Samsung unravel its S Pen features galaxy S22 ultra
Here are all the S Pen features and functions on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
The Samsung Galaxy S Ultra lineup officially succeeds the Galaxy Note lineup, meaning that the S Pen is here to stay. In fact, we can even hope to see Samsung’s foldables come with S Pen support and even an integrated S Pen if space allows for it. The Galaxy Note series has its fans who know all about the S Pen and its features. But an integrated S Pen is still new for the S series, and Samsung provides a fair few features that take advantage of the active stylus. Here are the features and functions of the S Pen on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.
Overview of the S Pen on the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
One of the big talking points for the S Pen specifically on the Galaxy S22 Ultra is that Samsung has reduced the latency down to 2.8ms, down by almost 70% from the previous 9ms latency on the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. This is the closest Samsung has come to simulating the pen on paper feeling with the S Pen. Samsung has even added artificial “scribbling” sounds that originate from the phone’s speakers (and that you can turn off), further adding to the pen-on-paper experience.
Smart Select
Smart Select is an extension of Screenshot functionality, supercharged with the presence of the S Pen. With Smart Select, you can screenshot a rectangular, circular, or freeform shape. This way, you go beyond the regular screenshots that Android provides. You can choose to just save and share the smaller screenshot that you just took, or do further actions such as removing the background from the image, adding drawing and text, or even inserting this subset-screenshot over another screenshot. Further, you can even create a GIF screen recording of a rectangular subset area.
Air Actions
Air Actions take advantage of the Bluetooth functions on the stylus as well as the other sensors to detect movement. With Air Actions, you can use the button on the S Pen for various tasks on single and double click, as well as for hold-down movements. You’re almost waving the S Pen like a wand for certain hold-clockwise actions.
Screen Write
If Smart Select felt too overwhelming to you, Screen Write is a simpler way to screenshot. You can take a screenshot of the screen, and then scribble on it to save and share further.
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Write on Calendar
Write on Calendar lets you…write on the Samsung Calendar app. This isn’t creating an entry within Samsung Calendar (and synced across to your other calendars). Instead, this is just a scribble that is displayed as a layer on top of the Calendar view within the Samsung Calendar app. The layer is mapped to the Month, but other than that, I could not notice it affecting the Calendar in any way. When you enter the Write on Calendar action, you enter the view that was open in Samsung Calendar — you can’t switch to any specific day or month view. So this feature is quite frankly, useless and rightfully not enabled within Air Commands by default.
Other S Pen Settings
S Pen gets its own submenu within Settings > Advanced Features. Within this, you get access to toggles and other parameters for a bunch of additional settings.
Of these, I recommend familiarizing yourself with Air Actions, taking some time out to configure your Air Command menu shortcuts, and turning off the S Pen system sound (or don’t, if you like the squiggly sounds that come from the speaker to give a more pen-on-paper feeling). The Air View features are neat too, but they work within Samsung apps only from what I have observed so far.
The S Pen on the Galaxy S22 Ultra is practically just the same as the S Pen on the last few Galaxy Note devices. With the stylus getting integrated within the body of the device, the Galaxy S22 Ultra is practically a Note now. Many people will be picking up the device for its overkill cameras, and likely be oblivious of what all can be done with the S Pen. We hope this article is helpful in letting you know all that you can do with S Pen.
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