Samsung Rolls Out One UI 5 Beta 3 Seems to copy the iOS 16 lock screen
Samsung seems to have rolled out One UI 5 beta 3 this week. The update brings themed icon support for third-party apps, faster animations, and more. However, the standout feature seems to be the new customization options for the lock screen that seem to follow a similar approach to the options found in iOS 16. The new lock screen in iOS 16 is probably one of those. the most mentioned features. operating system when it was released earlier this month.
According to one tweet by Vaibhav Jain (@vvaiibhav) from TechDroider YouTube channel, SAMSUNG purposefully cloned iOS 16Lock Screen feature with One UI 5 beta 3 update. Long-pressing the screen brings users to a custom interface that appears very similar to the layout offered in iOS 16.
Here, Samsung users can choose from five different clock styles, compared to the eight offered on iOS 16. There are also options to change the clock color and font style. Similarly, while choosing a wallpaper, both systems provide a ‘Collection’ of wallpapers with a similar layout.
However, Jain and other Twitter users were quick shown that these features are already available on the Good Lock app for Samsung. They speculated that it was Apple the original person copied the layout. Apple fans claim that Samsung only decided to offer these features after iOS 16 was released with Lock Screen.
Samsung recently started subscribe to One UI 5.0 beta for Galaxy S21 series in India. Are knownthe Galaxy S22 The series started receiving the One UI 5.0 beta update in August. All these developments could mean that Samsung could release the official stable One UI 5.0 build in the coming days.