Samsung is bringing some of the Galaxy S21’s software features to older devices

When Samsung in January, the company also detailed the latest version of its Android One UI skin. The update came with quite a few new features and now Samsung plans to bring some of them to its older devices, including the Galaxy S20 and Note 20 lineups, as well as the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip, when it updates them to One UI 3.1. . In total, five of the S21 software features will be available on those phones after downloading the latest Samsung software.

For starters, there is an enhanced single shot. It allows you to capture still images and video simultaneously with your phone’s cameras. Another new camera feature, Multi Mic Recording, allows you to capture audio from both your phone and a connected Bluetooth device. Meanwhile, in Samsung’s Gallery app, you will find an editing tool called Object Eraser that can remove visual elements from your photos with the help of an AI algorithm. If you’ve ever seen Photoshop in action, the principle is the same. Select the object you want to remove from your photo and the software will do the rest, although your mileage may vary depending on how prominent the object is in the photo.

Then there’s the Eye Comfort Shield, which builds on a feature that was already in One UI 3.0 to limit the amount of blue light your phone emits. An adaptive setting will adjust the color of your phone’s screen according to the time of day. But you can also choose to use custom settings, in which case you can manually select a color temperature and determine a schedule. Lastly, there’s Private Share, which allows you to add an expiration date to files that you send to other people.

Samsung will begin rolling out One UI 3.1 to its older devices starting today in select markets.