Samsung One UI 3.0 (Android 11) Eligible Devices & Timeline

Samsung is one of the three OEMs that promise major OS updates for 3 years. This announcement came with the Galaxy Unpacked 2020 event. But the big announcement, as expected, was only restricted to the flagships and high-end devices.

But today, let’s discuss the One UI 3.0 based on Android 11. Samsung was seen testing Android 11 in August but finally took time to kick off the beta recruitment. That again was only limited to South Korea & the U.S. Now that Android 11 has officially been announced, the Korean company has finally released the stable version of the R OS as One UI 3.0 for the Galaxy 20 series.

As soon as the distribution is completed, we could see other devices being recruited too. Take a look at the eligible devices and their status of release.

Android 11 (One UI 3.0) Eligible Devices

Samsung Galaxy S/Note series:

Samsung Galaxy A series:

• Galaxy A51
• Galaxy A51 5G
• Galaxy A71
• Galaxy A71 5G
• Galaxy A50
• Galaxy A50s
• Galaxy A70
• Galaxy A70s (Under testing)
• Galaxy A60
• Galaxy A80
• Galaxy A8s
• Galaxy A90 5G
• Galaxy A01
• Galaxy A10
• Galaxy A10e
• Galaxy A10s
• Galaxy A11
• Galaxy A20
• Galaxy A20e
• Galaxy A20s
• Galaxy A21
• Galaxy A21s
• Galaxy A30
• Galaxy A30s
• Galaxy A31
• Galaxy A40
• Galaxy A41

Samsung Galaxy M series:

• Galaxy M51
• Galaxy M40 (Under testing)
• Galaxy M31s
• Galaxy M31
• Galaxy M30s
• Galaxy M21
• Galaxy M11
• Galaxy M01
• Galaxy M01s

One UI 3.0 (Android 11) Features & Changelog

Here’s a big list of features that come tagged with One UI 3.0.

Home screen

• Touch and hold an app to add an associated widget
• Turn the screen off by double-tapping on an empty area of the Home screen. You can turn this on in Settings > Advanced features > – Motions and gestures.

Lock screen

• Dynamic Lock screen now has more categories, and you can select more than one.
• Lock screen widgets are improved.

Quick panel

• See your conversations and media more conveniently in their own sections when you swipe down from the top of the screen.

AOD

• Always On Display widgets are improved.

Accessibility

• Get quick access to the most important accessibility settings during device setup. – Get recommended accessibility features based on what you use.
• Set the Accessibility shortcut more easily in settings.
• Sound detectors now work with your SmartThings devices such as TVs and lights to give you more visible

Samsung Keyboard

• You can find the keyboard settings more easily under General management in Settings, and the settings have been reorganized to put the most important ones first.

Samsung DeX

• You can now connect to supported TVs wirelessly.
• New touchpad multi-gestures let you change screen zoom and font size more easily.

Internet

• Added ability to block websites from redirecting you when you tap the Back button. – Added warnings and blocking options for websites that show too many pop-ups or notifications.
• Rearranged menus to make things easier to find. – Added several new add-ons, including one that translates websites.
• Added option to hide the status bar for a more immersive browsing experience.
• Increased maximum number of open tabs to 99.
• Added ability to lock and reorder tabs.
• Improved design for tab bar which is now supported on all devices.
• Ended support for Samsung Internet edge panel.

Contacts & Phone

• Added an option to help you quickly delete duplicate contacts.
• Enhanced the search experience.

Phone/Call background

• Added the ability to customize the call screen with your own pictures and videos.

Messages

• Created a Trash bin to store recently deleted messages.

Call & Text on other devices

• Added the ability to turn Call & text on other devices on or off with Bixby Routines.

Calendar

• Events with the same start time are now shown together in the month and agenda view.
• Reorganized options for adding and editing events.
• Improved layout for full-screen alerts.

Digital well-being and Parental controls

• Added trends to your weekly report. You can see how your usage has changed since the previous week and check your usage time for each feature.
• Added phone usage time while driving to the weekly report.
• Added a lock screen widget so you can check your screen time without unlocking your phone.
• Added separate profiles for personal and work modes so you can track your screen time separately.

Camera

• Improved auto-focus and auto-exposure functionality and usability.
• Improved stabilization when taking pictures of the moon at high zoom levels

Photo Editor

• Added the ability to revert edited pictures back to their original versions.

Bixby Routine

• Grouped preset routines help you get started quickly and learn how to build your own routines quickly
• You can now see what actions are reversed when a routine ends.
• New conditions have been added, such as a specific start time, the disconnection of a Bluetooth device or Wi-Fi network, a call from a specific number, and more.
• New actions have been added, including talking to Bixby and accessibility actions.
• You can add a customized icon for each routine and add routines to the Lock screen for quick access.

We shall update this post as and when more devices start receiving the update.