Overview
- Android Authority's One UI 8.5 teardown surfaced dormant Camera Assistant toggles for a video softening effect and adjustable autofocus behavior.
- The video softening feature appears to mirror the existing photo setting with off, medium, and high intensity choices.
- Autofocus controls referenced in the code include speed, sensitivity, shift sensitivity for subject changes, and transition speed for refocus movement.
- The new settings do not appear in the public One UI 8.5 Beta 2 on Galaxy S25 devices.
- Coverage frames the additions as likely candidates for the Galaxy S26 Ultra alongside other pro-leaning software tools, though timing and availability remain unannounced.