Microsoft has updated its support documentation to confirm that Samsung Gallery will no longer support direct OneDrive sync starting on September 30, 2026. Once that date arrives, users won’t be able to keep syncing photos stored in Samsung Gallery straight into OneDrive through the existing built-in connection.
That doesn’t mean previously backed-up files will disappear. Microsoft says photos and videos that were already synced to OneDrive will still be available through the OneDrive website and the mobile OneDrive app. The change mainly affects the old direct sync path inside Samsung’s gallery experience.
If users want to keep backing up new photos to Microsoft’s cloud service after the cutoff, the company says they’ll need to switch over to the OneDrive app itself and manually enable camera backup. Without that setting turned on, new photos and videos won’t continue uploading automatically once Samsung Gallery support ends.
Microsoft also highlighted an easy detail to miss: the OneDrive account in use may not match the Samsung account tied to the phone. Because of that, users should double-check that the selected backup account is the one they actually want to use before turning the feature back on in the app.
The company added that the app may request permission to access photos and videos the first time camera backup is enabled. If that permission isn’t granted, automatic uploads can’t resume. After the account and permissions are set correctly, new content captured on the device should start uploading through OneDrive again.
The change doesn’t come completely out of nowhere. Last September, leaked code from an early One UI 8.5 build had already hinted that Samsung Gallery might eventually lose direct OneDrive integration. At the time, some reports suggested a possible cutoff around April 11, 2026, but Microsoft has now given the official date: September 30, 2026.
