Samsung confirms further One UI 8.5 Beta Program expansion for April

Samsung opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program on December 8th of 2025 with the Galaxy S25 series in select countries, including Korea, the USA, and India. Since then, One UI 8.5 made an appearance on the Galaxy S26 series that was revealed this year, before expanding to the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7 foldable series.

Today, on March 26th, Samsung has expanded the One UI 8.5 Beta Program to the following devices in Korea, the USA, the UK, and India:

• Galaxy S24 series (build ZZCD)
• Galaxy S24 FE (build ZZCD)
• Galaxy S25 FE (build ZZCE)
• Galaxy Tab S11 (build ZZC3)

Alongside that, the eighth One UI 8.5 beta version was released for the Galaxy S25 users with build ZZCD, and the second beta version was brought live for the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7 users with build ZZCD.

In the USA version of Samsung’s official newsroom, the company confirmed that the official expansion of the beta program will continue on April, with more Galaxy devices to be expected. However, there is still no hint of the official rollout start date.

If you have any of the above devices and are living in an eligible country, you can start using One UI 8.5 Beta.

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One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy Tab S11 is now open!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features, design improvements, and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy Tab S11 in the following countries:

• Korea
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• India

This gives us a hint that the Beta Program is now open. Users should be able to try out One UI 8.5 in its earliest shape and form on their Galaxy Tab S11 devices.

Please note that Samsung might not have opened the Beta program in your country yet, even if your country is eligible for beta testing. In this case, you’ll have to wait for the beta banner.

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device.

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One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S24 FE is now open!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features, design improvements, and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S24 FE in the following countries:

• Korea
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• India

This gives us a hint that the Beta Program is now open. Users should be able to try out One UI 8.5 in its earliest shape and form on their Galaxy S24 FE devices.

Please note that Samsung might not have opened the Beta program in your country yet, even if your country is eligible for beta testing. In this case, you’ll have to wait for the beta banner.

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device.

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One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S25 FE is now open!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features, design improvements, and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S25 FE in the following countries:

• Korea
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• India

This gives us a hint that the Beta Program is now open. Users should be able to try out One UI 8.5 in its earliest shape and form on their Galaxy S25 FE devices.

Please note that Samsung might not have opened the Beta program in your country yet, even if your country is eligible for beta testing. In this case, you’ll have to wait for the beta banner.

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device.

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One UI 8.5 Beta 2 is out [Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7]!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has released the second beta version of One UI 8.5 (build ZZCD) that has the following changes:

• Bugs that have been fixed
  • Improved readability issue of “now brief” on the cover screen
  • Fixed the issue where Concert Hall mode in Sound Assistant feature is not applied when using Buds3 Pro
  • Fixed the issue where the bottom part of the style is cut off when selecting after enlarging the clock in the lock screen background editor
  • Improved the issue where specific folders cannot be copied when connecting storage sharing betweer Galaxy Book4 and device
  • Fixed the issue where Concert Hall mode in Sound Assistant feature is not applied when using Buds3 Pro
  • Fixed the issue where shooting time is not displayed during Selfie Video Show Palm operation
• Many other improvements

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device. You can see the status of your joining process here.

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One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S24 is now open!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features, design improvements, and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S24 in the following countries:

• Korea
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• India

This gives us a hint that the Beta Program is now open. Users should be able to try out One UI 8.5 in its earliest shape and form on their Galaxy S24 devices.

Please note that Samsung might not have opened the Beta program in your country yet, even if your country is eligible for beta testing. In this case, you’ll have to wait for the beta banner.

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device.

