Abstract
- One UI 7’s rollout was a multitude, with Samsung lacking its July 2024 beta deadline and solely releasing it broadly in April 2025.
- Dependable leaks recommend One UI 8’s beta may arrive as early as June 2025, presumably launching with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7.
- One UI 8 probably received’t introduce any main UI adjustments, however will function a refined model of One UI 7.
By now, it is clear that Android 15-based One UI 7’s journey was rocky (and admittedly, embarrassing) to say the least. Regardless of being one of many largest redesigns we have seen within the One UI lineup, the corporate actually messed it up with its launch timeline. Initially, Samsung claimed that One UI 7’s beta would launch in July 2024, nevertheless it didn’t push it out till December 2024, after months of creating followers wait and cope with leak after leak. Though the secure model first debuted on the Galaxy S25 collection, the corporate twisted issues round but once more… by not launching it on different units.
In fact, not lots of people could be keen to improve their gadget to the most recent lineup solely to get a style of what One UI 7 needed to supply. Samsung lastly ended up rolling out the secure model broadly on April 10 in america, and satirically, the delays didn’t finish there both. The corporate needed to postpone the rollout attributable to a “main” bug within the secure launch firmware, even after six months of testing.
Whereas it’s unclear what precisely that bug was, it was probably vital sufficient for Samsung to threat testing the endurance of already-frustrated followers even additional. One UI 7 lastly arrived on all eligible flagships within the US earlier this week, and although it triggered a battery life challenge on the Galaxy S24 and the Fold 7, no less than the wait is lastly over.
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One UI 8 beta may drop in June 2025, if we’re fortunate
A brand new submit from dependable tipster @tarunvats33 on X (previously Twitter) means that Samsung may launch the One UI 8 beta as early as June (through SamMobile).
Whereas the corporate has been testing the Android 16-based One UI internally even when One UI 7 was clearly not underneath management, this is not fully a shock, since earlier leaks have advised that Samsung will roll out One UI 8 “ahead of beforehand thought.”
Although the One UI 7 delay fiasco has left most followers struggling to belief Samsung’s phrases this time round, this may very well be as a result of the corporate plans to roll out its upcoming foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, with One UI 8 out of the field, presumably as a method to make up for the delay.
Tarun, the tipster talked about above, expects One UI 8’s secure model to launch in August or September 2025. Nonetheless, he additionally goes on to say that it is best to take this info with a grain of salt, since “Samsung’s replace timelines can shift anytime.”
Nonetheless, from what we have seen thus far, One UI 8 will concentrate on minor refinements and received’t convey any main UI adjustments. It’s going to principally be a extra polished model of One UI 7, with enhancements like rolling out Now Temporary and Log video to all of Samsung’s 2024 flagships that don’t have them but.