With the new update to One UI 6.1, Samsung has decided to reintroduce burn-in protection.

 In recent days, Samsung has released the update for its custom user interface, One UI 6.1, which has brought several innovations to the devices of the Korean company.

The update is extremely important because it brings the integration of Galaxy AI, Samsung's new artificial intelligence, to some models such as the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy Z Fold5, and Galaxy Tab S9, both the Wi-Fi and 5G versions.

Galaxy AI brings various incredible features to the devices that could prove extremely useful for users. Some examples include Chat Assist to translate messages into 13 different languages, Transcript Assist to transcribe audio, Live Translate to translate conversations directly during phone calls, and the Circle and Search function that allows you to draw a circle around an image to search for it on the internet.

But the innovations of One UI 6.1 do not end here and do not only concern artificial intelligence, even though it is the main element of the new update.

In fact, the new version of the interface reintroduces a function lost with the previous update: burn-in protection. What is burn-in protection reintroduced with One UI 6.1?

Let's start by explaining what this so-called burn-in is. It is a phenomenon that tends to occur on some particular types of displays, such as OLEDs, and is caused by the repetitiveness on the screen of some images, icons, and logos that are also displayed for long periods, such as the time or Wi-Fi activation.

The problem with these elements is that they leave a kind of imprint, creating a very annoying effect to see. To combat this phenomenon, burn-in protection is used, allowing these icons to rotate slightly, thus preventing them from remaining fixed for too long in the same spot.

This function had been eliminated with the One UI 6.0 version of the past months, but Samsung has decided to reintroduce it with the update of these days.