One UI 9: Share Your Ideas in the Innovation Lab!

[Admin]

The next topic for the Innovation Lab is One UI 9, which delivers an easier and a seamless mobile experience. We invite you to share your thoughts in the comments section below using the hashtags #InnovationLab and #OneUI9. Submissions will be accepted until Sep 25th. We look forward to your innovative ideas.

[Rohanguwala23]

Please improve the overall smoothness and fluidity of One UI 9. The UI sometimes feels jittery, especially when opening, closing, or scrolling through the Control Panel. Animations should feel more consistent, responsive, and fluid throughout the system. Please also continue improving the image-processing system to provide sharper, more natural, and consistent camera results.
Battery optimization should also be a major focus. Samsung phones can sometimes consume more battery than expected during normal daily use. Compared with phones such as the iPhone, which can achieve excellent battery endurance even with different battery capacities, Samsung should further optimize One UI for better power efficiency, standby drain, and screen-on battery life. Better optimization would make One UI 9 feel significantly more polished and

[Godseye7]

Provide inbuilt vpn

[karhihari]

Good

[parthgadge]

Battery heath pls 🙏

[Gorahk]

Samsung s26 ultra

[s-kunar]

Provide App Lock

[Lovekkesh_Singh]

Unknown call blocking option

[krshnachndra]

#innovationlab #oneui9
Pls allow a way to keep some apps running in background when minimised. Like Google maps for example. I run automation to enable location services when Google maps are opened and disable when closed. But when I use the phone for navigation and minimise the app it automatically runs the location disable automation and location is turned off making it difficult for screen locked navigation. I know it's a very specific case scenario but in general if some apps are allowed to run when minimised it'll help a lot

[SafeUser]

A timer is available to manage screen time, but it is currently ineffective because the password-protected settings can still be modified. Please make the settings unchangeable, for example, by requiring a user to type 300 random characters or obtain an OTP from an accountability partner to increase the duration for a specific app. Additionally, you could implement AI-based adult content detection that redirects the user to the home screen and closes the app if such content is detected; the same unchangeable setting structure could be applied to this feature.

[Devansh2345]

Fluid Canvas: App icons and widgets dynamically expand and collapse into persistent live cards rather than static app windows. A running timer, music player, or food delivery status merges directly into the home screen grid with zero redraw latency. ​NowStream (Context Deck): A unified ambient surface replacing the edge panel and lock screen notifications. It groups active tasks by urgency and auto-collapses background noise using on-device neural intent detection. ​Unified Haptics & Acoustics: Variable-frequency haptics calibrated to visual speed. Flicking through quick toggles feels distinct from resizing a split window. ​DeX Continuity 2.0: Near-field handoff. Tapping your phone against a Galaxy Book or external monitor instantly casts an ultra-low-latency, desktop-optimized instance without connection prompts or mode switches