Samsung starts testing One UI 8 based on Android 16

06 March 2025
The update to One UI 7 based on Android 15 hasn't even gone out yet.

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Hmm, 08 Mar 2025Samsung promised certain years of OS updates and as far as ... more"They didn't promise new Android versions to be released same day as Pixel or anything like that."

It doesn't have to be on the same day, but being 6 months late is just pathetic.

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    DarlingYext, 08 Mar 2025"..other phone makers are also struggling to add AI fe... moreSamsung promised certain years of OS updates and as far as I know they haven't broken this promise with any of their phones, even cheapest ones. They didn't promise new Android versions to be released same day as Pixel or anything like that. This is all in your head.

      I actually appreciate the fact that they're taking their time working on stable version of one ui 7 so that they guarantee a smooth experience overall
      (Some people and even websites may say why f06 uses one ui 7 out of the box and the answer is simple : no matter if they mention [core] in software information section or not, budget phones always get something like uncompleted software or you can say the UI isn't polished and YES nobody cares much about that simply because it's a budget phone after all)
      So yes Samsung is trying HARD to give the best experience ever to midrange and specially flagship device users

      Samsung forever 💎

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        having A54 and it's still on android 14 while many other manufactures released android 15 months ago. I'm really disappointed from Samsung.

          Hmm, 08 Mar 2025Samsung used to release new android versions just 1-2 month... more"..other phone makers are also struggling to add AI features to all their models and it's taking forever. "

          Others aren't struggling with anything, only Samsung is struggling to deliver on their promises.

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            Anonymous, 08 Mar 2025I love that my $1200 and $2000 phones are getting Android u... moreSamsung used to release new android versions just 1-2 months later. This new AI initiative slowed everything down. If you noticed other phone makers are also struggling to add AI features to all their models and it's taking forever. I'm pretty sure after this hurdle, we'll be back to regular and timely updates.

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              km11, 08 Mar 2025Good for them as the One UI 7 update situation isn't l... moreonly tech enthusiasts are worried so much about the updates. ordinary users just want a device that just works as expected, with or without updates.

                YourLocalPhoneCritic, 08 Mar 2025stop complaining & whining like little children about O... moreYou still did not explain WHY a sub 100 euro phone is getting One UI 7 before the €1000 S24 Ultra. If they are doing it individually like you said, for better optimisation and all, why didn't they attend to their premium users first before their low end users?
                As a matter of fact, this is an utter shame to Samsung as a company. I don't see any reason why I should get their flagship device and still not be able to experience the latest android experience. It's not worth it, truly. I'd rather get a midrange Chinese brand device over an outdated flagship.

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                  YourLocalPhoneCritic, 08 Mar 2025stop complaining & whining like little children about O... moreI love that my $1200 and $2000 phones are getting Android update 1 year after they are officially released.

                  I can't comprehend how someone with brain full of crap like you can defend bad practice from Scamsung.

                  I swear Samsung fans are the worst, they acted like Samsung didn't anything wrong. Everywhere on Twitter, on Facebook and on Instagram they are worser than Apple Fans defending their beloved company.

                  No wonder Scamsung can get away with releasing same phone as last year with just updatef chipset.

                    this reason why OneUI 7 is still so slow to complete for all supported devices


                    smasnug backlashing fans again

                      Dantmv, 08 Mar 20257 and 8 will probably be mostly the same, the big jump was ... moreNo, Xiaomi MiUI (HyperOS) is just a skin, separate from Android version. That's why you have Xiaomi phones/tablets being updated to a newer version of MiUI/HyperOS while remaining on older Android version.

                      Take the Mi Pad 6. It won't get Android 15. It will only get HyperOS2 but on Android 14.

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                        DarlingYext, 08 Mar 2025Finish One UI 7 first Samsung, for the older devices, don&#... morethis is not how update cycles work, especially when you need to catch up, but whatever makes you cope harder i guess.

                          holy hecc one ui 8.

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                            I think android going with numbers just to match apple 18

                              xPandamon, 08 Mar 2025It will be fast enough for anybody not too impatient to wai... more"Don't know why people don't want to wait for that, when their phone works perfectly fine without the uodate"

                              It sure does, but so do phones on Android 12, and even ones with Android 8. So that basically means OS updates are useless, if we think like this. Oh, but when brands say they will "only" update their phones for 4 years, when Samsung promises 7 years then suddenly OS updates are the most important for everyone and phones with less than 7 years of OS updates are called waste.

                              Samsung's biggest advantage would be their OS updates, but it's becoming less of an advantage if those updates come slower than updates for every other brand.

                                DarlingYext, 08 Mar 2025"..the next release will be much faster." So p... moreIt will be fast enough for anybody not too impatient to wait for the stable release. Don't know why people don't want to wait for that, when their phone works perfectly fine without the uodate

                                  AntonelPAPI, 08 Mar 2025Where do these bots come from?Bored people, I don't know. Also my god, I really fumbled there, so many spelling errors. Seems like Samsung keeps their promise to skip One UI 7.1 and go straight to OneUI 8

                                    7 and 8 will probably be mostly the same, the big jump was from 6 to 7, so some phones will probably skip One UI 7.0.

                                    They could also do it like Xiaomi which had different Android versions for the same version of their UI.

                                      Anonymous, 08 Mar 2025So it means no One Ui 7... now we have to wait another year... moreI don't think so buy maybe some newer models will update directly to 8.0 because why would they bother developing an update that will probably just be "new" for a couple months?

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                                        DarlingYext, 08 Mar 2025Finish One UI 7 first Samsung, for the older devices, don&#... moreSamsung is directly updating one UI8 directly. Don't worry.

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