In the past few weeks, Samsung has released stable Android 13 updates for the Galaxy A33 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S22 series overseas, and now Samsung is starting to release stable Android 13 updates for the Galaxy Tab S8 series. Samsung is now releasing a stable Android 13 update for the Galaxy Tab S8 series.
Now, only the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series 5G models in Europe are getting the stable Android 13 (One UI 5.0) update. the firmware version is X906BXXU2BVK4.
Users can check for the new update by navigating to Settings – Software Updates and clicking on “Download and Install”. The update also brings a November 2022 security patch that fixes numerous privacy and security vulnerabilities in Galaxy smartphones and tablets. The update brings faster performance, dozens of new software features, a revamped user interface design, and improved privacy and security.
The Samsung Android 13 (One UI 5.0) update brings a revamped UI design with expanded palette functionality, stacked widgets, larger app icons in the notification area, tweaked quick settings toggles, and a translucent effect in the notification area. Animations and transitions now look smoother.
The new software also brings per-app language settings for supported apps, improved built-in apps, and more accessibility settings. Samsung has added OCR (Optical Character Recognition) functionality throughout the system. As a result, camera and gallery applications can extract text from images. Even the Samsung keyboard can open the camera view and capture text from the live camera screen.
Samsung has renamed Bixby Routines to Modes & Routines. it’s a simpler version of Bixby Routines, with a few routines preset for most people. both Bixby and Modes & Routines get new features and options. There are now more granular options for how each app displays notifications.
There are now more emojis, animated emojis, and AR emojis. There’s also a simplified privacy and security section, a new Connected Devices menu, and new multitasking gestures. Search performance within the built-in apps and One UI has been improved. The camera app received a slightly simplified design.
Samsung DeX UI has been improved and Samsung Gallery, Samsung Internet, Samsung My Files and other built-in apps have received many new features. Memory expansion can now be customized or turned off. The built-in image and video editors have also been improved. Detailed Wi-Fi diagnostic menus are also supported.
