environments.
Samsung’s Notes team has now responded
According to the official reply, a mobile update targeting devices running OS version O (Oreo/Android 8 and above) is scheduled to roll out within this week.
The next Samsung Notes update should address the compatibility gap for older Galaxy smartphones and tablets, at least on the Android side.
PC situation is less reassuring
The moderator confirmed that the Galaxy Book version of Samsung Notes still does not have a finalized update schedule. If you rely on syncing notes between your phone and laptop, this gap is hard to ignore.
Additionally, Samsung’s NOTES Manager pointed to additional internal updates and last-minute variables as reasons why firm dates keep slipping.
For now, all eyes are on this week’s mobile update. If it lands as promised, older Galaxy devices should regain proper access to Samsung Notes.
Samsung has just patched the broken update system of an app. Galaxy users reported that the Bixby Vision requires an update while using, but the Galaxy Store had nothing to install. Well, a new update has arrived, and the problem is solved.
Bixby Vision is getting updated to version 5.0.00.14. It’s available for installation, unlike the previous broken alerts. Now, the Galaxy users are getting the update key working, which was not accessible before.
Earlier, using Bixby Vision had become a complete frustration. Galaxy users run the app, and it alerts them to install the new version, but Galaxy Store has nothing. Several users reported having the same problem in various markets.
It often happens with Galaxy Store and Play Store apps. This is because of the sequential rollout of app updates, which spread slowly. The installed app pushes an update alert, but limited coverage renders a failed update.
This update hides two possibilities:
Bixby Vision update has become available widely.
Samsung is rolling out a patched version of Bixby Vision.
If you use the Bixby Vision app, check for its latest update in the Galaxy Store. You may also get an update notice right after opening the app. Tapping the update button takes you to the app’s landing page in the Galaxy Store.
Even if you don’t see a new version available for download, waiting a bit is the only option. The expansion might still be rolling out slowly. The expansion usually takes a couple of days to reach a broad range of users across countries.
Samsung News app is gradually becoming Google Discover, with the latest update adding support for short-form video content in the US and UK.
On May 1, Samsung announced its collaboration with PA Media to introduce short-form video content on the Samsung News platform. Besides, the company says more updates are planned for 2026 and beyond.
Around 13 months ago, Samsung introduced the Samsung News app. It replaced the original Samsung Free app, which was a Discover alternative. The new platform allows you to curate your feed on the minus-1 screen.
Samsung believes the addition of short video marks a significant step toward delivering innovative, multi-media news experiences. Samsung will continue to explore new formats that bring information to life in innovative, accessible ways.
In recent years, Shorts and Reels have become pretty popular. They save users’ time and deliver the content instantly. The viewer is no longer required to tune into a lengthy video to get informed about the content.
Samsung News is getting short-video support in the US and UK. The feature offers audiences snackable, reliable updates that fit seamlessly into their daily routines.
PA Media will join a host of leading global video partners for Samsung News, including PEOPLE, Allrecipes, Eatingwell, Food & Wine, Byrdie, Travel + Leisure, and Entertainment Weekly.
More updates in 2026 and beyond
Following the launch in March 2025, Samsung News continues to evolve in new ways. The company revealed that more updates are planned for 2026 and beyond.
Samsung Wallet now supports the MARTA Breeze transit card, bringing full fare access to compatible Galaxy devices across the Atlanta transit network in the US.
The integration taps into the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), which operates buses, rail lines, and regional connections across the metro area.
With Breeze support now live, Samsung Galaxy users can store and use their transit cards directly on their phones, without a physical card.
Regional systems such as CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, Connect Douglas, and ATL Xpress are also part of the same ecosystem, meaning a single digital card can cover a wide portion of Atlanta’s commuter network.
How to setup Breeze inside Samsung Wallet
Users head into Samsung Wallet, navigate to the transit section, and search for Breeze. From there, they can either create a new virtual card or transfer an existing physical one by entering the required details.
Riders can pick from available fare options or regional passes, accept the terms, and complete the transaction using a saved payment method. Once done, the card appears in the Quick Access panel, ready for use.
Topping up is handled inside the wallet interface, where users enter an amount and confirm payment via debit or credit card. The experience mirrors what you would expect from a dedicated transit app.
