Did you know that the Samsung Gallery Android app (not so much) comes packaged from the secret Galaxy Labs menu? More importantly, enabling this array of impressive and fun features at your end, should take no more than literal minutes. Mostly keeping in mind the fact that Galaxy Labs support is built into every firmware upgrade after Samsung’s initial Android 10, One UI 2.1 days later.
Needless to say, it’s questionable given how low-key these experimental additions are in the first place. Because of the look of things, the Galaxy Labs platform is built into every regular, non-beta version of the Samsung Gallery. That is, from Android 10, start with One UI 2.5.
While it’s possible that someone on Samsung merged the wrong code repo branch, this inclusion is probably very, very intentional. And assuming you’ve had a Galaxy device released in the last three or so years, you’ll be able to take it on your own for a spin or ten.
How to enable the latest experimental features in Samsung Gallery?
To do so, launch the Stock Gallery app on your smartphone or tablet, tap the hamburger menu, bring up the toolbar below it, and go here Settings. Scroll all the way to the bottom and tap the guess section that says About the gallery.
This is where you do the big hacking part by repeatedly tapping the version number below the gallery header. This one from here:
A system-wide prompt will count the seconds in the help until the task is completed. Go back to the previous screen and you should see a new menu item, Gallery Labs, At the bottom of the app’s settings. We’ll take a closer look at this feature list soon, but check it out in the meantime. There are a bunch of hidden cool mobile photography ideas out there, so hopefully, at least some of them make it into the official release.
