Beta 3 Review & Wishlist For One UI 8.5

[christopherharris91]

Beta 3 Review:

So far beta 3 has been pleasantly smooth,fast, fluid and mostly bug free in my experience with the program. Can't wait until Good Lock modules in general are all updated and compatible with One UI 8.5 but besides that I'm quite pleased overall.

Wishlist For One UI 8.5:

1.Stock Camera App needs a 24MP option added along side the current 12,50 &200 MP choices. If the idea is to implement it into Camera Assistant then it needs to be enabled by default across all current supported Galaxy phones. Do not make that an S26 Series Exclusive feature, that's a bad software team decision that will backfire.

2. Camera Assistant App needs a 4x,6x,8x and custom shortcut zoom options added and implemented alongside with a manual zoom wheel option. The manual slider is too small and extremely outdated for my large fingers.

3. Implement the entire Good Lock modules already installed on Galaxy phones. New Galaxy users know nothing about Galaxy store and downloading Good Lock. That's an inconvenience for new users,why not have everything at their fingertips pre installed already on day 1? How hard is that?

4. Expert Raw Camera App needs an Expert Video Recording features implemented alongside with it or a standalone Expert Video Recording App for recording 4k and 8k videos across all camera sensors with smooth lense switching between sensors while recording. Just think about it for the future.

5. Lastly,Now Brief needs to be more useful. Let me explain: under content to include, I want to see personalized YouTube videos from the content creators I've been subscribed to and not random content from others outside of that. I also want to see weather updates from my WeatherBug Elite App, email updates from my Outlook App. Things that actually matter in my daily life so let's implement that in the future at some point.

6. Bonus: the S25 Camera System software update to fine tune the overall quality has been long overdue. Only Expert Raw Camera App has seen 6 or 7 updates since the phone's release but the stock camera has not been updated not even once. Let's fix that.

Otherwise great work. Until next time everyone enjoy.

[userDp4vVn8fjd]

Lots 9f needs you have and a nice way of asking . Samsung dont give in to his demands.since its so easy to implement all of that ,he can do it himself. Its so easy

[christopherharris91]

I need you to clarify your position on the matter. What you're saying makes no sense here. Try again.

[userQD7wf48mT0]

👏

[Youu]

This!

[JawshDarnit]

Very well written and I agree 💯. These are things that are all long overdue.

[USBetaModerator3]

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to share such a detailed and thoughtful review of Beta 3.

We’re glad to hear that your overall experience has been smooth and stable, and we truly appreciate the in-depth suggestions you’ve provided across multiple areas—including Camera features, Good Lock usability, and personalization improvements such as Now Brief.

Feedback like this is valuable, as it helps highlight how different features are being used in real-world scenarios. We will ensure your comments are shared with the relevant teams for further review and consideration in future updates.

Thank you again for your continued participation and support of the One UI Beta Program.

Regards,

One UI Beta Team

[John_Freiman]

I want to like/upvote this post, but it covers too many unrelated items for me to upvote.
I do agree that the camera ecosystem needs to evolve to cater to users who choose Samsung for their superior camera hardware instead of alternatives from Apple, Google etc

[christopherharris91]

This post isn't for you,move on.

[Bird1977]

I have a similar almost bug free experience, and I can say I like the ideas you put out there, I've had my s25 since may and don't even know what Goodlock is.