The Samsung Galaxy Gallery Labs is a hidden feature on Samsung Galaxy devices with One UI. As many already know, Samsung is the biggest smartphone maker in the world(at the time of writing this article, UPDATE: IT IS NOW APPLE). If you are planning to buy a Samsung Galaxy device or own a Samsung device, we will tell you about the Galaxy Labs feature.
All Samsung devices with One UI have this feature, but by default, it is hidden, and we need to enable it in the settings. When enabled, this feature gives users some extra functionality and options, which are very helpful. The South Korean smartphone maker invests much in their custom user interface, One UI. This user interface comes with every new Samsung device, and the best part is that it offers a similar interface and options for all Samsung devices, be it a flagship device or a mid-range device.
This article is about the Samsung Galaxy Labs feature hidden in the Gallery option. It is comparable to the developer mode hidden menu that we enable when unlocking a Samsung device’s bootloader. It is also similar to the Google Chrome browser’s Chrome flags feature experimental page.
So here is the step-by-step guide to enable the Samsung Galaxy Labs features:-
- Open the Gallery app on your Device.
- Tap on the Hamburger Menu at the bottom next to the stories option.
- A new menu will open.
- Tap on settings from this new menu.
- Then scroll down and look for and then tap on About Gallery at the bottom.
- On the top section, under the gallery, there is a written version number.
Enable Galaxy Labs
- Start tapping on the version number about seven to ten times.
- As you continue tapping that version number, you will see the toast menu at the bottom. It is similar to when we enabled developers mode in the About phone menu.
- So once that happens, Tap the back button to go back to the gallery settings again.
- This time, you will find the new Galaxy Labs option at the bottom when looking in the gallery settings.
- Tap on the Galaxy Labs option to find options/features.
Customize Galaxy Labs Features
This will give us several different features from which to choose. These features will be enabled mainly with toggles, but other options exist.
Some of these options are categorized within a specific version of One UI. This means that if you are running One UI version 3.0 or newer, you can use the option under the One UI 3.0 category. You can customize and configure all those options under One UI 3.0.
Similarly, if you are running One UI version 2.5 or higher, you can configure or customize the option under the category One UI 2.5.
If you enable the option “Show trash storage info” under the One UI 2.1 category. Then, the file size will be shown whenever you want to delete something from the gallery. If you turn off this option as before, you won’t be able to see the size of the file you are deleting.
Similarly, all other options have some features that can be turned on or off by just tapping on the toggle.
Conclusion
This is a step-by-step guide to accessing the hidden Samsung Galaxy Gallery Labs feature on modern Samsung smartphones and tablets.
Experiencing difficulties with your Device, check out our “How To” page on how to resolve some of these issues.
