- Support for the Galaxy Gear
- Driving mode
- New Samsung Keyboard
- Support for TRIM
- Certain user interface elements were made similar to the ones on the Galaxy S4
- Updated GPU drivers
- New Screen modes (From S4): Adapt Display and Professional Photo
- Daydream
- Support for KNOX is now available
- New Lockscreen: Multiple Widgets, a better ripple effect than the one on the Android 4.1.2, plus the possibility of modifying clock size and setting message
- Actionable notifications Move-to-SD-card feature
- The Notification Centre has now been improved and certain options were added to it in order to improve its usefulness
- The user interface of the Settings tab was modified completely, it is now tabbed and it is similar to the one you can find on the Samsung Galaxy S4
- The Camera has been changed as well and two new modes have been added to it: Sound and Shot modes.
- Implementation of Voice controls which grants you control over certain features of your phone. This is something that was adapted to the Galaxy S2 from the Samsung Galaxy S4
- New Samsung Apps: Calculator, Clock, Contacts, Gallery, Music
- Full screen Samsung apps
- New S-Voice. This S-Voice was adapted to the Samsung Galaxy S2 from the Galaxy S4
What's my model number?
There are several ways to locate your model number:
- Option 1
- On your device, go to Settings, then "About device" and scroll down to "Model number"
- Option 2
- Often times you can view the model number inside the device, by removing the battery
- Option 3
- Using Samsung's model/serial number location tool