Secure your Samsung phone better with OneUI 8’s advanced protection mode from Android 16

Keeping your phone secure can sometimes feel like a lot of work. With all the settings to turn on and warnings to read, it is easy to skip important steps. But now, Samsung wants to change that with a new feature in the OneUI 8 update.

The new feature is called Advanced Protection. It is part of Android 16 and is designed to bundle several key security settings into one easy switch. Instead of hunting for each option separately, you just tap once, and a whole set of protections is turned on for you.