One UI 2.0 feature focus: Dark/Night mode darkens wallpaper as well

Samsung beat everyone to the punch by introducing a system-wide Night mode to its software with Android Pie, a year before something similar would become a part of the core Android OS. With Android 10, Samsung has renamed Night mode to Dark mode, which is what Google calls it on stock Android, and Samsung has also made a very sensible addition to the feature: Dark mode on Android 10 and One UI 2.0 can be made to darken the wallpaper as well.

If you have used Night mode extensively on a Galaxy S10 or another Galaxy device running Android Pie, you will realize why the option to darken the wallpaper is important. While the system-wide dark interface makes things easy on the eyes at night, it doesn’t help when you go to the home screen and you have a bright wallpaper active. On Android 10, that is no longer an issue.

If you want, you can make your home screen wallpaper darker when Dark mode is enabled. Don’t worry, Samsung doesn’t go overboard here, as you can see in the picture above (the left picture has the wallpaper darkened, the right one has the option turned off). The brightness of the wallpaper is reduced only to a slight extent, so you can still enjoy the wallpaper while preventing your eyes from getting blinded when using the phone in the dark.

You can set whether Dark mode darkens the wallpaper by opening the Settings app, tapping Display, tapping Dark mode, then toggling the Apply to wallpaper option. You can also schedule the times at which Dark mode should be enabled or disabled from the same menu, in addition to turning it off and on completely (which can also be done via the Dark mode toggle in the notification shade).

For more on what One UI 2.0 brings to the Galaxy S10 and other Galaxy devices, look forward to our One UI 2.0 feature focus articles in which we will be taking a deep dive into some of the new features.

Galaxy S10e

• Model: SM-G970F
• Dimensions: 69.9 x 142.2 x 7.9mm
• Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP, CMOS F1.5/F2.4 (77°) & 16MP, CMOS F2.2 (123°)Ultra Wide

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Galaxy S10

• Model: SM-G973F
• Dimensions: 70.4 x 149.9 x 7.8mm
• Display: 6.1"(157.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide

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Galaxy S10 Plus

• Model: SM-G975F
• Dimensions: 74.1 x 157.6 x 7.8mm
• Display: 6.4"(162.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9820 Octa
• Camera: 12 MP.CMOS F2.4 45° Telephoto & 12MP F1.5/F2.4 77° & 16MP F2.2 123° Ultra-wide

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Galaxy M30 software update brings AR Doodle camera feature

Samsung has released a software update for the Galaxy M30s that adds the AR Doodle camera feature to the company’s budget champion. AR Doodle debuted on the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ and later came to the Galaxy S10 series and the Galaxy Fold along with many other Galaxy Note 10 camera features. It is also available out of the box on some non-flagship devices that run One UI 1.5, like the Galaxy A50s, and while the M30s also ships with One UI 1.5, AR Doodle wasn’t part of the package until today.

AR Doodle is a video recording feature that lets you doodle on top of whatever it is you record with the phone’s camera in real-time and then tracks the position of those drawings as you pan the camera around. For example, if you draw a mustache on a person’s face when recording the video, the mustache will only show up in the video when that person is in the frame and disappear when you pan away. It works with both the front and rear cameras and can be accessed by switching to the Video mode and tapping the AR Doodle icon at the top right (see the camera screenshot in the image below).

The Galaxy M30s update is rolling out in India and bundles the November 2019 security patch. In addition to AR Doodle, the update adds “a new Samsung Shop function”, but it’s unclear what the function is as the changelog doesn’t go into details. The stability of the camera has been improved as well. You can download the update over the air by opening the Settings app on your phone, selecting Software update, and tapping Download and install. Alternatively, you can download the latest firmware from our firmware archive and install it on the phone using a Windows PC.

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Here is the official Galaxy S10 Android 10 user manual

It has been a week since the stable Android 10 update started rolling out for the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ owners, and Samsung has been making the update available in more and more countries with each passing day. Now, the company has updated the Galaxy S10 user manual (PDF) with sections about the changes and new functionality introduced with Android 10 and One UI 2.0.

As is usually the case, the updated user manual doesn’t really give you a proper idea of the new functionality. For example, there’s no mention of the built-in screen recorder, which is one of the most useful features that comes bundled with One UI 2.0. But that’s okay, because you can see all the major One UI 2.0 features in action in the video below and read about them in detail in our One UI 2.0 feature focus series of articles. We also have a detailed side-by-side comparison of all the improvements and changes it brings to the user interface over One UI 1.1/1.5.

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Fourth Galaxy Note 10 Android 10 beta update rolling out now

Samsung has released the fourth Android 10 beta update for the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+. The update seems to be rolling out in all markets where the Note 10 One UI 2.0 beta program was launched, so you should be able to download it on your device from the Settings » Software update menu. The update’s size is nearly 550 MB, but the list of bug fixes is thankfully not as big as it was with the third beta that was released a week ago.

