Samsung recently pushed a major update to the Galaxy S23 series, introducing new camera features and other improvements. But the official changelog that accompanied the update didn’t detail those changes. The company has now taken to its community forum to dive deep into this massive June update for its latest flagships. It detailed all the new features and improvements and also announced that some of those changes will reach older flagships in the coming months.
We already know that the June update for the Galaxy S23 series adds a 2x zoom option for portrait shots. The devices previously only let you capture portrait photos in 1x and 3x modes. Samsung has now revealed that the update also improves the sharpness for 3x shots in low-light conditions. Unfortunately, this change won’t trickle down to any other device, not even the Galaxy S22 Ultra. But a few other new features will reach all of its flagship devices launched since 2020.
Those features include the ability to delete multiple motion photos simultaneously in the Gallery app. You can select motion photos when filtering saved photos by their types and delete them all at once (or selectively). The Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20, Galaxy Note 20, and all foldable models except for the original Galaxy Fold will get this feature with an update. These phones will also get improvements to the Photo Remaster tool that will let you correct distortions at the edges of photos captured with the ultrawide lens.
This month’s update brings more changes to the Galaxy S23 series
The Galaxy S23 series also received distortion correction for zoom photos (up to 1.5x zoom) with the June update. Other models get this feature through the Galaxy Enhance-X app, which rolled out widely last week. The latest flagships, meanwhile, are picking up an additional improvement through the Camera Assistant app. You can now turn off Adaptive Pixel, which will prevent the automatic switching of camera resolution between 200MP, 50MP, and 12MP modes. Older Galaxy flagships won’t get this feature.
The June update also fixes an HDR compositing error on the Galaxy S23 series. Additionally, Samsung has improved the sharpness of ultrawide Super Steady videos on the Galaxy S23 Ultra, photo preview in low-light conditions, the color accuracy of sky photos in high-pixel mode, and the color shift when switching lenses. The big update has already reached Galaxy S23 users in most parts of the world, including the US. We will let you know when older Galaxy flagships pick up the aforementioned new features.
2023-06-29 15:11:22