Samsung, the South Korean smartphone and other consumer electronics manufacturer, introduced its Camera Sharing feature with One UI 6.1, providing users the capability to connect their Galaxy phone’s camera to a Galaxy tablet and use it as a webcam. This feature enabled users to make video calls, attend meetings or conferences, and even take recordings at best camera quality, along with other tools that can enhance the user experience.
The new Camera Share feature for Galaxy Book laptops that is coming with the brand’s latest One UI 7 custom skin based on the Android 15 operating system is now in action, revealing how it looks in appearance and suggesting the other tools and features that can be accessed.
Here’s more about the update.
Camera Share on One UI 7
As can be seen below, similar to most Samsung applications on Windows, the Camera Share feature or app has a very simple user interface, with the turn on/off toggle button, available devices, and Samsung account details. Users in order to make use of the feature should enable Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Camera Share on both the Galaxy smartphone and Galaxy Book laptop, and must sign-in with the same Samsung account on both the devices.
Speaking more, the Camera Share feature is expected to work with any apps or any programs that supports webcam and camera functionality, however, it has to be noted that reports point out that there are noticeable camera flickers regardless of how good the ambient lighting is, suggesting that this feature is still in the stage of work-in progress, and has to receive a few more necessary upgrades.
Also, apart from simply using the smartphone camera, tools like background blur, face enhancements, auto framing, and HDR will let users to make the Camera Share quality even better, as per their requirements.
About the One UI 7 custom skin, as already known, the beta program for the Galaxy S24 series smartphones is currently live, whereas the official stable version release is expected to take place this month on the 22nd of January 2025 with the next Galaxy S25 series smartphones at the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event.
