Samsung Electronics Wins International Awards for Coral Reef Protection Project... "Utilizing Galaxy 'Ocean Mode'"

Samsung Electronics has received awards at major international ceremonies for its coral reef protection project, "Coral in Focus," which utilizes the Galaxy camera technology known as "Ocean Mode."

Samsung Electronics receives consecutive international awards for the coral reef protection project 'Coral in Focus' utilizing Galaxy camera technology.

On April 26, Samsung Electronics announced that "Coral in Focus," a coral reef protection project using the Galaxy camera's "Ocean Mode," was awarded the Gold Prize in the Sustainability and Environmental Conservation category at the "2026 Halo Awards," as well as the Coastal and Island Culture Award at the 23rd International Ocean Film Festival.

Since 2024, Samsung Electronics has been conducting a coral reef restoration project leveraging Galaxy camera technology in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the U.S.-based nonprofit organization SeaTrees.

Photos of coral reefs collected using Galaxy AI phones are sent to the Scripps Institution, where they are used to create 3D coral reef restoration models. Local activity groups carry out coral reef restoration work based on the research outcomes.

For this project, Samsung Electronics developed "Ocean Mode" in 2024, optimizing it for underwater photography.

Ocean Mode reduces excessive blue tones that occur during underwater shooting, allowing the true colors of the coral reefs to be captured. It also minimizes motion blur and, by utilizing the interval feature, enables the capture of thousands of high-resolution images at once.

Users of the Galaxy S26 series can access Ocean Mode within the "Expert RAW" app.

Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics has built over 80 3D coral reef models using Galaxy devices and planted more than 20,000 corals.

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