Samsung’s One UI 8 makes screenshots better with HDR

Samsung’s One UI 8, built on Android 16, is bringing a cool new feature: HDR screenshots. This upgrade lets users capture images with brighter colors and sharper contrast, perfect for sharing high-quality visuals. The feature was spotted in the internal beta build ZYF7 and tested on a Galaxy S25 Ultra. It successfully kept the vivid details of an HDR photo from social media, showing its potential to improve screenshot quality.

Right now, HDR screenshots are only in the closed beta and not in the public One UI 8 Beta 2 (ZYF3). Samsung might add it to the next beta or the final release, expected around July 2025. Android 16 saves these screenshots as PNG files with gain maps, so they look great on compatible devices but still work as regular images on others.

The stable One UI 8 update will first arrive on Samsung’s new foldable phones, likely the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7, in early July 2025. Galaxy S25 users will get it soon after, followed by devices like the S24 and Z Fold6. The beta program, already live for the S25 series, recently expanded to India and Poland. Older devices like the Galaxy S21 might not get the update due to Samsung’s support limits. Check your device’s update status in Settings to stay updated.