It’s worth pointing out that Samsung does its best to link to other Galaxy
devices and Windows laptops, similar to how iPhones hook up to Macs. OneUI
3 lets you call and text from Galaxy tablets or speakers. On Windows laptops,
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screen or use an additional keyboard and mouse.
Samsung’s home screen design still won’t be mistaken for Google’s, with its own
colors, icons, and dialer. But OneUI 3.0 works hard to integrate all of Android
11’s features while keeping Samsung’s identity strong, and it doesn’t push
custom browsers or email apps on you when it knows Google’s apps are what
you really want. Besides, Samsung’s overall market success speaks to how
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YouTube video with full screen brightness over Wi-Fi, we managed 11 hours and
20 minutes; that’s on par with other leading large phones. Changing the screen
resolution and refresh rate doesn’t matter here, because the refresh rate adapts
to the content: If you’re showing a 60fps video, the refresh rate will not be
higher than 60fps, even if you have it set to 120fps. The Ultra showed about an
hour more playback time than the smaller S21.