Flagship tablets from the Galaxy Tab S8 series are now receiving a stable One UI 5.0. First in line are the 5G-enabled units in Europe, with the update bringing Android 13. The vanilla Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is receiving firmware version X706BXXU2BVK4, the Galaxy Tab S8+ is getting X806BXXU2BVK4, while the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is X906BXXU2BVK4. Right now, only the 5G models of the Galaxy Tab S8 are getting the stable Android 13 (One UI 5.0) update in all European countries.
The new software also brings per-app language settings for support apps, improved stock apps, and more accessibility settings. Samsung has added OCR (Optical Character Recognition) capabilities across the system. So, the Camera and Gallery apps can extract text from images. Even Samsung Keyboard can open the camera view and capture text from the live camera feed. The One UI 5.0 also brings new emojis of all types – animated, AR, as well as light-blue and pink hearts that come with the Emoji 15.0 update from The Unicode Consortium.
FEATURES:
- The Android 13 (One UI 5.0) update brings a revamped UI design.
- Featuring the expanded Color Palette feature.
- Stacked widgets and bigger app icons in the notifications area.
- Tweaked quick setting toggles, and translucent effects in the notifications area.
- Animations and transitions now appear smoother.
- One particularly cool feature is Modes & Routines.
