This new report suggests Samsung is full-steam forward with One UI 8 testing

In accordance with a brand new report from Sammy Fans, Samsung is internally testing its all-new One UI 8 software program replace throughout numerous its present handsets and tablets. Utilizing the free CheckFirm app from the Google Play Retailer, which particulars official Samsung firmware throughout suitable Galaxy fashions — Sammy Followers discovered that the next gadgets are actively being examined with in-progress builds of the OS replace:

• Galaxy S23 sequence
• Galaxy S22 sequence
• Galaxy S21 FE
• Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5
• Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4
• Galaxy A56, A55, A54, A36, A35, A26, A73, A33
• Galaxy Tab S10 sequence
• Galaxy Tab S9 sequence
• Galaxy Tab Lively 5 Professional
• Galaxy M34

A few of these {hardware} merchandise have been flagged as having inner and beta builds, whereas others have surfaced by way of the Geekbench benchmarking service. In the meanwhile, that is all nonetheless speculative, as Samsung has but to verify any official One UI 8 replace roadmap.

After all, it is unimaginable to verify whether or not this checklist of suitable Samsung gadgets is wholly correct, nevertheless it positive does try: the Galaxy S20 sequence missed out on One UI 7, setting the precedent for the Galaxy S21 sequence to take a seat out on the One UI 8 replace. These older gadgets have been solely promised 4 years of platform updates, versus the seven years on newer Galaxy fashions starting with the S24 series.

One UI 8 is about to launch Android 16 into the Galaxy

Let’s hope One UI 8’s launch cadence is an enchancment over final yr’s launch

Presently, One UI 8 is obtainable out of the field in steady type on Samsung’s all-new Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 foldable telephones, with public beta program builds available for each the S24 and the S25 lineups. The corporate has confirmed that further beta builds will roll out to additional gadgets “within the following month.”

When One UI 8 does lastly land on present gadgets, it will convey with it many or all the platform enhancements launched in Google’s Android 16 launch, which reached stability again in June. Fashionable Pixel telephones have been having fun with Android 16 for a while now, however Samsung and different Android {hardware} makers have the perennial job of needing to adapt their proprietary software program skins to the newest working system launch.

Generally, this strategy of making use of software program skins like One UI takes only some quick months post-launch of a brand new model of Android, whereas different occasions the delay is considerably longer. Infamously, final yr’s Android 15-based One UI 7 was marred by rollout delays, resulting in frustration from Samsung followers the world (er, Galaxy) over.

In comparison with One UI 7, which overhauled numerous consumer interface parts throughout the board, One UI 8 is extra of an iterative software program launch. As such, I might count on to see it land throughout the whole Galaxy ecosystem with out an excessive amount of delay, assuming no show-stopping bugs present as much as thwart Samsung’s inner plans.