Samsung's Camera Assistant app update for Galaxy devices with One UI 8.5 introduces new Pro mode features such as customizable presets, focus peaking options, and added controls to standard photo mode, along with support for wireless lens controllers and options to disable image stabilization, enhancing manual control and user customization.
Samsung's One UI 7 update for Galaxy smartphones, running on Android 15, introduces improved zoom controls in the camera app, making the Camera Assistant app's zoom feature redundant. The update includes default zoom levels and enhanced UI for easier access, along with smoother zoom transitions in Pro video mode. These changes aim to enhance user experience by simplifying camera operations and improving one-handed usability.
Samsung's Galaxy S24 series comes with new camera features and improvements, some of which are supported by the updated Camera Assistant app. The update includes support for advanced camera features, such as shortcuts for 10x and 100x zoom levels, DOF Adapter Correction, Anamorphic Lens Correction, and Audio Monitoring. These features are limited to the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra, and the Expert RAW app on the S24 Ultra allows for capturing 24MP photos.
Samsung has released a new update to the Camera Assistant app for the Galaxy S23 series, bringing an optimized 2x zoom option to the stock camera app. The update requires the August 2023 security patch and enables users to activate the Optical Quality Crop Zoom feature in the Camera Assistant app. This new zoom option provides similar quality to a native optical zoom lens and gives users more flexibility in capturing photos. The Galaxy S23 series has already received the One UI 6.0 beta update and is expected to run the stable version by early Q4 2023.