One UI 7.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Personal Experience on My S22)

[Rone]

I just wanted to share my experience with the One UI 7.0 update on my S22, which I installed yesterday.

Things that are good:

• Swiping through running apps feels more intuitive and responsive now. In One UI 6, swiping often felt either unresponsive or too responsive.
• (Update May 24) The overview of running apps no longer darkens the last app you visited.

Things that are not so good:

• The battery percentage indicator is now less readable. It was perfectly fine in One UI 6. (I've commented on this here.)
  
• Applying colors to app icons doesn’t look good anymore, so I’ve turned that feature off. Now, the Settings icon (gear wheel) looks odd when your background is dark, because the icon’s background is also dark.
• Notification cards look too large, and the text inside is harder to read now. (Update May 24) I switched off the color palette entirely, and now everything looks fine again (in dark mode).
• Torch notification behavior is also worse now. Previously, when you turned on the torch, you could swipe open the notification and tap “Turn off.” The torch would go off, and the screen would turn off as well. Now, the notification window stays active, so you have to manually swipe it away, which is particularly annoying.
• The fingerprint icon is now grey, and to my eyes, it just feels off. I preferred the white version. I personally don’t understand the reason for this change.
• (Update May 24) The backgrounds for the Alarm and Calendar apps were changed, and I had to pick a new one for both. My wallpaper (the background for both the lock screen and home screen) is still the same, but I can’t find it anymore when I search for it. The one I’m using was a standard wallpaper.

I’ll update this post if I come across anything else worth mentioning.

Let me know what you think are the good and bad parts of this update.

[Rone]

Thanks, I really appreciate that. Admitting a mistake often shows strength; not everyone is willing to do that.👍

[TechnoSteve]

Hi Rone, due to not being to busy whilst in hospital I checked the messages and noticed this mistake on my behalf which once again I apologise for

"Oh and I'm having a go at you Rone" which was meant to say "oh and I'm not having a go at you Rone". I should always check stuff correctly, especially when typing from a phone

[TechnoSteve]

@NinaBee you should be able to right click and edit icon to change the colour and shape

[Rone]

Okay, thanks for the clarification! And take care over there! 🙏

[Kheldar]

when you get up to start work at 6:30am, have not yet had coffee and your phone does an update so you wait.  then you restart and sign in and are like wtf just happened.

my clock/time is gone...just gone.   the weather app is all changed and different....the icons are different looking and size ?

the battery indicator ? i assume it's battery indicator looks horrible.  what else have they screwed up /cry

i was always taught and told....if it ain't broke....

i didnt want ask or need any of this....can i go back to the previous version ?

[NinaBee]

I feel your pain. A month in and I still hate it. No going back unfortunately. It's like I have a whole new phone that I never wanted, yet I still owe hundreds of dollars on. Total BS.

[Rone]

Like NinaBee said, unfortunately, there's no official rollback. There are unofficial methods, but it's risky. I don't think it's worth it. Hope the new One UI that's coming will solve many issues we have.