MASSIVE Galaxy S24 Ultra Update! (Everyone Missed This!) 

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It's worth to note that S24 Ultra has the most advanced Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SOC, but Samsung's software limitation is holding back audio capabilities of the new CPU. No aptX Adaptive support? Seriously? They offer older codecs, even their own SSC, but not the latest tech. Let's demand Samsung unlock our phones potential! #aptXAdaptive #SamsungCommunity Samsung I started this topic on the community page a few days ago and it is getting lots of attention through Samsung Members. Let's make Samsung do something about it, showing that we care about our audio experience on our new flagship Smartphones!! We want to spread the awareness of this problem. Lack of APTx HD / older specs of APTx Adaptive or even LHDC for Lossless Audio that phone supports via FLAC is a problem that Samsung have been skipping since S23 Ultra release ignoring audio enthusiast.

Hey man, great video, but im a bit confused with one thing. The vividness slider has already been implemented with the last update a few weeks ago. Is all the other information new or does it also refer to the last update?

Love this thankyou. Have you done a full on tutorial for the cameras would love to see it if you have.❤

Many thanks for the update! Is the software different in the UK? That last bit where you go settings>display>screen mode.....I don't have any button for 'advanced settings'?

Great testing and information, very detailed. However you didnt mention what the firmware update version is or what model phone you have? Im from Canada my device may differ from yours.

As long as they don't completely remove shutter lag (and motion blur because of it, causing low quality and unusable pictures of moving subjects), we can't really call this "updates". Just minor tweaking that average user won't even notice. Samsungs camera software needs a LOT of changes, the same problems happen each and every year and they don't seem to care about it. Competition solved it a long time ago

I love s23u zoom capability. I owned s24u though. What I love about this phone is the 7 years update, anti reflective screen, also the camera (even though I prefer s23u a bit)

They need to add the ability to completely turn off Intelligent Optimization..

Was the update today ?

Another great video! Samsung should be paying you marketer AND QA Tester salary!

I really love my Samsung Galaxy S24 ultra 👌🏻 I pre-ordered it & wanted to have a case for it when I got my phone, There wasn't many options I liked in early January (2024). So, I'm still tryin to figure out what next phone case I wanna have. I miss my old phone case tho cuz I used epoxy to make sure my popsocket was secured to my phone case. It's been awkward not having a PopSocket. The case I have now has some cheap ring type that doesn't do to much. But, I put a wrist lanyard attached to this case for now until I figure out what case I want next. I haven't seen an OtterBox/PopSocket case for the Samsung Galaxy S24 ultra yet.

This was quite helpful, Eric! I think you should definitely consider making more vids like this one in regards to smaller updates and improvements like these, specially because it's been quite common for Samsung to release such improvements and even add new small features along with security patches.

Well done comparison! Thanks man!

Thanks for taking the time to compare! Also loved seeing that Dbrand case; I ordered one for my S24 Ultra and can't wait for it to arrive.

Thanks for your time picking these small details

What's the version of the update?

Hey when is this update? Is this the last update including the vivid?? Or is it a newer one today?

thank you for making these comparisons!!

Thanks for the detailed review

Great work! Love this type of work not just regurgitating a spec sheet as many youtubers do! Koodos!

Fantastic analysis. Your timing is excellent. I just received notification of the update ready for download. Thank you for your excellent video. 👍🏼

Are these updates available for the S24+?

I wish it took clearer photos like the pixel. Maybe in time

Great update! Thank you so much for putting this together. I wonder if you or anyone else is experiencing battery issues after the last update. My phone seems to lose battery quicker than before the update. My average battery duration went from 1d 19h to 23h 35m which is a significant difference considering my usage hasn't changed much.

Ive had the S24U from launch, and im very happy with it overall, with a few caveats. Coming from the S21U, yes the anything past 30x isnt quite as good (which is where I'd say usuable quality stops on both), but i can still use it as a little pocket telescope to read far away signs and such. Weirdly, i find the results better with medium processing with scene optimiser off to stop the AI trying to smooth it. That goes the same for all photos actually, as i prefer the more natural resuts. But yeah, I thought I was going to hate the 5x instead inplace of the 10x, but filling in that massive gap between 3 and 10x was a good call I'd say. What id like samsung to do next is add a 20x periscope to really set them apart from competitors 😂

This video is amazing and that close-up of your face! Wow, not happening with me that close 😂! Can not wait for mine too update . Thank you

I was waiting for this, thank you !

my phone does not have the same screen mode as you show. I checked for updates and it said I have the most recent, which happens to be from March 1st. Another poster says the same thing.