Riders do not need to unlock their phone or open the app. This low-friction approach aligns with how transit systems worldwide are shifting toward open-loop and NFC-based ticketing.
Users can view card details, balances, and transaction history directly within the wallet. There is also support for backup and restoration, allowing a Breeze card to be transferred between Galaxy devices if needed.
This is another step in Samsung’s push to make its wallet a central hub for everyday essentials. With MARTA now onboard, Samsung is filling that gap in a key US metro and setting the stage for similar rollouts elsewhere.
Camera Assistant could gain support for many more Samsung phones with One UI 8.5 update. Users of various mid-range and budget Galaxy devices would be allowed to tweak the stock camera and access some experimental settings.
Samsung’s Camera Assistant allows you to tweak the stock camera app. You can also add select new features that are not enabled by default. There’s also an option to select priority between focus and shutter speed for photos.
Various Samsung devices already support the Good Lock module. The next wave of expansion will likely cover mid-range and budget-tier phones, along with the entire Galaxy Tab S series tablet portfolio.
Tipster Alfaturk posted a Samsung device list on X, which is expected to become compatible with Camera Assistant following the One UI 8.5 rollout.
These Samsung phones may support Camera Assistant
Galaxy A36
Galaxy A35
Galaxy A34
Galaxy M36
Galaxy M35
Galaxy M34
Galaxy Tab S11 series
Galaxy Tab S10 series
Galaxy Tab S9 series
Galaxy Tab S8 series
Galaxy Tab S10 FE
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
One UI 8.5 is in the works, and the Beta Program is available for select models. Beta is limited to certain markets, whereas the stable release is likely to be available later this month.
Galaxy S25 series would have received One UI 8.5 yesterday, but the rollout was delayed due to the Labour Day holiday in South Korea. Now, the rollout is expected to kick off on May 4 in the Global market as well.
The new hub features dedicated college group chats and personalized feeds designed to help students stay connected with their campus communities, even while they’re away for the summer.
Spotify looks for an identifiable artist presence both on and off platform, like concert dates, merch, and linked social accounts on their artist profile.
Google Gemini AI added Samsung Gallery as one of the compatible “Connected apps.” The new option has joined the growing list of Samsung apps inside Gemini. This upgrade aims to offer AI-powered media search on Samsung phones.
Samsung Gallery has silently become a Gemini-supported app. It’s disabled by default, meaning it requires manual intervention. Enabling the toggle launches the connection setup, bringing Gemini access to discover media.
You can enable Samsung Gallery in Gemini by navigating to Profile > Connected apps > Samsung Gallery. If you don’t see “Connected apps,” head to the “Personal intelligence,” followed by Connected apps > Samsung Gallery.
Once enabled, you can order Gemini to discover media in Samsung Gallery. It works with both photos and videos, based on your Gemini instructions. Well, it depends on your decision whether to assign Gemini Gallery access or not.
During the connection setup, Gemini requires your permission for two main aspects:
Access and manage items from Samsung Gallery, like your photos and videos.
Share parts of your conversation and other relevant information with Samsung Gallery, which may be used to improve its services.
That said, Gemini will have complete access to your photos and videos. The feature being offered is literally interesting, but the letdown isn’t small either. I like this one, but I am not gonna enable the Gemini-Gallery connection.
Samsung Gallery app already supports natural language search. It’s deeply integrated with the software and application and runs on-device. What Gemini will do is already on the Samsung Gallery, so decide carefully.
Google says the new feature will leverage AI technology to automatically create a copy of your wardrobe that's based on the pieces of clothing appearing in your Google Photos library.
Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court.
When you translate a word, sentence, or phrase, you can navigate into the "Practice" menu to find a "Pronounce" button, which shows you phonetics that you can say out loud to practice speaking the translated text.
Divine offers access to an archive of roughly 500,000 Vine videos, restored from a backup of the original service, and allows creators to post new Vines once again.
Google’s Play Store and Samsung’s Galaxy Store are the two app markets available on Galaxy devices. In particular, the Samsung Galaxy Store app is getting a major shift this month, imposing a basic yet headache-inducing requirement.
