Samsung’s One UI 8 beta arrives on Galaxy S25 phones

Samsung has launched its beta take a look at of One UI 8, the corporate’s personalized tackle Android 16. The beta is offered now on the Galaxy S25, Plus, and Ultra — although unusually not the brand new S25 Edge — for customers within the US, UK, Germany, and South Korea.

Unsurprisingly, Samsung is emphasizing the OS replace’s AI options, which purportedly embrace improved multimodal capabilities and extra personalization. Regardless of that, the company’s announcement and update changelog are mild on particular particulars of AI upgrades past velocity enhancements that make AI Choose speedy to make use of, eliminating the earlier start-up delay.

One UI 8 has additionally been “optimized for the distinctive kind elements throughout the Galaxy product portfolio,” echoing Google’s emphasis on Android 16 enhancing efficiency and person expertise on tablets and foldables. One such change is a brand new split-screen possibility to maneuver one app partially off the display to the sting when you give attention to one other, which sounds much like the multitasking tools on the OnePlus Open.

Different adjustments embrace updates to the structure of Samsung’s Reminder app to make it simpler to arrange and share to-do lists; an easier interface for Fast Share; and Android 16’s support for Auracast, an accessibility characteristic that enables listening to aids and a few earbuds — together with the Galaxy Buds 3 — to shortly hook up with shared audio streams like public announcement methods or live performance audio feeds.

The beta is offered now by means of the Samsung Members app, and Samsung says that One UI 8 will launch this summer season alongside its subsequent era of foldable telephones, probably the Z Fold 7 and Flip 7.

The corporate says the brand new launch “initiates a brand new rhythm for Samsung’s software program evolution with main UX and AI updates.” That’s definitely obscure, however seems like excellent news for followers annoyed by the protracted, months-long course of for One UI 7 to reach most devices.