Gadgetory

today at Samsung's annual developer conference we're getting our first glimpse at the UI that's going to be on Samsung's first foldable phone and also on the future Galaxy S 10 Samsung is calling it one UI so what we're looking at is a galaxy s 9 plus that is using Samsung's new one UI interface this is the interface that is going to replace the current interface it's also what we're gonna see on Samsung is foldable phone so the main purpose of this interface is that you can do everything one-handed it basically looks the same this phone is running on Android Diane Pi with the one UI on top of it you notice the changes when you dive down so when you're in multitasking here you kind of have a new view things are a lot luckier they're rounded corners that are meant to echo the rounded corners of the device you see that there's a darker theme you can actually get to the dark mode yourself through display click on night theme and everything will get darker you notice some of these changes if you go into gallery this is radically different in design everything is just grouped into these big icons they sort of remind me honestly of the icons on the iPhone apple's interface so down here at the bottom you'll see that the navigation is moved from the top down to the bottom where it's easier to get an idea is that you can just operate this phone one-handed without straining your thumbs to get all the way up to the top nowwhere shows this better than in messages we're at the top portion of the screen is dedicated to viewing and the bottom portion of the screen is dedicated to action this is a theme that Samsung one is to carry throughout the entire one UI experience you see the same in the dialer you'll see a space between the letters so it's visually easier to see it's also a lot more visual interest Samsung is focusing on the use of color in the previous UI you wouldn't see the space between F and G it would just all be run together without any break so the idea is that if you're looking for your J contacts your eye will zero in on the four that you have here these navigation tabs are here at the bottom but when you dial in a number they disappear because you don't need them anymore you've taken control and you're adding the number yourself clear the number and they return you'll notice these somatic changes throughout the swipe left and the interface looks a lot different everything is grouped and you see the same rounded rectangular bubble that is permeating this OS and defining it it's been a long time since samsung has so radically redesigned the operating system that runs on top of android it's a fresh and welcome change when you're a multitasking mode you'll see icons suggestions at the bottom you could either select from here or you can swipe up to see all of your apps and easily jump back into multitasking this button in the bottom left like in previous versions will help you hide or unhide the navigation bar if you don't see what you're looking for you can scroll down to the bottom of the page to find more settings in one UI Samsung seems to have stopped a little bit short of making it really easy to use the phone with one hand you still have to reach up to the top to pull down the navigation toggles and your notification tray Samsung could have made it easier by swiping up from the bottom or swiping up from the corner but that's where Samsung pay lives right now since when UI is built on top of Android that new Android 9 supports gestures you can also ditch the navigation bar entirely and just use gesture support switching needs me navigation buttons and full screen gestures so you would press hard in the center to go home you would swipe up on the right to gets you multitasking and you would swipe up on the left to go back okay we're seeing a bit of a new treatment when you press the big speed button you get to be at the top instead of at the bottom so even the design of the navigation buttons has changed and so is the look we've got the regular Galaxy S nine plus on the Left Galaxy S nine plus with one UI on the right and this is what this is what multitasking looks like totally different looks the icons are so much bigger with one UI you can see the time and the date very clearly with one UI and you really can't see that with the current operating system all right so this is a look at the settings menu and you can see you just have a lot more space at the top to see where you are some might call a wasted space but what that's doing is it's really phonce and training these groupings of apps the fonts bigger the areas bigger it's just an easier target to hit on the Galaxy S 9 plus here you see that when you eye is echoing a lot of the same design elements that we see in Android Pi what we're not seeing is the way that this is going to conform to of the unique experiences that you can have on the foldable phone that is something that we're gonna see when we get our first look at that device