According to the info, Galaxy Store may stop letting users download apps if the Samsung Account is not logged in. All kinds of users with Samsung devices are affected by this privacy shift, mandating Samsung Account.
As of now, there’s no need for a Samsung Account to use Galaxy Store. However, that leverage is now going to be wiped out. The warning to add a Samsung Account will no longer let you skip the setup for a certain period.
Before the deployment, Galaxy Store published an in-app notice. The notice states that users will no longer be able to run Galaxy Store if they do not log in to their Samsung Account on the Galaxy device (phone, foldable, or tablet).
Blockage to Galaxy Store will result in no installation or updates of apps. Google’s Play Store is always available, but it also activates upon Gmail account login.
Samsung is mandating a similar level of requirement. Galaxy Store is stepping up the game and imposing an account login necessity just like Google does.
The notice has been issued across a range of Samsung devices. It has been pushed to almost every user, regardless of the smartphone’s operating system.
Google quietly expanded digital ID support in Wallet to four new markets: India, Singapore, Taiwan, and Brazil. The company announced it through a blog post, opening up a feature that could genuinely matter to hundreds of millions of people.
In India, the integration runs deeper than a passport scan.
Google built on its existing UIDAI partnership to let users save Aadhaar Verifiable Credentials directly on-device. That’s your national identity, digitized, sitting in your phone.
Early partners include PVR INOX for age verification at cinemas, BharatMatrimony for verified profile matching, and Atlys for auto-filling visa applications with a single tap.
Mygate and Snabbit are coming soon, targeting residential security and gig worker verification.
Brazil, Singapore, and Taiwan get something slightly different.
Users there can generate an ID pass built from passport data and store it in Wallet. It’s designed for both in-person and online situations where age or identity verification is required.
Signing into accounts, proving you’re old enough to watch an R-rated film, that sort of thing. The privacy architecture here is worth understanding.
Google is leaning on a concept called selective disclosure, where only the specific fields needed for a given transaction get shared. You don’t hand over your full identity just to confirm you’re over 18.
Google is quietly reshaping one of Gemini’s upcoming features. What was previously known as “Your Day” inside Gemini is now being referred to as “Daily Brief.”
The new Gemini experience is bracing “Daily Brief,” which is much more sensible than the previous “Your Day” term. The information comes from a credible Telegram tipster, backed by earlier findings from AndroidAuthority.
“Your Day” always sounded like a placeholder. “Daily Brief” feels tighter, more purposeful, and closer to how these features are actually used.
Samsung has already been pushing similar ideas with its Now Brief and Now Bar features, which aim to surface contextual, proactive information throughout the day. And now, Gemini appears to be heading down a very similar road.
The upcoming Daily Brief feature inside Gemini is designed to pull data from across Google’s ecosystem, including Search activity, Gmail, and even Gemini chat history. The goal is simple: show you what matters before you even ask.
Daily Brief isn’t just a name change. It’s part of a broader push to make Gemini more proactive. Earlier leaks revealed sections like “Top of mind” and “Active goals,” which hint at how the feature will structure your day.
It’s also expected that more clues could surface in the coming days as we get closer to I/O. Additional UI elements, maybe even a soft rollout in beta builds.
You may have been noticing a battery drain problem on Galaxy phones, but never suspected that Samsung Keyboard could be the culprit.
Users of Galaxy phones reported a battery drain problem in the Community forum, and Samsung Keyboard turned out to be the cause. The company’s moderator confirmed it to multipleusers, but there’s good news, too.
Samsung phones are decent at battery life, but a software-driven bug can ruin everything. The same happened with the Samsung Keyboard app. Well, the problem has been addressed, and an update is rolling out through Galaxy Store.
The moderator advised Samsung users to update the Keyboard app to version 5.9.30.81. This build carries a fix for the problem that was draining the battery.
This rollout reiterates why Samsung reminds users to keep updating system apps to the latest versions for an optimal experience. Phones don’t just play with operating system, but apps play a key role in providing the experience.
Samsung has also rolled out the April 2026 security update to Galaxy devices. The patch includes fixes for forty-seven CVE and SVE items. Updating the Keyboard app will further elevate security and battery life on Galaxy.
