One UI 8 Beta (Android 16) Could Arrive for Samsung Phones This Month

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Get ready, Samsung Galaxy users. The adjacent large update for your telephone mightiness beryllium person than you think. According to a report, Samsung volition beryllium kicking disconnected the One UI 8 beta programme (based connected Android 16) sooner than anticipated.

Back successful March, reports indicated that Samsung had started interior investigating of One UI 8. This enactment Samsung a mates of months up of the docket they’d followed with One UI 7. The institution has been criticized for a dilatory rollout of One UI 7/Android 15, truthful this was a welcomed development. A caller study present claims the nationalist motorboat of the One UI 8 beta volition driblet this month.

While it was lone a fewer months agone that much Galaxy devices yet got updated to One UI 7, it looks similar Samsung is pushing to get the adjacent iteration into people’s hands quickly. According to SamMobile, a constricted beta volition beryllium starting successful the 3rd week of May for prime devices and regions, with a wider rollout perchance happening successful June.

So, which devices are apt to beryllium the archetypal successful line? Unsurprisingly, each signs constituent to the latest flagships, the Galaxy S25 series, starring the charge. Samsung typically starts its beta programs with its newest premium phones, and the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra are the apical candidates. Following soon after, you tin astir apt expect to spot the beta get connected the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, arsenic good arsenic the erstwhile year's Galaxy S24 lineup.

Based connected aboriginal leaks, it seems this update has immoderate absorbing changes, peculiarly erstwhile it comes to multitasking and however you interact with Galaxy Buds. One of the biggest updates appears to beryllium successful the DeX experience. The taskbar is present centered, overmuch similar Windows, and app icons travel suit. You'll find persistent shortcuts successful the taskbar, and the app drawer is getting a smaller, pop-up makeover.

Beyond the desktop, controlling your Galaxy Buds besides appears to beryllium getting an upgrade successful One UI 8. Even older models should person enhanced speedy sheet controls, akin to what the Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro offer. A agelong property connected the measurement slider successful the speedy sheet volition springiness you entree to controls for volume, ambient sound, and sound cancellation.

Getting into the beta programme usually requires signing up done the Samsung Members app connected an eligible instrumentality erstwhile the programme officially opens successful your region. Keep an oculus connected the app if you privation to beryllium an aboriginal adopter and assistance Samsung robust retired immoderate kinks earlier the nationalist release.

While the beta mightiness commencement soon, the unchangeable mentation of One UI 8 volition astir apt debut alongside Samsung's adjacent procreation of foldable phones oregon the Galaxy S25 Edge successful June oregon July. The wider rollout to different eligible devices would past follow, perchance starting successful August oregon September. After the somewhat drawn-out One UI 7 rollout, it's promising to spot Samsung seemingly accelerating the timeline for One UI 8.

Source: SamMobile