Galaxy S5 Manual User Guide

Still waitting for new! on the Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy S5 using Android operating system. Its TouchWiz “Nature UX” graphical user interface (GUI) which is influenced by the “organic” customer trend is more interactive than Samsung’s previous GUIs, with the notable addition of the “Water Lux” effect, which produces ripples upon contact. To complement the TouchWiz interface, and as a response to Apple’s Siri, the phone introduces S Voice, Samsung’s intelligent personal assistant. S Voice can recognize eight languages including English, Korean and French. Based on Vlingo, S Voice enables the user to verbally control 20 functions such as playing a song, setting the alarm, or activating driving mode; it relies on Wolfram Alpha for online searches.

Samsung-Galaxy S5 concept smartphone

The Galaxy S5 Concept.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with Android version 4.0.4, officially named “Ice Cream Sandwich”. Ice Cream Sandwich has a refined user interface, expanded camera capabilities, security features and connectivity. In mid-June 2012, Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” unveiled, which employs a voice-assistant similar to S Voice, and incorporates other software changes. Samsung accommodated Jelly Bean in the S5 by making last-minute hardware changes to the phone in some markets. Jelly Bean updates began rolling out to S5′s in selected European countries, and to the T-Mobile in the United States in November. On October 17, Samsung announced, that US Samsung Galaxy S5 will be updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The Galaxy S5 is also compatible with CyanogenMod 10, a custom firmware that implements the characteristics of Jelly Bean. The current version of the Samsung S5 has a compatibility issue with Microsoft Office365 ActiveSync. Here is Samsung Galaxy S5 manual user guide.