All Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip receive Android 12L and a lot of news

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Although the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 are the stars of the moment, Samsung does not forget its foldables from previous generations. Following its 4-year policy of Android updates for its best smartphones, Samsung is already upgrading its older Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip to Android 12L . The best? The new version will even reach the first generation.

Samsung does not forget and updates its third, second and first generation folding phones to Android 12 L

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Samsung has just released the Android 12L OTA under OneUI 4.1. 1 for your Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. The new update weighs approximately 1.5 GB, includes numerous improvements for these foldables and the latest Android security patch (from August 1). Best of all, however, the company reported that Android 12L will also be coming to the second- and first-generation Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip shortly.

What news does Android 12L bring to Samsung foldables from previous years? Many, but the main ones are these:

  • New Taskbar – Appears when you’re on an app’s home screen to quickly navigate between apps.
  • Quickly open apps in split screen or window – By dragging it from the taskbar or recent apps screen. If you drag the icon to any side, the app will open in split screen; if you drag it to the center, it will open in window mode.
  • Open apps in pairsDo you use two apps together often? Then add them to the taskbar or home screen so they open simultaneously with a single touch.
  • Window management improvements – Whether you’re using a single app or multiple apps simultaneously, you can set the window manager to be visible at all times.
  • Quick switch from windowed to split screen mode – by pressing the new switch display button in the window manager.
  • Switch viewing modes with gestures : If you’re in a full-screen app, swipe two fingers from the center of the screen to one edge to switch to split screen mode. If you want to switch from full screen to windowed mode, swipe a single finger to the top frame of the screen.
  • Computer-style navigation : With the mobile partially folded (Flex mode), you can now navigate using part of the panel as a computer touchpad.

Other enhancements include quick toggles between screens to preview photos based on which camera you’re using (internal or external); an OCR system that will allow you to extract text from images and from the screen, as well as obtain suggestions of important data in the extracted text; now you can customize the calls of your contacts with different backgrounds so that you can quickly identify them; there are improvements to the Samsung keyboard, especially in access to emojis and customization.

Anything else? Yes, also the file browser has been improved and the lock screen now allows you to quickly edit your wallpaper collection.

When will all Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold update to Android 12L with OneUI 4.1.1?

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The OTA for the third generation Galaxy Z is now available through two update packages: F926BXXU1CVHB (Galaxy Z Fold 3) and F926BOXM1CVHB (Galaxy Z Flip 3). Its launch is global, so the update should arrive on your mobile shortly.

For their part, the first and second generation Galaxy Z Fold and Flip will have to wait a bit . Samsung has not detailed when the Android 12L updates will be released for these phones, but they are in the queue.