Samsung’s SOS feature gets major update


Customers with a Galaxy S23 flagship may even get entry to a serious replace to Samsung’s SOS characteristic in Android with the foremost replace from June.

Three or 5 clicks of the ability button at present routinely activate the Emergency SOS characteristic on Galaxy units. With this operate enabled, the emergency companies within the nation the place you’re current are routinely referred to as. If you’re in an emergency scenario however you may now not function the display screen your self, you’ll nonetheless have entry to assist. Till just lately, you may disable the operate your self to forestall you from by chance calling the emergency companies.

Disable SOS operate

In accordance with SamMobile is that after the June safety replace for the Galaxy S23 now not doable. With the replace, the SOS menu was modified and the choice to disable it disappeared. In case you click on the ability button of your Galaxy S23 flagship 5 occasions after the replace, the gadget will routinely name the emergency companies. Nevertheless, you may nonetheless cancel the decision inside ten seconds you probably have by chance initiated the SOS operate.

Emergency SOS function OneUI
On the left you can see the brand new design of the menu – © SamMobile

It’s at present unknown whether or not Samsung eliminated the button on function. It’s doable that the menu replace led to the choice being by chance eliminated. On the similar time, Samsung might have chosen to allow the operate completely to forestall the operate from being inaccessible in an emergency.


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To stop customers from activating the SOS operate with out figuring out this, Samsung additionally all the time sounds an audible sign. This audible sign repeats till the countdown ends. You possibly can in precept nonetheless disable this after the latest replace, however it’s definitely not really helpful.

Vital digital camera replace

Additionally a part of the replace is a plethora of recent digital camera options for the Galaxy S23 collection. For instance, Samsung provides 2x optical zoom to its portrait mode. With the replace, Samsung has additionally tinkered with the evening images mode, autofocus, haptic suggestions and animations of the digital camera app.

For now, nonetheless, the replace appears to have withdrawn. On Wednesday it was introduced that the replace causes technical issues. Rationalization of the bugs which have occurred shouldn’t be given. It’s recognized that the replace – with a dimension of two.2 GB – has been withdrawn. Samsung doesn’t wish to restart the replace till all issues have been resolved. It’s fairly doable that this won’t be the case till early July. It due to this fact appears that Samsung must skip the June safety replace.