Samsung Officially Reveals Features of Next Good Lock Update for One UI 7; Good Lock Global Support and Play Store Availability Soon

Previously, the available features and the current status of the Good Lock update for Samsung’s One UI 7 custom skin were revealed online, and the expected release was scheduled for this month, in January 2025. Now, Samsung has officially shared the features of the latest Good Lock update for One UI 7. Many applications are going to be available with the One UI 7 beta version itself, while a few may take some time. Most importantly, the much awaited Good Lock global support is said to be coming soon, with availability on Google’s Play Store.

Read more about the news below.

Good Lock Update Features for One UI 7

Samsung has now revealed the features of the next Good Lock update for One UI 7, and this includes the features of the most anticipated Home Up as well, which will be integrated with the One UI Home. Users will be receiving the option to adjust animation at will, in a more convenient manner with the Home Up features.

Speaking more, 15 Good Lock apps are suggested to be made available in the One UI 7 beta software itself, and 7 apps, which includes LockStar, NavStar, NotiStar, QuickStar, MultiStar, Clockface, as well as Home Up are going to be open starting from the end of last month in December 2024 onwards, with MultiStar as the first feature to be available. These latter 7 apps or features that are closely connected with the system are said to be carefully updated, obviously to improve user experience and deliver the best functionality.

However, Home Up and LockStar may be taking a little longer to arrive as it consists of many more features and structural changes, and are currently in the process of internal testing. But with the One UI 7 official stable version release itself, best efforts are being taken to make these available too simultaneously.

About Home Up, it is one among the most changed apps of this time with many new and diverse features. Enhanced Home Up accessibility, free home item placement, home screen stickers, gesture animation tuning and multi-finger gestures, and hide favorites are some of the revealed functions.

Other major changes in One UI 7 Good Lock are main app UI improvement, app/post filter, and Good Lock management in Good Lock; game category change, gamepad key remapping feature, and rotation optimization/texture quality GPU settings in Game Booster+; consistent lock screen editing experience in LockStar; more Routine Gallery functionalities; separate application to lock screen/home screen and improved text color visibility in Wonderland; Cover Launcher from Lab in MultiStar; folder icon support, custom app icon shape, and expanded sticker/wallpaper picker content in Theme Park, customize air command icon in Pentastic; hide multi-user icon in QuickStar; and save videos to external storage in Camera Assistant.

Also to add, starting with One UI 7, Good Lock will be available in more countries globally and it will also be brought to Google Play Store too, apart from the Galaxy Store. Notably, many users have been waiting for the global availability of Good Lock as in a few regions it hasn’t been available yet, and moreover with Google Play Store listing, at least a few who prefer to download and update apps via Play Store rather than from Galaxy Store might enjoy some convenience too.

Regarding the One UI 7 official stable version release, it is probably going to be introduced with the brand’s Galaxy S25 series flagships at the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event, likely on the 22nd of January 2025. As of now, the beta program is live for Galaxy S24 series users in a few global markets with the beta 3 update coming soon.