Galaxy S23 users feel betrayed by Samsung’s One UI feature lockout

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is limiting some new One UI 7 features, like AI Audio Eraser, to newer Galaxy S series flagships. A Reddit user alleges many of these “exclusive” features work fine on older Galaxy S23 hardware after porting them over. This has led to accusations of planned obsolescence as users question why capable older phones are being left out. Much of Samsung’s pitch for the Galaxy S25 series revolved around AI smarts through software, as the hardware barely evolved year on year. One UI 7 brought several new features to the Galaxy S25 series, and users of older Samsung flagships were waiting with bated breath for the platform update to bring them these features too. However, in typical Samsung fashion, the company is holding some features like Now Brief exclusive to the Galaxy S25 flagship series. As it turns out, that’s not all, as older flagships are missing a lot of features that their hardware can support, but Samsung simply didn’t port them ... Read full article.