Samsung launched One UI 7 Beta within the US (and another nations) this morning and we’ll have a narrative shortly to clarify that program (directions right here), how one can sign-up, and so on. However look, I’ve put in it and the very first thing I at all times verify with a brand new Samsung replace is whether or not or not they’ve lastly ditched that terrible horizontal app drawer that they continued to hold onto for years and years and years, at the same time as your complete world (rightly) determined it was a nasty design.
Properly, people…
THEY DID IT. THEY CHANGED TO A VERTICAL APP DRAWER IN ONE UI 7.
EOIUJFLDKJALFDUOJCFLKDSF. OMG.
Look, we’ve publicly complained about this in at the least two years of posts, however you all know that we’ve despised Samsung’s horizontal app drawer for so long as they’ve had it. We’ve got spent far too lengthy on third get together launchers due to it, leaned on Good Lock’s goofy implementation of a vertical expertise, and so on. It has been one of many causes we will’t ever totally love One UI, and that’s as a result of it requires far an excessive amount of work to get round. And nobody ought to need to reside with a horizontal app drawer. Nobody. Even Google realized this again in 2015.
You not need to, Samsung house owners. LOOK. AT. THIS.
No settings are required to allow it as Samsung has seen the sunshine and easily switched to a vertical expertise with One UI 7 and Android 15. Whereas not excellent, it’s so unimaginable to see. You possibly can scroll with a single flick, drag alphabetically within the slider, or faucet the underside search bar to seek for all of the issues. The one factor we’d like now’s the choice to have the keyboard robotically seem when the drawer is open like Google does and life is perhaps near cellular excellent.
To get the One UI 7 Beta, you’ll want a Galaxy S24, S24+, or S24 Extremely. In case you personal one, head into the Samsung Members app and search for the banner on the prime to hitch.