So, whether you’ve encountered a battery drain or not, it’s recommended to update the Samsung Keyboard app on your Galaxy device. Open Settings of Samsung Keyboard or Galaxy Store to install the latest version of the app.
April 30 could mark the beginning of the Stable One UI 8.5 update rollout. It will first appear for the Galaxy S25 series, probably in South Korea, with Global expansion reportedly taking place starting the 4th of next month.
Samsung Notes app is getting a major update, and that finally adds the long-overdue support for Tables. What makes the update more interesting is the addition of new pen options along with the screen visibility option.
For a long time, Samsung Notes has been solid for quick scribbles and S Pen users, but it lagged behind when it came to structured note-taking.
Tables arrive in Samsung Notes
The biggest addition is table support; it sounds basic, but it completely changes how you can use the app.
You can now:
Organize study notes in rows and columns
Create simple schedules or planners
Compare information without turning your notes into a messy wall of text
Having tables built directly into Samsung Notes keeps everything in one place. Until now, many users had to switch to apps like Excel or third-party note apps just to do this.
New pen tools
Samsung has also added two new pen types:
Pencil
Highlighter
The pencil gives a more textured, sketch-like feel, which is great for rough work or diagrams. The highlighter, on the other hand, is perfect for marking up PDFs or emphasizing key points without ruining readability.
Improved note creation menu: You can now long-press to quickly import PDFs, and there are new note style options. This cuts down a few unnecessary steps when starting a new note.
“Fit to screen” view option: This is one of those features you don’t think about until you need it. Notes now adjust better to your screen, making reading and reviewing content more comfortable, especially on larger Galaxy devices.
Cleaner settings screen: The app settings have been reorganized, which makes navigation less confusing.
Samsung Sound is a brand-new app from Samsung that facilitates the management of audio devices. The app made its first appearance in February 2026 and is readily available for free download on the Play Store.
After rolling out Hearapy, Samsung followed up with a second app called Samsung Sound. It’s a dedicated tool for controlling Samsung Wi-Fi speakers and soundbars, landing in a slightly awkward spot next to SmartThings.
Samsung Sound looks modern, bringing soft gradients, subtle transparency, and a cleaner layout compared to SmartThings. However, the app hasn’t matched the One UI 8.5 aesthetics yet, which is a major letdown.
The app is arguably cleaner than SmartThings, but the lack of visual consistency stands out. Samsung Sound mirrors the soundbar controls inside SmartThings. You can tweak sound modes, adjust equalizer settings, and manage audio sync.
Meanwhile, there is no IP control, no Auto Power Off toggle, and no Tap Sound shortcut. ou cannot turn the soundbar off from the app. You can power it on remotely, but once it is on, the option to turn it off disappears.
Samsung has placed a large “Open music app” button right on the main screen. However, the button simply launches third-party apps like Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music if they are installed.
Source – Google Play Store
Samsung Sound is an interesting addition. It offers a cleaner interface and a more focused experience for managing audio devices. For users who prefer a dedicated app over the broader SmartThings ecosystem, there is some appeal here.
Google Wallet may start showing live flight and travel updates on the Samsung Now Bar. This update will make tracking travel status easier than ever.
Recently, the Google Wallet app silently rolled out support for Live Update. Pixel phones running Android 16 (and Android 17 Beta) have started showcasing flight updates on the lock screen and always-on display.
Android’s Live Update is quite similar to Samsung Now Bar, so expect an imminent Google Wallet support rollout to the latter system.
A flight ticket stored in Google Wallet will trigger tracking of the flight and display status in real time. It will go beyond the existing notification system that alerts you with updates like boarding time changes.
On Pixel phones, the Status bar displays the Google Wallet logo for flight tracking. Expanding it shows the estimated arrival time and airline. On the AOD and lock screen, you see a progress bar that shows flight duration.
The alert is interactive too; when you tap the pill, the system takes you to the Google Wallet app. It’s the usual functionality of Live Update and the Now Bar system to stay linked with roots.
Samsung’s Now Bar should feature a similar appearance. When it arrives, Google Wallet will join the existing services, including Sports from Google, Google Finance, and Google Maps.
Google and Samsung closely work to tailor Galaxy experiences. Like existing ones, Google Wallet will be integrated into Now Bar, but the timeline is not known yet.
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