Smartphone manufacturers have been paying more attention to the lock screen lately, seeing it as more than just a place to check notifications or the time. The lock screen is becoming more personal, useful, and visually appealing with richer widgets and personalized wallpapers. Upcoming update One UI Samsung’s 8.5 will likely continue this trend with new AI-powered weather effects that are apparently inspired by a similar feature on phones. Pixel.
Web Galaxy Club in the latest betagreen superstructures One UI 8.5 has discovered the feature of dynamic weather animations on the lock screen. These animations will supposedly reflect real-world conditions, such as rain or snow, on the lock screen wallpaper.
Users will be able to run this feature in Settings → Background and Style and selecting an option Lock screen. A new option will appear here Weather and when you tap it, the phone generates animated weather effects using artificial intelligence. The system analyzes the wallpaper so that effects such as rain or snow realistically move behind visible objects or people.
This idea isn’t entirely new to Samsung. It’s similar to the Photo Ambient option Wallpaper, which he had previously experimented with as part of the Labs offering. However, it seems that with One UI 8.5 improves on this concept and prepares it for a wider release as a full-fledged lock screen feature.
It is expected that the superstructure One UI 8.5 will debut in flagship phones Galaxy S26, which Samsung should introduce at the end of February. It should start making it available to older devices not long after that Galaxy, starting with a row Galaxy S25.
