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TL;DR The Galaxy S25 is getting Samsung’s Horizontal Lock camera feature in One UI 9 Beta 1.
The feature keeps the recorded video level even as you rotate or flip the phone.
Horizontal Lock was previously spotted in an internal One UI 9 build for the Galaxy S25 Plus.
The Galaxy S25 series has only just joined Samsung’s One UI 9 beta program, so we’re still digging around to see which new features have made the jump from the Galaxy S26. One of the better camera upgrades appears to be among them, with the Horizontal Lock apparently now working on the Galaxy S25.
X user CID (@theonecid) shared a video of the feature running on what they identify as a Galaxy S25 with One UI 9 Beta 1. In the clip, the phone is slowly rotated all the way around while recording, but the resulting footage stays locked upright rather than rotating with the handset.
This isn’t entirely unexpected — as the Horizontal Lock appeared in an internal One UI 9 test build on a Galaxy S25 Plus, suggesting Samsung was preparing to bring the Galaxy S26 feature to its previous flagship generation. At the time, there was no guarantee it would make it into a public release.
Horizontal Lock debuted on the Galaxy S26 series as part of Super Steady mode. It uses heavy cropping and gyroscope data to keep the video level with the horizon, even if you tilt or flip the phone while recording.
One UI 9 Beta 1 for the Galaxy S25 series began rolling out today in South Korea, the UK, and India, bringing Android 17. Samsung’s changelog doesn’t detail all the new features, so Horizontal Lock may be one of a few S26 additions we’ll uncover as people spend more time with the beta.
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