When it comes to Android tablets, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7 is arguably one of the best experiences you can get. Just a month ago, the Korean OEM launched the last iteration of its customized Android skin for the flagship tablet in the form of One UI 3.1, which brought a lot of new productivity features. Well, it looks like Samsung has more to offer the Galaxy Tab S7 community, as the company is now gearing up to launch another major software update to further enhance the S Pen experience.
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One of the biggest new features in the next update is the expansion of S Pen’s handwriting feature to more text boxes that are otherwise limited to the on-screen keyboard. For example, Galaxy Tab S7 owners should be able to use the S Pen to write by hand in the address boxes once the new build is installed. The underlying algorithm will also allow you to scan punctuation marks. There is also a practical gesture mechanism, for example, drawing a ‘v’ between words will leave a space, while ‘⌒’ will connect separate words.
To use the ‘Pen to Text’ functionality, users must first enable it by going to Settings> Advanced Feature> S Pen> S Pen for Text, or to Settings> General management> Samsung keyboard settings> S Pen for text. What’s more interesting is that the same feature is coming to Samsung Notes, which should be useful for people who actively use the Galaxy Tab S7 to take notes.
Tablets are also gaining new camera features related to document scanning. Now you can tap the ‘Attach’ icon in the Samsung Notes app, choose the ‘Scan’ option and you’re done! The document is readily available for taking notes on it. It may not be as big a change as the S Pen feature for text, but Samsung has actually simplified the annotation process by building the feature directly in the Notes app.
The mentioned features will be implemented on Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7 + in late February. As soon as Samsung releases the update, we’ll let you know.
Source: Samsung Newsroom