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The Galaxy S23 is more customizable

Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

With the new batch of Galaxy S23 smartphones, Samsung is officially launching its One UI 5.1 software update. We’re looking forward to the iOS 16-like style of customizing the lock screen—more than what Android offers natively. Samsung will also let you use a video as the background, and it’ll be interesting to see how that affects the overall battery life of the always-on display.

A batch of new Bixby features is also coming with the software update. They include a feature called Bixby text call, which lets you use the digital assistant as your transcription secretary. I look forward to testing this feature more closely with our Galaxy S23 review units.