Samsung's One UI 9 rollout continues to expand quickly, and this week brought the clearest sign yet that a public release is finally close.
We’ll have a clearer picture then of Samsung’s One UI 9 rollout plans for older devices.
Forbes Galaxy Z Fold 8 Release Date: Samsung Confirms New Screen UpgradeElsewhere, firmware tracker Tarun Vats has confirmed new One UI 9 test builds for the Galaxy A57 and Galaxy A37.
Samsung has also begun developing and testing One UI 9.0 for the Galaxy Z TriFold, according to Vats, alongside screenshots that show an internal One UI 9 build running on a Galaxy S25 Plus.
What’s Actually In Samsung’s One UI 9 The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is now recieving the latest beta of One UI 9.
Samsung's One UI 9 rollout continues to expand quickly, and this week brought the clearest sign yet that a public release is finally close.
According to Fahad Ali Javed on X (via SamMobile), the first official stable One UI 9 build for the Galaxy S26 Ultra has now been spotted on Samsung’s servers, which is a genuine milestone after four beta iterations.
That’s no guarantee of an imminent release, stable builds typically surface a month or more before the public rollout, but Samsung Unpacked happens next week and that’s likely when One UI 9 will be officially launched alongside the company’s new foldable phones. We’ll have a clearer picture then of Samsung’s One UI 9 rollout plans for older devices.
Forbes Galaxy Z Fold 8 Release Date: Samsung Confirms New Screen Upgrade
Elsewhere, firmware tracker Tarun Vats has confirmed new One UI 9 test builds for the Galaxy A57 and Galaxy A37. Samsung has also begun developing and testing One UI 9.0 for the Galaxy Z TriFold, according to Vats, alongside screenshots that show an internal One UI 9 build running on a Galaxy S25 Plus.
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What’s Actually In Samsung’s One UI 9 The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is now recieving the latest beta of One UI 9. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images So far, recent One UI 9 beta releases have most been about fixing stability issues such as problems camera preview cropping, an inaccurate 30x zoom focus, and lock screen weather and battery widgets not updating. But there are new features in the updates. Accessibility tool users are getting some meaty additions in One UI 9, for example. There’s a new Text Spotlight tool for easier reading, Select to Speak lets users highlight text to hear it read aloud, and TalkBack has been rebuilt so Samsung can push improvements through the Play Store instead of waiting on a full system update to fix or add anything. There are also new keyboard shortcuts. On the security side, testers have also spotted a new message on the power menu: "For your security, your phone is locked," which now requires your PIN or pattern to unlock again once you return from that screen, closing a small but real gap where biometrics alone previously let you back in. That sits alongside Secure Lock, a feature Tarun Vats spotted in an earlier beta that adds a dedicated Quick Panel button, tap it and your phone instantly disables biometrics entirely, dropping back to PIN, pattern or password only. Useful if you're handing your phone to someone or worried about being forced to unlock it. The headline feature everyone’s actually waiting for, Gemini Intelligence, still isn’t in any of these test builds. Samsung and Google’s agentic AI suite, capable of handling multi-step tasks like booking reservations, likely arrives publicly for the first time at Unpacked London on July 22nd, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 8. Check out my thoughts here on the safety of agentic AI on your phone.
