Summary
- Samsung’s One UI 7 update will improve ecosystem integration with a new camera continuity feature.
- It will allow you to seamlessly import scanned images and documents from your Galaxy phone to Samsung Notes running on your Galaxy Book or tablet.
- Samsung could expand the Continuity Camera to more applications.
Samsung is the only manufacturer to offer Apple-like ecosystem integration in the Android world. While it’s not perfect, you can seamlessly connect your phone to your Galaxy Book, copy and paste text across devices, transfer files wirelessly using Quick Share, and much more. With the upcoming One UI 7 update, Samsung will further deepen this integration with a new Camera Continuity feature.
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Samsung devices have a continuity-like feature, allowing you to seamlessly resume working on apps open on another device linked to your Samsung account. With One UI 7, Samsung will further improve this feature by adding support for camera continuity. This will allow you to take photos or scan documents using your Galaxy phone, which you can seamlessly insert and use in Samsung Notes or Samsung Internet on another device.
This feature is similar to Apple’s Continuity Camera/Sketch, which lets you insert a photo or scanned document from your iPhone or iPad directly into your Mac. What sets Apple’s implementation apart is its versatility: it works seamlessly across all apps, not just a limited selection of first-party apps.
Based on the change in the wording of the “Continue on other devices” option, Samsung could expand its continuity-like functionality to more apps. Currently it only works with Samsung Notes and Samsung Internet.
Android AuthorityMishaal Rahman from spotted this One UI 7 improvement in the latest beta. He couldn’t get the feature to work, as it would apparently require a software update for existing Galaxy Books and other Samsung devices. For camera continuity to work, your Galaxy phone and Galaxy Book must be on the same Wi-Fi network, within Bluetooth range, and signed into the same Samsung account.
One UI 7 will further deepen integration between Galaxy devices
One UI 7 is expected to introduce several connected device features, including the Camera Share feature. It will allow you to use your Galaxy phone’s camera as a webcam with your Galaxy Book or tablet. One UI 6.1.1 introduced a similar feature on the Galaxy S24, but Samsung will expand it to more devices with the next One UI release.
Another connected device feature that could be part of One UI 7 is storage sharing, allowing you to wirelessly browse files stored on your Galaxy phone from your Galaxy laptop or tablet.
