Samsung Android 14 update: Here's everything new [Gallery]

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Samsung has just released the first beta of Android 14 for Galaxy devices, and it brings a lot of changes.

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Here’s everything new in Samsung’s Android 14 update

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As someone who haven't really used a Samsung phone, can I ask which one of these changes do you think are significant improvements?
- As someone who's been a Stock Android fanboy and got his first Samsung in over a decade, the only significant change for me is:
  
  Keep pop-up windows open – Instead of minimizing pop-up windows when you go to the Recents screen, pop-ups will now remain open after you leave the Recents screen so you can continue what you were working on.
  
  Fuck popup windows completely though. Give me a full screen window or show me nothing. This isn't a desktop I want an app to use my full screen
  
  Password managers work perfectly well in popups. Calendars, stickies/notes, and other scensrios where the app isnt your focus but you need the utility of that app within another app.
  
  In addition to what the other person wrote - popup windows are very useful on large screen devices like foldables and tablets. I'm on Fold 4 and the popup windows have been great for multitasking, like keeping an eye on a chat (or how far away your Uber Eats is) whilst you're doing something else in full-screen. Using a Fold is more akin to using a desktop, so multitasking features like this is much appreciated by folks like me.
  
  I like pop-up windows. Especially on my fold but I also enjoyed them on the Ultra just not as much
- Pulling down from top right corner to show the full quick actions menu. Now I need to swipe down twice to see all options, with this update only once. I will actually install the beta solely for this feature.
  
  There is 2 finger pull down option available right now with v13. No idea if it is default behavior or a setting since cannot find one.
  
  So dumb though, who actually uses that? And I'll ask again until eternity: why do these tiles need to be so large?
  
  To take real estate from notifications (is it somehow a benefit to Google to add scroll interactions?). I'm not sure what the endgame is but the only other thing it achieves is making them always trigger when you're holding the phone to your ear, which no matter how tinfoil I get I can't see any potential motivator for that. It's pure bad design, for the life of me I can't work it out.
  
  Quick tiles is one of the many reasons why I prefer Samsung One UI over stock/Pixel. One UI still uses the old style.
- There's always the under-the-hood changes from Android upstream, and Samsung keeps adding customization options every update. Without rooting or 3rd party apps*, no other OEM comes close to OneUI's customizability. For me, that's a huge plus.
  
  *I meant specifically 3rd party apps, because Samsung has the Good Lock suite of apps, which needs to be installed from the store. They work somewhat as a beta testing of features or advanced controls for existing features, and many of the features are added to new updates, for instance, the quick settings easy access up to One UI 5.1 (Android 13) is only available via Good Lock's Quick Star module, but seems to be built-in on One UI 6 (Android 14)

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