The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra has recently received the One UI 6.1.1 update, but it turns out this software has a major camera zoom bug.

As reiterated by Tarun Vats on X, the Galaxy S23 Ultra's camera is suffering because of the One UI 6.1.1 update. According to their findings, photos are experiencing blurry photos and strange ghost shadows. This occurrence doesn't always happen, as it was noted that users are encountering this with the 16x and 19.9x zooms.

Galaxy S23 users, beware! The new One UI 6.1 update (CXH7) is causing blurry photos with ghost shadows when zooming between 16x and 19.9x. Temporary fix: Lower your Intelligent optimization settings to Medium or Minimum. Repost #GalaxyS23Ultra #Samsung #OneUI6 pic.twitter.com/UDr4VfW4i3

Samsung has announced special offers on a bunch of its flagship Galaxy smartphones ahead of India’s festive season. The deals and discounts see the South Korean major offering devices like the S23 Ultra and S23 FE at up to whopping Rs 40,000 off.

Samsung released the One UI 6.1.1 update for the Galaxy S23 in the second week of September with new Galaxy AI features. Users soon reported a bug on the Galaxy S23 Ultra causing ghosting in pictures at zoom levels 16x-19.9x.

As the world is about to welcome Samsung S25 device, the company’s old models like S23 Ultra are still in market, with huge demand.

One UI 6.1.1 only finally started rolling out to waves of users in the US recently, however, Samsung has paused upgrades for the Galaxy S23 Ultra as the new update is causing issues with the camera.