Although it's still very early, Samsung's Galaxy S23 series is already dominating a lot of lists, becoming the current favorites to becoming the best Android smartphones of 2023. While they are all wonderful handsets, they aren't perfect, and it looks like Samsung is already bringing improvements to the line, with a new update that puts a lot of focus on bringing enhancements to the cameras.

Samsung has released the full details of the update through its forums, with the update coming in as firmware version S91xNKSU1AWC8, and quite a large file size at 922.88MB. While this major update has been released to Samsung Galaxy S23 series users, here's the bit of bad news, because currently, it's only available to those in South Korea. While this should roll out to other regions in the future, Samsung has not stated when, but SamMobile is speculating that it will arrive next month.

As far as what kinds of changes you'll find in the latest update, there are a ton, with most of them, focusing on improving the camera. Samsung's finally removed a restriction that wouldn't allow you to take a picture if autofocus wasn't locked into the subject. Not only did this lead to a slight delay when pressing the shutter, it also didn't allow users to capture the moment how they wanted. That issue has now been fixed, with users being able to freely take photos how they want, regardless if subjects are in focus. Of course, if you want to keep the previous setting so that autofocus has to engage prior to taking a photo, you will still have that option.

Samsung is also bringing some more sharpening to its camera software, and while you might be groaning under your breath, this tweak could be useful in different scenarios. In addition, a new warning message will now pop up when there isn't enough adequate light when shooting photos. There's also been some improvements made to the algorithm that prevents banding in the sky when taking photos in lighting that isn't the best. Furthermore, you can expect improved image stabilization when shooting 1080p 60 frames per second video.

The new update also addresses an issue where a green line would show up on the left side of the display when using the camera. This is just a few things Samsung has fixed with this latest update. If you want to check out the full notes, you can see them below through machine translation.

  • Samsung Galaxy S23
    Samsung Galaxy S23

    The regular Galaxy S23 is a great option if you're in the market for a smaller smartphone thanks to its 6.1-inch display. But despite the size, it's not lacking any features that the larger S23+ has. It has a 120Hz AMOLED display, a 50MP camera, and more.

  • Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
    Samsung Galaxy S23+

    The Samsung Galaxy S23+ is slightly bigger than the regular model. That means the screen is bigger, and the battery is bigger, too. It also comes with the same 50MP camera sensor as the S23 and in the same four colors.

  • Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in green with transparent background showing front and back of the phone with S Pen stylus
    Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

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