Samsung Galaxy S23 series gets camera-improving major update

Sagar, 30 March 2023

Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra, which brings camera improvements and fixes to the Galaxy S23 trio.

For starters, the autofocus algorithm has been changed for faster photography, meaning when a user presses the camera shutter button in the default camera app, the phone's camera takes the photo even if the focus is not completely set.

Galaxy S23 (left), Galaxy S23+ (center), and Galaxy S23 Ultra (right) Galaxy S23 (left), Galaxy S23+ (center), and Galaxy S23 Ultra (right)

However, those who want the app to capture a photo only after a proper focus is set can change the behavior by navigating to the Camera Assistant > Prioritize focus over speed menu. You can check the image below for more details about the update.

Samsung Galaxy S23 series' March update changelog (machine translated from Korean)
Samsung Galaxy S23 series' March update changelog (machine translated from Korean)

Note that these changes are coming to the Galaxy S23 trio as a part of the March update in South Korea, and it remains to be seen if the units in other regions will get these improvements with the April update or if Samsung will release an update before that only to deliver these improvements and fixes.

Source (in Korean)


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Reader comments

  • Dragos
  • 17 May 2023
  • 83U

There seems to be a significant software (processing) issue with the regular Photo Mode compared to the Pro Mode. The problem with the Photo Mode is that even after disabling Auto-HDR and Scene Optimizer, the processing makes the photos a lot noisier...

  • van
  • 03 Apr 2023
  • gJN

I just received a camera update (Poland). I took a dozen 1x, 3x, 10x photos in the same scenes before and after the update. When it comes to the quality of the photos, absolutely no changes have taken place. The same details and noise level, colors, ...

  • van
  • 03 Apr 2023
  • gJN

Disabling hdr results in very low dynamics of photos, just lika at the pro-mode. It also does not affect the oversharpening of photos. Enabling medium smoothing in the camera assistant results in a loss of detail. In Gcam you can get high level of de...

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