According to the changelog, the update fixes a bug that prevented the phone from vibrating when the S Pen is removed, issues with apps failing to perform normally despite having all permissions allowed, disappearing app icons, and device reboots when playing music, in addition to a few others. It also fixes an issue that made the save/cancel option disappear when jotting down memos with the Screen off memo feature. The software version for the newest beta is G97**XXU1ZSL4 and it bundles the December 2019 security patch.

There’s no word on when Samsung will have the Galaxy Note 10’s stable Android 10 update ready. The company is currently claiming a January release of the update in most markets, but it’s possible the Note 10’s update will start rolling out much earlier like the stable update for the Galaxy S10 series.

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Leaked Galaxy A71 render gives a glimpse of its design

Samsung is due to unveil the Galaxy A 2020 series in the near future. There will be models ranging from the Galaxy A11 all the way up to the Galaxy A91. They won’t all be unveiled at the same time, though.

The Galaxy A71 will be one of the devices in this new series. A purported press render of the device has now leaked online. It provides a glimpse of the device’s design.

Galaxy A71 render shows it’s going to rock a punch hole

Unofficial CAD renders of the Galaxy A71 already surfaced two weeks ago. It showed us that the device will have a punch hole display for the front camera like the Galaxy Note 10. A few of Samsung’s new Galaxy A handsets are expected to have this design feature. The CAD renders also showed that there’s going to be a new L-shaped camera array at the back.

The purported press render that has been leaked by @evleaks only shows the front of the device. This doubles down on the possibility of this device having a punch hole display. There’s no render for the back as yet but it might not be long before one surfaces.

The Galaxy A71 is expected to feature a Snapdragon 675 processor with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. If this is accurate, it will share the same specs with the Galaxy A70, including the same 6.7-inch display and 4,500mAh battery. The primary changes will be in the design and camera departments. It does appear that Samsung is developing a 5G variant of this device for the Chinese market.

It’s unlikely that we’ll see the Galaxy A71 at the December 12 announcement for Galaxy A 2020 devices in Vietnam. What we do know is that this is one of the Galaxy A series handsets that will eventually be released in Europe as well.

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Samsung Galaxy A11 benchmark reveals an old Snapdragon chipset

More is being revealed about the Galaxy A11 today thanks to a benchmark listing for the upcoming entry-level Galaxy A series smartphone. And it seems when it comes to the processing power, the Galaxy A11 will have to make do with an older chipset compared to its predecessor. According to the benchmark, the A11 will have the Snapdragon 625/626 under the hood, along with 2GB of RAM.

The Galaxy A10 is powered by the Exynos 7884, which is a more powerful chip on paper as two of its eight cores are high-performance Cortex-A73 cores. The Snapdragon 625/626 features eight Cortex-A53 cores, so it’s focused purely at efficiency rather than raw processing power. However, real-world performance is what matters at the end of the day, and we’ve often seen Qualcomm’s technically lesser chips outperforming Samsung’s Exynos offerings, so we will reserve judgement until the Galaxy A11 goes official and we’ve had the chance to test it out.

The Galaxy A11 will have 2GB of RAM, the same as the base variant of the Galaxy A10. As we had reported last month, the handset will feature 32GB of internal storage and run Android 10 out of the box, with the latter confirmed by the benchmark listing. Color options for the device will include black and white, and it’s likely to first go on sale in markets in Africa and Asia before making its way to some European markets.

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Galaxy Note 10 Lite to have a bigger battery than the Galaxy Note 10+

While you would expect the next Galaxy S flagship to have larger batteries than the phone it will succeed (something that’s happening next year as well), what you wouldn’t expect is to see spin-offs of an existing flagship getting a bigger battery than that flagship. However, that is going to be the case for the Galaxy S10 Lite, which is going to be powered by a 4,500 mAh battery, and it looks like the same will be true for the Galaxy Note 10 Lite.

A photo of a battery (model number EB-BN770ABY) that should belong to the Note 10 Lite has been published by the SafetyKorea certification database. While the image isn’t very sharp, it is easy to make out the battery’s capacity. It’s a 4,500 mAh cell like the one inside the Galaxy S10 Lite, so despite the Note 10 Lite’s older chipset (an Exynos 9810), battery endurance shouldn’t be a concern on the device.

It remains to be seen if the Note 10 Lite will also support 45W fast charging like the Galaxy S10 Lite. It would certainly make sense, considering the Galaxy Note 10+ supports 45W charging despite having a battery that’s 200 mAh smaller than its upcoming Lite cousin. Of course, the Note 10+ is a flagship phone so it’s not exactly a one-to-one comparison, but if a mid-ranger like the Galaxy A91 can sport those crazy charging speeds, we don’t see why it wouldn’t be a feature on the Galaxy Note 10 Lite as well.

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