Video filters have disappeared from Samsung's camera app in One UI 8.5 and the One UI 9 beta quietly, with no announcement from Samsung and no explanation of whether it's a bug or a deliberate cut. Android Central reported the issue this week after Reddit users flagged missing video filters on One UI 8.5, and said it confirmed the missing recording filters on a Galaxy S25 Ultra.
With One UI 8.5 continuing to reach older Galaxy devices and One UI 9 beta available for the Galaxy S26 series, the issue is likely to draw more scrutiny. Here's what changed, what still works, and what Samsung's recent camera decisions suggest about whether filters come back.
What changed: which recording modes lost filters after the One UI 8.5 update
Before the update, filters were available directly inside the camera app UI when shooting 1080p video, both at 30fps and 60fps. Before the update, users reported filters were available in FHD and UHD recording modes, including 30fps and 60fps. Now they're gone from every recording mode.
Photo mode is unaffected. Filters still appear when shooting stills, which makes this a targeted removal from video mode rather than a blanket wipe of the feature across the app.
The confirmed hardware is a Galaxy S26 Ultra on the One UI 9 beta, plus additional Samsung phones on One UI 8.5 stable per user reports. The scale of that absence matters when you consider how broadly Samsung had previously supported filters. Its One UI 7.0 camera documentation listed filter support across the Galaxy S22, S23, and S24 series, plus the Galaxy S23 FE, S24 FE, Z Fold 4/5/6/6 SE, and Z Flip 4/5/6. That's a wide hardware base, which makes the current absence more conspicuous than if filters had only ever worked on a handful of flagships.
That same One UI 7.0 documentation described the filter system as offering AI-generated custom filters alongside film-style analogues with fine-tuning controls for five core elements, per Samsung Members. This wasn't a niche mode tucked behind a settings menu. It was a featured capability, introduced with context and detail in Samsung's own release notes. Its disappearance without comment is the part that leaves users uncertain about what actually happened.
Whether the removal is intentional or a regression, Android Authority flags the ambiguity explicitly. Samsung has issued no public statement.
Samsung video filters workaround: what still works after One UI 8.5
Two workarounds have surfaced in user reports. Neither is a clean replacement, but understanding what each one costs you makes it easier to decide which is worth using.
The long-press method
Switch to photo mode, select a filter, then long-press the shutter button to begin recording with that filter active. Because the filter applies during capture rather than afterward, this is the closest substitute for the original in-camera experience. The filter is baked into the video as it's being recorded, not layered on after the fact.
The method comes from user-discovered workarounds documented by Android Authority and has not been formally verified by Samsung. Whether it fully preserves stabilization behavior, frame rate handling, or HDR processing under different shooting conditions is unknown. For users who primarily shoot casual clips in straightforward conditions, it will likely work fine. For anyone shooting with specific stabilization modes active, or who depends on consistent behavior across different frame rates, the unverified status is worth keeping in mind until more formal testing surfaces.
The practical limit here is that you're operating from photo mode, which was designed around still capture. The interface isn't built for extended video sessions, and long-pressing to initiate recording is a workaround, not a workflow. Usable, but not seamless.
Gallery-based post-capture filtering
Filters remain accessible inside Samsung Gallery's editing tools, so nothing prevents applying them after recording. The significant catch: doing so reportedly compresses the video file, per user reports cited by Android Authority.
For social media clips where a quick color grade matters more than preserving every bit of the original file, that trade-off is probably acceptable. For anything you plan to bring into a proper edit, archive at full quality, or share with someone who's going to do further processing, it's a meaningful cost. Compression introduced at the edit stage can't be undone, and if the clip has already been recorded at 1080p, you're starting from a compressed version of a compressed file before you've touched color correction or audio.
The Gallery route also changes how you think about your footage. Real-time filters give you visual confirmation while you're framing and recording; post-capture filtering means reviewing and re-editing after the fact. For users who relied on filters to preview and lock in a look before pressing record, the Gallery method is a fundamentally different experience, not just a different button to press.
What to do right now
Use the long-press photo mode method if you need a filter applied during recording and the footage doesn't depend on verified stabilization or HDR behavior. Use Gallery-based filtering only for clips where the compression hit won't matter. If video filters are part of your regular shooting workflow, file a report through the Samsung Members app. Android Authority notes that if the removal is a bug, user reports push Samsung toward a fix; if it's intentional, sufficient feedback may factor into whether the company reconsiders.
What Samsung's recent history suggests about a fix
This update cycle already has a directly relevant precedent. During the One UI 8.5 beta, Samsung removed both Single Take and Dual Recording. Both features returned after the stable release, made accessible through the Camera Assistant module in Good Lock, per a Samsung Members post from about six weeks ago. Features cut during this same update cycle have already come back once. That's the most relevant data point available.
Performance constraints are also a documented factor in how Samsung handles camera features. Its One UI 7.0 documentation acknowledged that features, including Log Video, were restricted to specific models due to hardware requirements. Samsung also publicly apologized for pulling a planned virtual aperture feature that it ultimately couldn't ship within those limits. A feature going missing doesn't automatically mean it's been cut permanently. Sometimes it means the implementation wasn't ready, or that something changed in the underlying camera pipeline that needs to be resolved before the feature can be rebuilt properly.
Neither of those scenarios is confirmed for video filters. The honest position, which Android Authority maintains explicitly, is that the cause remains unknown. Bug, deliberate cut, or work-in-progress rebuild, only Samsung knows which it is.
If a fix does come, it will most likely surface first in a Samsung Members community post, a camera app changelog update in the Galaxy Store, or a new module addition in Good Lock's Camera Assistant. That's the same path Single Take and Dual Recording took when they returned. Watching those channels is more reliable than waiting for a formal announcement, since Samsung rarely leads with explanations for what got removed.
The immediate priority, for users who've already updated and rely on video filters, is the long-press workaround for anything where a filter preview during recording matters. File a Samsung Members report regardless. Given that Samsung has already reversed one camera feature removal from this exact update cycle, there's a reasonable basis for expecting the same here just no guarantee of the timeline.
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