Gallery search is way slower after One UI 8

[Kathrin1]

After updating to One UI 8 on my S24, the Gallery search has become painfully slow. Before, I could just search “Amazon,” tap on a result, and instantly open the photo, done. Now, every time I tap on a search result, the app loads for about 3 seconds while it tries to highlight where the keyword (like Amazon) appears in the image.

During that time, you can’t scroll, you can’t tap anything, you just have to wait. It’s so frustrating when you’re trying to quickly find a specific screenshot. It also makes scrolling through the results laggy and wastes a lot of time.

There’s no way to disable this “highlighting” feature, and since Gallery is a system app, you can’t uninstall or downgrade it.

This is what I mean

[Urmi]

Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding the AI features for screenshotting and gallery search. We understand how important speed and responsiveness are to your overall experience, and we regret any frustration caused by the recent changes. Your observation about the performance decline following recent updates is noted, and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention.        

Please be assured that your concerns will be shared with the relevant development teams for further review. We remain committed to enhancing functionality and delivering a seamless user experience. 

[BasvdS]

Same issue here.

Nothing was broken and in fact the gallery worked amazing up until the last update. As someone who frequently searches in his images for work it's extremely annoying when your screen freezes for a second whenever you scroll past a text based screenshot or picture.

Nothing was broken but unfortunately every company has to shove ai into everything making simple tasks unnecessarily complicated in the name of "progress".

[RedDogRabbit]

You could try Clearing Cache for the Gallery, see if that helps? 

[Deduke]

I had a laggy scrolling issue on Samsung gallery app after the UI update and have been trying anything. Not sure if this will work for anyone else or for how long, but I disabled "full screen scrolling" in the gallery app settings and it seems to have fixed the laggy scrolling I was experiencing. YMMV. 

[Urmi]

Thank you for sharing your experience regarding the laggy scrolling issue in the Samsung Gallery app following the recent One UI update. We appreciate your initiative in exploring potential solutions and for providing valuable insight to the community.

Disabling the "Full screen scrolling" feature as a workaround is a helpful observation, and it may assist other users encountering similar performance concerns. Your feedback contributes meaningfully to our ongoing efforts to enhance user experience and app stability.

Should you notice any recurrence of the issue or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out.