Final week, Samsung launched One UI 6.1.1 for the Galaxy S24 collection. The changelog mentions a protracted listing of recent options that make the corporate’s flagship smartphones even higher. Nonetheless, as individuals are utilizing the brand new software program, they’re discovering new options that the model hasn’t talked about however are very helpful. Right now, two such options have come to gentle. They make selecting up and attending calls simpler than earlier than.

Now you’ll be able to choose up calls by simply tapping the reply icon

In your Galaxy S24 with One UI 6.1, you needed to choose up calls by swiping the reply icon up in direction of the middle of the display. Whereas that wasn’t exhausting to do in any respect, many wished they might faucet the reply button to select calls, which is far more simple (one thing that you are able to do on iPhones). Nicely, Samsung has listened to them.

Galaxy S24’s One UI 6.1.1 allows you to select if you wish to choose up calls by swiping up the reply icon or by simply tapping it, as you’ll be able to see within the screenshot beneath (by way of @tarunvats33).

The brand new characteristic makes it simpler so that you can choose calls as tapping is less complicated than swiping. Moreover, in case your palms/fingers are moist, the display may not register the swiping gesture correctly, making it tougher so that you can reply calls. Nonetheless, the show will register a faucet extra rapidly on this state of affairs, making it simpler for you than earlier than to reply calls while you palms will not be dry.

Now you can set speaker because the default sound output for calls

In your Galaxy S24 with One UI 6.1, while you picked a name, the voice got here immediately from the earpiece, and should you wished to go hands-free, you may swap to speaker. That’s additionally the method that different producers take.

Nicely, Galaxy S24’s One UI 6.1.1 offers you an choice to ‘Reply utilizing speaker,’ as you’ll be able to see within the screenshot above. As soon as enabled, while you choose up a name, the voice will come immediately from the speaker. The outline for the characteristic reads “ Use speaker by default when there’s no headset or Bluetooth gadget linked.” This characteristic might turn out to be useful for a number of individuals with particular necessities.

The story continues after the video…

You will discover each the brand new options in Telephone » Settings » Answering and ending calls. Samsung will provide these choices with One UI 6.1.1 on units eligible for the replace. As for those that aren’t, we hope that the corporate brings it to them with Android 15-based One UI 7.0. We’re certain that One UI 6.1.1 has many different hidden options that we’ll quickly uncover. Comply with us on Telegram or WhatsApp to know every one in all them.