Little by little, all manufacturers are updating their mobiles to the latest version of Google’s operating system, Android 12, since it has begun to be released. Samsung is one of the most active brands in this case, and this version is already reaching its mid-range, such as the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G.
And it is that the Korean firm is being one of the manufacturers that is updating its phones the fastest. While most in Europe have updated their most advanced mobiles, their top of the range, in the case of Koreans, and as this case shows, it is already reaching mobiles that are much more modest in specifications and price.
Update to Android 12
And it does not do it in any region, but in Europe, since the first Samsung Galaxy A42 5G that are being updated are doing it in Poland, so it is expected that this update will arrive in the units of the Spanish market in the next few days. . This update arrives under firmware A426BXXU3CUL9 . It is made up of the update to Android 12 based on One UI 4.0 , so it will have the latest features implemented by Samsung in its customization layer, with a hybrid of its own new features and those that Google has introduced with the new system.
In addition to this system update, the latest security patch for the month of December is included. In order to access this update, we will have to enter the operating system settings, and select software update , there we will see the latest update within our phone ready to install. Although the logical thing is that it still takes a few more days to appear in this section of the settings. Remember to free up enough space so that at least the update can be downloaded, which although it has not transpired, it is probably one gigabyte or another.
Lots of news for your Samsung
This new version of One UI 4.0 is characterized by introducing Google’s improvements to the system, but without facing a radical change in design. This will continue to have the stamp of the Samsung layers, and it will not embrace that Material You introduced by those from Mountain View.
The only place where we will be able to notice these visual changes more will be in the widgets, which as you know are the visual star of this operating system. Therefore we will see news especially in the background, and not so much at a visual level. Above all, the layer’s customization capabilities will be improved, with numerous new features, and further improvements to gesture controls. Like choosing theme colors, a new Always On Display screen , or new shortcuts for shortcuts from the notification bar.
The emojiAR also comes with new features, for example placing one of these virtual creations as our profile image of the Samsung account and in the contacts, being able to choose between 10 different poses and even create new expressions. There are also new features in the camera and the gallery, with a new button to optimize the scene or previews of our stories. Virtual RAM also arrives, which will allow you to gain RAM memory at the expense of the phone’s storage. These are just some of the news, because there are dozens that come to this new version that finally debuts in the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G.
