Samsung is working to improve its Android updates, and is now catching up to Pixel. Android 16 has recently been released, with new security and privacy features. Now, Samsung has a surprise for Galaxy users – and it could arrive in just 6 weeks.
According to SamMobile, One UI 8.5 will first appear with the Galaxy S26 series next year, and will also be available for all devices running One UI 8. Surprisingly, Samsung will also launch a One UI 8.5 beta program later this year.
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This is unexpected. “It’s unusual for Samsung to hold beta programs for these mid-cycle One UI updates,” SamMobile notes, but adds “nothing is impossible.”