Three Samsung Keyboard toolbar options have disappeared in One UI 8.5, with keyboard resizing no longer available as a one-tap shortcut.
Resizing still works, but users now have to open Samsung Keyboard settings and follow extra menu steps to reach the same adjustment screen.
Text extraction was also removed from the keyboard toolbar, with Samsung directing users to the Camera app’s built-in Scan text feature instead.
The changes fit Samsung’s broader push to cut redundant paths and simplify navigation as One UI 8.5 expands to more Galaxy phones in additional markets.
One UI 8.5 remains a refinement update, while Samsung has already begun testing One UI 9 on the Galaxy S26 based on Android 17.
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