Galaxy S21-exclusive camera feature could still come to older flagships

Last updated: March 26th, 2021 at 16:01 UTC+01:00

One of the all-time Galaxy S21 camera features could soon be coming to older flagship phones via firmware updates. We're referring to Manager's View, which has remained exclusive to the Milky way S21 series always since information technology was introduced earlier this year.

The first family of Galaxy devices that could soon take advantage of the Director's View update might exist the Milky way S20. Non only is it a direct predecessor to the Galaxy S21, which makes it a prime number contender for the update, merely T-Mobile Usa has also seemingly spilled the beans on Samsung'south plans.

T-Mobile U.s.a. has recently updated its Galaxy S20 support pages to include instructions on how to utilize Director's View. Of course, the characteristic is not available nonetheless, so this strongly suggests that T-Mobile has prematurely added these instructions before the update could be released.

At that place'south also the remote possibility that T-Mobile has made a bigger error and those instructions should've never been added to the Galaxy S20 support pages, but information technology's doubtful. Samsung has a history of bringing new flagship features to older devices via firmware updates, so maybe Director'south View will be treated the same way.

Equally to when the update might become available — if it will — it's anyone's guess. 1 UI 3.1 was released for the Milky way S20 series last month and the firmware didn't include Director's View or other features like Zoom Lock and the Google Discover home screen.

What is Manager'due south View?

Director's View is a new camera feature that debuted with the Galaxy S21 series. It'due south adequately straightforward and it doesn't demand a detailed caption, even though it'due south a adequately big addition.

In curt, Director'south View allows users to view real-fourth dimension feeds of all the phone's cameras in the viewfinder. Users tin switch betwixt camera lenses by tapping the thumbnails on the left, and they can switch to a close-up view by tapping the thumbnails on the right.

In other words — and as the proper name implies — Director's View gives users a lot more command over the cameras they're using while recording a video, and it tin can exist a very useful characteristic for content creators. Nosotros'll keep y'all posted equally soon as we find out more about its possible release on older Galaxy flagships.