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One UI 8.5 Beta 8 is out [Galaxy S25]!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has released the eighth beta version of One UI 8.5 (build ZZCD) that has the following changes:

• Bugs that have been fixed
  • Providing a new story type in the gallery (monthly, quarterly/annual rewind)
  • Improved camera quick view thumbnail breakage issue when cloud-exclusive videos are the latest
  • Fixed the issue where setting value does not be initialized when the original was restored after changing the save resolution in Studio
  • Fixed an error where the original was not restored to the initial value after changing the save resolution in Studio
  • Improved flickering when updating real-time notification cards
  • Improved the issue where the bubble notification badge does not disappear after checking the received bubble notification
  • Fixed an error where the clock shortcut disappears when the screen turns off while running Now Brief
  • Improved the error where the date is displayed incorrectly when saving after editing a video with metadata errors
  • Improved the error where scrolling captures in Naver Map are broken or do not capture
  • Improved the issue where certain folders cannot be copied when connecting to share storage with Galaxy Book4
• Many other improvements

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device. You can see the status of your joining process here.

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One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Z Fold/Flip7 is now open!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features, design improvements, and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has recently opened the One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7 in the following countries:

• Korea
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• India

This gives us a hint that the Beta Program is now open. Users should be able to try out One UI 8.5 in its earliest shape and form on their Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7 devices.

Please note that Samsung might not have opened the Beta program in your country yet, even if your country is eligible for beta testing. In this case, you’ll have to wait for the beta banner.

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device.

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One UI 8.5 Beta 7 is out [Galaxy S25]!

One UI 8.5 has made a significant appearance, with new features and other improvements. We are very thrilled to announce that Samsung has released the seventh beta version of One UI 8.5 (build ZZC7) that has the following changes:

• Bugs that have been fixed
  • Fixed an issue where a call would switch to a video call.
  • Fixed an issue where the GMS app color palette was not applied to the Work/Security folder.
  • Improved visibility of the Gmail search input field in dark mode.
  • Improved forced termination issue when running a new gallery project
  • Improved the issue of failing to export photos from private gallery albums.
  • Improved the issue of Toast pop-ups not appearing in overheated situations while connected to DeX.
  • Improved Fahrenheit temperature information truncation issue after adding a city list to the weather widget.
  • Improved one-time Wi-Fi recovery issue that occurs during Wi-Fi roaming scans with APs that support MBSSID (Multiple BSSID)
  • Improved the stuttering and freezing issues that occur when first entering the unread messages folder in the Samsung Messages app.
  • Improved the issue of not displaying notifications under certain conditions
  • If you do not agree with ‘Hi’ in certain situations, improve the issue where ‘Hoohoo’ cannot be used (KT only)
• Many other improvements

This beta version of One UI 8.5 may not be the last one, since the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7 beta for One UI 8.5 didn’t start yet.

To join the Beta Program, you must have the latest version of Samsung Members installed. You can get the latest version through either the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. Once done, you should be able to join the program if you have an eligible device. You can see the status of your joining process here.

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Galaxy Tab S11, Tab S9, and Tab S8 Series receive February 2026 Security Patch globally

Samsung has continued distributing the February 2026 security patch to the Tab S11, Tab S9, and Tab S8 series, and is now available globally. This is built on top of One UI 8.0 that uses Android 16 as the base. This also increments the bootloader version so that reversing the update is no longer possible.

According to the latest data, we have found the following firmware versions released:

• SM-X700: X700XXSAEZB6 [XSG, INU]
• SM-X800: X800XXSAEZB6 [XSG, INU]
• SM-X900: X900XXSAEZB6 [XSG, INU]
• SM-X710: X710XXS6DZB6 [XSG, INS]
• SM-X810: X810XXS6DZB6 [XSG, INS]
• SM-X910: X910XXS6DZB6 [XSG, INS]
• SM-X730: X730XXS5AZB8 [XSG]
• SM-X930: X930XXS5AZB8 [XSG]

To obtain the update, follow these steps:

Open the Settings app

Navigate to Software update

Tap on Download and Install

You should be able to see the update information. Verify the version with your device model posted above.

Click on Download, let it download, and click on Install. Make sure that you download the update through Wi-Fi.

This security update should take 5 to 10 minutes maximum to install once your phone reboots. Make sure that you have the phone charged fully before initiating the update process to avoid interruptions. Back up your data to your PC, the cloud, or any other device in case the update went wrong. Don’t interrupt the update process, or you’ll experience problems later.

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