Please include guests mode to ui 7 or multiuser feature other small phone have it talk less of High cost phone. I hear the feature is included in iPad thanks
Kinda scared for future ones tbh. I just updated my 24 Ultra to UI 7 and let me be the first to tell you โ this is a downgrade.
I spent a good 20 minutes figuring out how to fix the convoluted and overbuilt they stole from none other than... Apple.
That dumb notification panel/quick panel split. I'm a busy person โ to a point โ and I do not have time to think about which of three different areas I need to swipe from just to access something that used to be one swipe from two different locations.
Where was the thought in overcomplicating something that simple?
This update sold itself way above how it actually functions. My apps got smaller, my system buttons got larger and more child-like, and my apps screen now scrolls??? And for what reason?
I have 1.5 lines of apps on that screen โ everything on my phone is organized into folders. My edge panel has seven folders and one app. No scrolling involved.
Simple is now convoluted and targeted at people who can't manage basic phone organization.
Itโs ridiculous.
Forced Gestures: Accessibility Takes a Hit
Samsung keeps forcing gestures down our throats, and every update makes it worse.
For instance, I swipe up to access apps and then swipe up again to get back to the home screen โ like I've always been able to do โ but now, I can't?
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Instead, it auto-scrolls, even when there's nothing to scroll to โ like 1cm of useless movement โ and then I have to swipe the other direction just to get home. Dumb. It's dumb.
There was no need for this change, and yet, they changed it... why?
I updated my phone, and for the second time, Samsung made it more difficult to use, with less accessibility, and more forced gesture functions.
It's like they're actively trying to make it worse for people who actually know how to organize their phones.
Company Overreach: Good Lock to the Rescue
At least I can turn Circle to Search off.
And thank for Good Lock โ I would be crying without it.
Seriously, Samsung, โ make your phones great again, puhhleaseee.
Itโs wild that the last big UI update Samsung pushed out was also a nightmare for me.
I wasn't able to control my phone properly because of all the forced gestures they applied back then too.
Feels like every major update now is less about improving usability and more about "simplifying" things for the lowest common denominator โ and punishing anyone who actually uses their phone like a power user.
PS: If you're struggling with UI and forced gesture controls after Samsung's latest updates, try downloading the Good Lock app.
It might save your sanity.
Yours truly - A Frustrated Decade-Long Patron of Samsung
If I wanted my ui to look like apple I would have bought an apple phone samsung may have lost me with this update time to look at other manufacturers phones
It's funny so many people were clamoring for the update, then went out of their minds with the delay, now we're finding that many of those same people do not like One UI7. LOL SMH
You said you spent 20 minutes to fix it. If you did fix it, why are you here complaining? If you didn't, I can tell you now that all is the issue you mentioned are easily changed back in settling.
Yeah, I fixed it โ but honestly, thatโs not really what matters. Changes like this werenโt necessary in the first place. Whether itโs 'better' is subjective, but the trend is clear: shifting control away from users, little by little. Itโs less about any one issue and more about where it's all headed.