What's the version number of the update?

We didn't get the s24 ultra camera update in Europe Italy

Great and detailed comparison between both software, thank you :)

please do the april camera update that just dropped next

Thank you for your thorough review. I am on the fence withthe S24 ultra because of the camera issues, especially moving objects (I have an uncooperative daughter who does not cooperate with me taking pics). It has been challenging finding a thorough review of the camera.

Im pretty sure its not gonna happen, but i hope us S23U owners can also get some of these improvements. Auto mode in main cam app gives unsatisfying results in my case. Colors are off and there is way too much noise reduction going in some cases. Expert raw gives much better results for some reason, and i got to learn basic photo editing skills.

Wow! Awesome video! Lots to learn!!

Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication if I could run a RU-vid channel I would do the same unfortunately I only do the same for myself so I should start hahaha but honestly thank you so much for people like myself it's greatly appreciated I think my only real question is if we could only go to Samsung and find out their goals or the department that's working on the camera software for the camera lenses or whatever and find out what's their goal because maybe they're hitting that unless they're trying to be like another smartphone then we can at least measure it based off of their goals rather than just what we see that would help a lot or maybe they did research and said nobody cares about something so that's why they lessened there and put it somewhere else who knows but thank you so much this is exactly what people like us need just to know and be in the know

Just wanted to say thanks for doing this video.

You are by far my favorite tech reviewer. You're extremely thorough and I truly appreciate what you do. I discovered your channel after getting the S 22 ultra 2 years ago, and you have been my go to tech reviewer since. Thank you

I'm glad because in a darker room with lighter areas, you only see the lighter areas dark areas look black. On my S22 (regular old S22) it captures the light AND dark areas perfectly. I hope this update fixes this because I take a LOT of low light photos! I'm already bummed I have to deal with the well known S24 Ultra screen grain issue.

Damned, I really love the case on the s23 ultra, does it exists for the s24 ultra?

Thanks for putting in all the work. You earned a sub. Putting in all the work ads a lot of value that a lot of lazy channels. Don’t add so keep up the good work.

We definitely appreciate your effort! Thank you

Great job & info!

The vividness is the best thing ever, genuinely the phone felt so dull until the update. I'm so used to having a bright, vivid phone, when they reverted that at the start I was so annoyed because everything felt cold and dull and boring. When the update went through and I changed my settings, joy rushed in me! Not exaggerating, I was so excited and happy, more so than when I got the phone. Colour really does make a big difference!

Which camera app version is this? Version 14.1.00.69 ?

I didn't get any updates like that yet. When do they come out?

I do appreciate your time. Is a good video to stay updated

Thank you for the update

Did the fix the always on display? i heard you can barely see in the dark

Great video, thanks for the info

Appreciate all the hard work , thank you 👍

When is this update released? I'm in the UK and cannot see an update

Really appreciate such in depth comparisons!

thanks for the review!

Thanks for sharing. Great info.

Absolutely better trade off. 100x you are only going to use once or twice in whole phone-span. But better quality in every pic is soo much better!

Anyone has a problem with video slow motion post recording? For some reason its a hit or miss thing, cant add slow mo in every video

Thanks a lot for your informative video. I will buy S24 ultra very soon. I was a tad confused between Vivo X 100 pro and Samsung S 24 ultra but after watching your video my decision is clear.

Thank you for your hard work on this Video

📌 Can you please do a video comparing the display of the Samsung vs one of the iPhone. • What's the actual brightness difference between the two, esp in real world scenarios • How does Netflix look viewed through iPhone vs on the Samsung display? • Does Samsung's HDR10+ kick in when viewing content on Disney+ ?

Tnx for a very nice and informative video -really appriciated it! 👋🙂

I bought my phone a few weeks ago and it apparently has this update? It has the vividness slider in display settings.

Thanks very much for the ultra detailed update breakdown. Very insightful and informative!

