3 methods you may get Samsung’s On...

Samsung unveiled One UI 8 earlier this yr, and since then, it has been progressively rolling it out to an rising variety of customers via its beta program. In case you’re unfamiliar with One UI 8, it is Samsung’s Android 16 replace for its Galaxy smartphones. Whereas One UI 7 (Samsung’s Android 15 replace) had a prolonged rollout interval marred by issues, up to now it seems that One UI 8 will not share the identical destiny (hopefully), with September already introduced because the launch date.

One UI 8 has been in beta for the previous couple of months, and an official steady model was launched on Samsung’s latest foldable gadgets, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, which got here out in July. In case you’re enthusiastic about One UI 8 and need to get it quicker, listed here are 3 ways to be one of many first.

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Be a part of the One UI 8 beta program

The most cost effective and easiest choice in case your machine qualifies

If in case you have a Galaxy S25 or S24 collection machine, the beta is undoubtedly the simplest method to check out One UI 8 now, earlier than its official launch. Samsung began the beta program for One UI 8 on the Galaxy S25 collection in Could and lately started rolling it out to the Galaxy S24 collection, with the beta now obtainable for obtain within the US, UK, Korea, and India.

Additionally, you probably have a Galaxy Z Fold 6 or Z Flip 6, you may obtain and check out the beta as properly. Sadly, in case you personal a Galaxy S23 collection machine, Fold 5, or Flip 5, Samsung will not roll out the One UI 8 beta for them till September, so you will want to attend a bit longer.

To enroll and obtain the beta in your eligible machine, simply observe these easy steps:

1. Open the Samsung Members app (you may get it from the Galaxy Retailer in case you uninstalled it).

2. Log in to the app together with your Samsung account if you have not already performed so.

3. Faucet the One UI Beta Program banner on the high of the display to enroll within the beta.

4. As soon as you have enrolled, head to Settings > Software program replace > Obtain and set up to examine for updates and obtain the One UI 8 beta.

2

Give Samsung’s newest foldable fashions a strive

It isn’t the most affordable route, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a method to get One UI 8

If you don’t need the One UI 8 beta or your machine is not eligible, and also you’re wanting to strive an official launch of One UI 8, the one choice at the moment is to get considered one of Samsung’s newest foldable gadgets. When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, one of many key advantages it highlighted was that these new foldable telephones include a steady model of One UI 8 pre-installed out of the field.

So, in case you’ve been ready to improve your machine or simply have $2,000 to spend on a Galaxy Z Fold 7, that is at the moment the one method to expertise an official, non-beta model of One UI 8 till Samsung begins rolling out the official replace in September. Whereas it is definitely not the simplest or least expensive choice obtainable, it is nonetheless a method to expertise One UI 8 earlier than anybody else and get the replace quicker. On the intense facet, in case you do select to go down this route and get considered one of Samsung’s new foldables, each the Fold 7 and Flip 7 have some fairly huge upgrades, which make them price the fee in case you’re coming from a a lot older machine.

Moreover, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE additionally comes with One UI 8, making it one of many least expensive methods to formally get the replace now, because the telephone prices $900, which is extra reasonably priced than the Flip 7’s $1,100 price ticket.

3

Get the Galaxy S25 FE

Leaks recommend it would launch in September

Another method to get One UI 8 sooner is by ready for the Galaxy S25 FE. Though Samsung hasn’t formally introduced it but, leaks point out it would launch in late September with One UI 8 pre-installed, just like the Fold 7 and Flip 7.

For these unfamiliar, Samsung’s FE collection affords extra reasonably priced variations of its flagship telephones launched earlier within the yr. For instance, final yr’s Galaxy S24 FE was a simplified model of the S24, that includes a slower chipset (Exynos S2400E as an alternative of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3), barely inferior cameras, and slower charging. The S25 FE is predicted to observe the identical sample, being a extra budget-friendly variant of the S25.

In case you personal an older Samsung Galaxy telephone and like to not pay for the S25, S25+, S25 Extremely, or the brand new foldables, ready for the S25 FE could possibly be a superb choice. It’s possible you will obtain One UI 8 earlier if it launches in September, because the S24 and S23 collection will not be up to date till after its launch. FNN News, a South Korean information outlet, reported that the S25 FE could possibly be launched on September 19 in Korea, which implies the US launch could possibly be the identical day or observe quickly after. For reference, the Galaxy S24 FE launched final yr for $650, so the S25 FE could possibly be across the identical worth vary.

4

Play the ready recreation

This is not precisely a quicker method to get it

Lastly, this is not precisely a quicker method to get One UI 8, nevertheless it’s actually the one different choice to strive it out finally: taking part in the ready recreation.

Samsung has already said that One UI 8 will formally launch in September, first rolling out to the Galaxy S25 collection. It did not share an actual date of when to anticipate it for the Galaxy S24 collection or the Galaxy S23 collection, nevertheless it did say it “can be rolled out sequentially to different eligible gadgets.” Subsequently, it is doable that different Galaxy gadgets might obtain the replace in late September or October.

Here is an inventory of the Samsung Galaxy smartphones anticipated to assist One UI 8:

Galaxy S Sequence

• Galaxy S25, S25+ S25 Extremely, S25 Edge
• Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Extremely, S24 FE
• Galaxy S23, S23+, S23 Extremely, S23 FE
• Galaxy S22, S22+, S22 Extremely
• Galaxy S21 FE

Galaxy Z Sequence

• Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, Z Flip 7 FE
• Galaxy Z Fold 6, Z Flip 6
• Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5
• Galaxy Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4

A bunch of Samsung’s mid-range gadgets are additionally anticipated to get the One UI 8 replace, together with the Galaxy A33, A53, A73, A24, A34, A54, A15, A25, A35, and A55. Samsung has not formally confirmed all of the gadgets getting One UI 8 but, however these gadgets are the almost certainly to get it these days.