As Android 16 is set to reinforce the Security and Privacy page, Samsung is looking to add its own changes in One UI 8. This comes as new APK teardowns indicate a coming “Alert Center” feature.
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In addition to today’s One UI 8 Watch beta release, Samsung’s keeping the train rolling with a third beta release for One UI 8, complete with a new trick for Now Brief.
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Wear OS 6 is now available for the Galaxy Watch series in the form of Samsung’s One UI 8 beta update. The new software will offer a few changes, including serious health suite features.
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Earlier this week, Samsung announced One UI 8 Watch, detailing some of its upcoming features ahead of next month’s rumored Galaxy Watch 8 series unveiling. With the arrival of the company’s software support forums for its next big watch upgrade, we’re one step closer to a public beta.
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Following its launch last month, Samsung has just rolled out the second One UI 8 beta while also expanding the program to some new regions around the globe.
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Samsung’s tenure in Wear OS is still going strong, and that all started with the Galaxy Watch 4 series. With One UI 8 Watch on the horizon, Samsung’s new Wear OS 6 update might be the last one for some models, if they even receive the update at all.
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Even though it feels like Samsung just launched the current version of One UI, One UI 8 is already seemingly around the corner. A new update to the Galaxy S25 sets the phone up to receive Samsung’s next-gen software.
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The first One UI 8 beta opened to Galaxy S25 users just two days ago, but Samsung says the program is already full in the US and has closed sign-ups for new users.
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With One UI 8 finally available in its earliest form, Samsung’s foundation has been laid for the next few updates until the final release. This update comes as Android 16 QPR1 launched a week prior, showcasing some of Google’s highly anticipated design changes. So, how do they compare? Let’s dig a little deeper.
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The One UI 8 beta program has officially been announced, giving users a first look at what Samsung plans to bring to devices this year and next. So far, the list of eligible devices is slim, but it’s likely to grow fast.
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Samsung’s One UI 8 update brings support for a new split screen mode that makes it easy to switch between apps, and it serves as a first preview of what’s coming to Android 16.
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One UI 8, based on Android 16, has been officially outlined by Samsung and made available for the Galaxy S25 during the first beta phase. One major update takes aim at Quick Share, which now offers a more enhanced experience.
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Samsung’s One UI 8 update based on Android 16 is now available to download, and there’s a whole new process for entering the beta program. Here’s how to install One UI 8 on your Galaxy S25.
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Samsung just released its very first One UI 8 update in beta, and while it’s not as big of an update as One UI 7 was, the Android 16-based experience does have a few key changes. Here’s the full changelog, and everything new.
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After weeks of rumors, Samsung has just released the first One UI 8 beta, based on Android 16, for the Galaxy S25 series in select regions.
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Samsung’s first beta for One UI 8, based on Android 16, is right around the corner, and it really seems like it could live at any moment as the company is detailing a new sign-up process.
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It’s no secret that Samsung is going to launch its Android 16 update in the very near future – despite having just released its Android 15 update – and now the company’s own website is showing that the beta is right around the corner.
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The Galaxy Watch heavily relies on tiles as one of the main ways wearers can access information from their devices, and they seem to do the job fine. Samsung wants to switch things up, according to new leaks suggesting that the company will introduce a new type of tile along with some updated designs for the Galaxy Watch with One UI 8.
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Samsung is just coming out of the release of One UI 7, where a few road bumps made things a little more difficult than likely planned. According to new reports, the first beta version of One UI 8, based on Android 16, might launch sometime this month, as hard as that might be to believe.
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One UI 7 introduced us to the Now Bar on Galaxy phones. The feature showed promise but seemingly fell short of providing an at-a-glance information and action panel for a majority of phone features. In One UI 8, it looks like the Now Bar might actually be capable of more.
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Google has been slowly building out a “desktop mode” for Android for quite some time now and it appears nearly ready to launch with Android 16, and Samsung seems to be building on it with a redesign of DeX.
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Samsung’s RAM Plus is essentially a solution to a limited amount of memory by offering virtual RAM. In One UI 8, the amount of RAM Plus each device will be allowed is going to be increased, which means faster and more capable devices.
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AI video summaries are not new, and apps like YouTube have already begun rolling them out to users. However, software-level video summary that works for any media on device isn’t seemingly available for users, and One UI 8 might bring just that to Galaxy devices.
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While we’re still waiting on Samsung to resume its One UI 7 rollout, leaks keep rolling in regarding One UI 8, the Android 16 update for Galaxy devices. Another hands-on leak provides additional detail as to what’s new in Samsung’s next release.
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