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Updated · Android Authority · Jul 24
Samsung Firmware Reveals 5-Level Per-App Screen Zoom for One UI 9
Updated
Updated · Android Authority · Jul 24

Samsung Firmware Reveals 5-Level Per-App Screen Zoom for One UI 9

1 articles · Updated · Android Authority · Jul 24

Summary

  • Samsung firmware on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra shows a new “App screen zoom” setting that would let users assign separate zoom levels to individual apps.
  • Text strings list five options—Smallest, Small, Medium, Large and Largest—and say apps running in the background may restart when a per-app zoom setting is changed.
  • The code also says system-wide screen zoom changes would not affect apps customized in that menu, addressing Android’s current all-apps-at-once zoom behavior.
  • The feature is not yet visible in display settings on the non-retail Fold 8 Ultra firmware, leaving its launch timing uncertain ahead of the new foldables reaching shoppers next month.

Insights

Could Samsung's hidden per-app zoom feature fundamentally break how we experience poorly optimized Android apps on foldables?
How will developers prevent their carefully designed layouts from shattering when users force custom zoom levels on every app?