Samsung continues testing One UI 8.5 beta for its flagship Galaxy telephones. Moreover rolling out the eighth beta construct for the Galaxy S25 collection and the second beta for the Galaxy Z Fold 7, it has additionally expanded this system to incorporate its 2024 flagship: the Galaxy S24.
The One UI 8.5 public beta program initially opened within the second week of December 2025 for the Galaxy S25 household. Following its public launch on the S26 collection in early March, Samsung opened this system to embrace the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7. Now, it’s extending the beta to extra units, bringing the Galaxy S24 lineup into the fold.
The ZZCD One UI 8.5 beta for the S24 Extremely, S24+, S24, and even the S24 FE is presently stay in South Korea, India, and the UK. You possibly can seize it after enrolling within the One UI beta program via the Samsung Members app. Faucet the banner, settle for the phrases and situations, and watch for a couple of minutes for the OTA to look in your telephone.
The 4.4GB firmware comprises the March 2026 safety patch together with a bunch of adjustments, similar to a wiser Bixby expertise, Storage share, enhanced Climate widget, and extra.
Extra units ought to be part of the One UI 8.5 beta program
Primarily based on inner firmware noticed on Samsung’s server by @tarunvats33, Samsung ought to quickly additionally open entry to the One UI 8.5 beta program for the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
As for the Galaxy S25, its 893MB ZZCD firmware brings a bunch of bug fixes. The complete launch notes of the replace are as follows:
- Offering a brand new story sort within the gallery (month-to-month/ quarterly/annual rewind)
- Improved digicam fast view thumbnail breakage concern when cloud-exclusive movies are the most recent
- Mounted the difficulty the place setting worth doesn’t be initialized when the unique was restored after altering the save decision in Studio
- Mounted an error the place the unique was not restored to the preliminary worth after altering the save decision in Studio
- Improved flickering when updating real-time notification playing cards
- Improved the difficulty the place the bubble notification badge doesn’t disappear after checking the obtained bubble notification
- Mounted an error the place the clock shortcut disappears when the display turns off whereas operating Now Transient
- Improved the error the place the date is displayed incorrectly when saving after modifying a video with metadata errors
- Improved the error the place scrolling captures in Naver Map are damaged or don’t seize
- Improved the difficulty the place sure folders can’t be copied when connecting to share storage with Galaxy Book4
The second One UI 8.5 beta, weighing round 946MB, for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 packs related adjustments.
Samsung ought to roll out the secure One UI 8.5 construct for its older flagships in April.