Samsung once again demonstrates attention to the well -being of its users also on the software side; After the numerous news in the health and monitoring of health data, including the imminent virtual assistant Samsung Health Assistant, the company, within the One UI 8.5would be working on an unprecedented function designed for protect those suffering from photosensitive epilepsy.
Analyzing the code of the new version of the Samsung interface, currently in the test phase, a function capable of detect flashing lights in the videos And automatically mitigate the brightness of the screen to reduce the risk of epileptic crises.
A measure that could prove crucial to many users, and which testifies to the growing attention to digital accessibility by the giant.
Index:
- One UI 8.5 will automatically detect stroboscopic effects or intermittent lights in the videos
- Where and how will this protection work?
- When will one UI 8.5 arrive?
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One UI 8.5 will automatically detect stroboscopic effects or intermittent lights in the videos
The function in question was discovered through an analysis of the APK code of the last one UI 8.5 test build by colleagues from Android Authority.
The system has been identified thanks to a series of text strings that appear in the interface code, and that recite:
- “Reduce Flashing Lights“
- “Dimming Intensity“
- “When Watching Video Content, Any Part That Includes a Repeated Strobe Effect Excending a Certain Level Will Be Dimmed.“
In essence, One UI 8.5 will automatically detect the presence of stroboscopic effects or intermittent lights in video content and apply a decrease in the brightness of the screen In those specific portions.
The goal of this novelty is to lower the visual impact of repetitive flash and keep the level of visual stimulation below the risk threshold for thephotosensitive epilepsy (PSE).
From the emerged strings, it seems that Samsung will allow you to regulate the intensity of the darkness Automatic on three levels: low, medium and high.
An important detail because not all people with PSE are sensitive in the same way, and offering personalized regulation can make the function more effective and versatile.
On the contrary, there are no options to regulate the lighting lighting threshold.
Put simply, the system will establish in a fixed way when a content is considered potentially dangerous.
An understandable choice, probably motivated by the desire to prevent not very aware users from deactivating a potentially life -saving safety function.
Where and how will this protection work?
One of the most interesting (and still unclear) aspects concerns the scope of the new function.
In the official description contained in the code we read that the reduction of the brightness “works only on the display of this device”, suggesting that It will not be active during myrroring on external screens (eg Smart TV, monitor, projectors), could be limited to certain models, perhaps due to specific hardware requirements such as the detection of content in real time or specific sensors and, finally, which may not be compatible with all app developers that reproduce video content.
Another point to be clarified concerns the area of ​​use as, as the AA portal also points out, for now Samsung speaks only of video content, without explicitly mentioning i video games.
A heavy absence since it is precisely in games, in fact, it is frequent to find rapid and on light effects, and it is precisely in most videogame titles that at the time of the initial titles appear precisely security notices related to the possible photosensitive epilepsy.
Samsung, with this function, is proposed as one of the first companies to integrate a careful system to PSE at the operating system level, without relying on external tools or manual notifications.
When will one UI 8.5 arrive?
At the moment one UI 8.5 is still in the internal test phase and there is no official release date. The first versions could arrive together with the future updates of the Galaxy S25 series or the debut of the Galaxy S26 series, scheduled for the first months of 2026; But everything makes hope in the first hypothesis given the appearance of the first one UI 8.5 firmware for Galaxy S25 Ultra.
What will be interesting to understand is if the function will be backward with previous models Even if the hypothesis that it may be an exclusive feature for the most recent devices (Galaxy S25 Ultra and subsequent), but everything depends on any hardware addictions.
