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Samsung One UI 9 Brings Deeper Customization to Galaxy Phones

Samsung's One UI 9 is rolling out to Galaxy phones with expanded customization, including Home Up tools, multi-finger gestures and a more flexible Quick Panel, according to Engadget.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-04 22:41

The update is reaching a large number of Samsung phones worldwide. Engadget reported that the most eye-catching additions include features such as My Fancam, which places the user as the main character in their videos, but that the changes to the interface and customization options carry much of the patch's practical value.

Most of the new customization options depend on Samsung's official Good Lock suite and its Home Up application. Within Home Up, the Favorites Background tool can be switched on in the Home Screen area. Once activated, users can open its settings to add blur and shadow effects, change the image and color, and reshape the background behind their Favorites area. A comparable set of options is available for the Edge Panel by selecting Edge Panel in Home Up.

Home Up also adds multi-finger gestures under Gesture settings. Users can assign swipes or pinches made with a set number of fingers to specific actions, such as setting a two-finger swipe down to take a screenshot or raise the volume. The report said the controls are granular, covering a range of motions and associated actions for two-, three-, four- and five-finger gestures.

The Quick Panel is another area that has been opened up to changes. On phones that have received the update, tapping the Edit icon brings up a set of layout options. Users can drag any element to a different position, drag the right corner of an element to resize it, or remove it entirely. Deleted toggles can be restored through Add a control and placed where the user prefers. Through the Edit menu, Panel Settings and then Together, separate panels can be merged into a unified shade. Engadget reported that sizing caps have been removed altogether, so individual Quick Panel elements can be resized without a fixed limit.

Engadget described the release as incremental rather than a ground-up reworking of Samsung's software, saying that One UI 9 may not reinvent the Samsung wheel but that the smaller changes add up. Users who want the full set of options need Good Lock and Home Up installed, since several of the new tools live inside them rather than in the standard settings menu.

【Editor's Summary】Samsung's One UI 9 is reaching Galaxy phones with expanded customization built largely around Good Lock and Home Up, adding Favorites Background and Edge Panel options, multi-finger gestures and a Quick Panel that allows free repositioning, resizing and merging of elements. The release refines existing Samsung software rather than redesigning it, and it puts more of the interface under direct user control.