{"id":466354,"date":"2026-02-08T11:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466354\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T11:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:45:13","slug":"samsungs-one-ui-8-5-makes-home-up-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466354\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung’s One UI 8.5 makes Home Up better than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

Hadlee Simons \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

When Samsung releases new versions of One UI, it usually breaks some of the Good Lock<\/a> modules I use every day. The One UI 8.5 beta<\/a> is no exception \u2014 several Good Lock modules have been incompatible since the beta started, including Home Up<\/a>. Home Up is a module that lets you tweak everything from your home screen icons to the overview menu. Samsung recently updated Home Up, and it does more than make it compatible with the latest version of One UI \u2014 it adds new features that have made my favorite Good Lock module better than ever.<\/p>\n

Do you use Home Up?<\/p>\n

27 votes<\/p>\n

Yes<\/p>\n

59%<\/p>\n

No<\/p>\n

26%<\/p>\n

I don’t have a Samsung phone<\/p>\n

15%<\/p>\n

Widget resize\n<\/p>\n

\"OneWidget resize \"OneWidget resize off\"OneWidget resize on<\/p>\n

Home Up has been able to resize app icons for a long time now, and this update extends the same functionality to widgets. On all of my Samsung devices, I set the screen zoom to the smallest size because I find a lot of the UI elements in One UI to be too big. An unfortunate side-effect of this is that a lot of widgets, Google\u2019s search bar included, don\u2019t scale correctly and look tiny, as you can see in the second image above.<\/p>\n

The new version of Home Up has a \u201cWidget setting\u201d menu that lets you increase the scaling of widgets in the home screen, which has resolved the issue I have with the search bar, as seen in the third photo. You can also remove the blur effect from Samsung\u2019s first-party widgets from this menu, which is a nice touch if you don\u2019t like how that looks.<\/p>\n

Direct Share exclusions\n<\/p>\n

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Direct Share is a part of the share menu in One UI. It suggests contacts from across your apps that you frequently share things with, and it intelligently remembers what types of files are often shared with which contact. That\u2019s the idea, anyway. In practice, I find that it seldom suggests the right person, and I totally ignore it. For a long time, Home Up has let you pick favorite Direct Share targets, letting you pin the chats you use most for quick access. The Home Up update takes this further by adding an exclusion list. As the name suggests, this means you can block individual chats and share targets from ever appearing.<\/p>\n

Edge Panel tweaks\n<\/p>\n

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I love the Edge Panel. It\u2019s been my multitasking secret weapon<\/a> for years now, and Home Up has offered some neat options for Edge Panel ever since One UI 7. The latest update adds some quality-of-life options that rectify some of the annoyances I\u2019ve always had with the feature. Apps, shortcuts, and contacts have always been separate panels, making it a bit of a faff to set up and navigate. In fact, I\u2019ve always left the shortcuts and contacts panels switched off because of the extra effort involved. Home Up has added an \u201cIntegrated Panel\u201d toggle, which combines the three categories into one Edge Panel. When you turn it on, it\u2019ll start as a blank slate, but there\u2019s a button that syncs over your existing apps panel. I\u2019m already finding this useful, adding direct shortcuts to add a new task in Tick Tick and the Telegram chat I have with my wife.<\/p>\n

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Zac Kew-Denniss \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

Edge Panel touch width<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s a new option to adjust the width of the touch area for the Edge Panel. You\u2019ve always been able to do this in the Edge Panel settings, but changing the width would make the handle itself wider, which would often cover content on the screen. This option in Home Up alters how big the touch area is without changing the handle you see. This way, you can have the handle on the smallest setting to make reading content on screen easier, while having the touch area big enough that it\u2019s easier to reach. This is especially useful if you\u2019re using a case that adds a lip around the screen. Bezels are so small these days that cases like that can make swiping from the very edge of the display.<\/p>\n

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One UI 8.5 is already one of my favorite versions of Samsung\u2019s Android skin, and the updated Good Lock modules are only making me love it even more. What about you? Are you looking forward to trying out the new features from One UI 8.5 and Good Lock? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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