Well done. This was very informative. ThX. 👍👌✌🙏💪😊

Very detailed video, dude ❤

Hey, please address Grainy display issue.

I didn't miss it, the 100x zoom got better when you try zooming the moon, Found out about it while me and my wife were trying to do the zoom, mine was updated and hers wasn't.

The footage you showed of the side by side. Testing the zoom smoothness. I saw a notably clear difference between the 2 footages. You were showing simultaneously on my screen.

Everything was so well explained and helpful for me. I've learned a couple more things about my S24 Ultra. Thanks for putting so much effort and work into this video. 👍👍👍

Can I ask what the case is on the S23 Ultra, the one where you can see the internals?

Superb job delivered, 5 stars worth bro! Salute from Italy

If they can have such significant improvement through an update, they can also downgrade the performance years later - just saying...

Does anyone know what software compared between old and new? I didn't get information about them. I have S928BXXS1AXBN baseband version.

Still to much issues with this device: Stock camera app: - unsupported resolutions can be selected on all cameras - yet if you select 50MP on the cameras that support it, access to the cameras that can't is restricted, regardless that you can also select 50MP when you are there - object tracking AF is missing when using resolutions higher than 12MP - there is no raw photo support, the dng files created have no highlight and shadow recovery potential when compared against the jpgs - if you disable "adaptive pixel" you can't take 50MP 5x shots in Auto Mode anymore ExpertRAW: - 24MP not working on the 5x camera - probably same dng issues as ProMode

Great catch to details

We truly appreciate all your videos.

Thanks for the hard work man ❤🎉

Good one ..subscribed 👍 😊

I really appreciate all the technical details you review on these phones...it takes a great deal amount of dedication and time so we really appreciate that.

I'm getting the yellow one tomorrow

How big can you print your photos with the S24 Ultra?

I really appreciate the diligence and effort you put into these videos. Thank you!

love how there's just casually YouVersion on your homescreen

Thanks

I honestly hate the new 5x lens compared to even the old one on my 22 ultra, it replaces the real detail i used to get with an AI guess of what it looks like. I used to love to take pictures of the moon and stars and planets, but because the lens is worse, i only get half the clarity i used to, i cant even get jupiter's moons anymore, because its only zooming in 5x not 10x. That made me feel like galeleo, and now i feel like samsung promised me the galaxy with this last model, and failed to deliver an accurate picture of it.

Stunning work. I am amazed. Subscribed right away. God, why aren't you popular?

How to update

Also with the update the battery doesn't last as long 😢

I appreciate your honesty. God bless you and your family.

Nicely done thank you

The vivid option just makes the phone 100 times more alive

Better than the iPhone 15 pro max camera now or would you say equally good?

Great insight!

After update the software of vivid option.. My s24 ultra has fast charging problem... Now it is slow charging from 0 to 100%

It would have been smarter to get rid of the 3x and keep the 10x with the 5x. The 200mp maim sensor is sharp enough to do digital zoom up to 5x anyway

2 versions of the s24u. So that means exynos and sd version? Because the sd version actually have better camera hardware and software handling.

100x zoom is a bit of a gimmick. Never used it on my old S21 Ultra. Having a better 10x image is wasy more useful (to me) as I use that regularly.

How about Gaming ? Battery,Speed ?

They still need to fix it randomly opening up something else other than what I have opened or done. Like sometimes when I open an app, instead it opens up News instead or the app drawer. What about a louder, better speaker with impressive sound or an not copying Apple and releasing the next S series with few upgrades that's basically it's prior release. Give us Samsung fans more of a reason to upgrade versus skipping an upgrade because it's just not worth it until the following phone. I love the look of my S24 Uktra but it really isn't much better than the S23 Ultra I skipped for this version. Don't take away what we love or skip on a REAL camera upgrade. This isn't something samsung will see but maybe you can make a video so that Samsung will see it and maybe 10x up Apple more than we already are. Apple fans need to drop Appple and come to the best phone but there are a few things Samsung still doesn't do and that's making an Ultra phone. It should be S24 Max because this is the max they are going to do versus maxing an Ultra phone. I just want to encourage Samsung to do way better because I know they can or maybe they are just out of ideas but either way we need Samsung to be the most sold phone 😊