– One UI 9.0 Beta 3 release is scheduled for next week.
– Beta 2 focused primarily on bug fixes, with Beta 3 expected to add new features.
– Beta 1 introduced UI refinements like a redesigned media player and reorganized Settings menus.
– Galaxy S25 series expected to join the One UI 9.0 Beta program soon.
– Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 will be the first devices to ship with One UI 9.0 pre-installed.
Next Week Might Be the Big One for Samsung One UI 9.0 Beta
So it looks like Samsung could be dropping the third beta version of One UI 9.0 as early as next week, at least thats what a notice posted in the Samsung Members app via the Samsung Korea community is saying. The screenshot of the notice clearly states that “The 3rd beta version is scheduled to be released next week,” giving us the most solid hint yet abuot when the next software update is comming. This was first spotted by the tipster Chanakya Shrutam (@SamSWUpdate) over on X.
Where We Started: Beta 1 and Beta 2
Samsung originally opened the One UI 9.0 beta program way back in early May for the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but only in a few select markets at first. People who signed up for the program got the first beta build pushed to them as an over-the-air update right away. So far, the updates have mostly been about refining features that already exist, rather then adding a ton of new stuff. Honestly, you could argue that One UI 8.5 from last year was actually a more feature-packed release then what One UI 9 is looking like so far in these early builds.
What Was Actually New in Beta 1
In Beta 1, we did see a few fresh additions across the user interface, like a redesigned media player that got some updated visuals and a few refreshed menu screens inside the Settings app. The settings menus were also reorganised a bit to give it a cleaner overall layout. There was also a bunch of customisation improvements, like users in the beta program can now move the volume slider around independently inside the Quick Panel, and the status bar icons and text have been made bigger for better visibility across the hole interface.
Why Beta 3 is the One to Watch
Apart from those few tweaks, not much has happend because Beta 2 was almost entirely focused on squashing bugs and errors that people reported after the first build. So naturally, all the attention is now on Beta 3 to bring in some actual new features and also fix the remaining bugs from the second beta. In other news, it’s also expected that the Samsung Galaxy S25 series should be the next devices to join the One UI 9 Beta program soon, but Samsung hasnt announced any official dates for that yet. In the mean time, the first devices confirmed to ship with One UI 9 out of the box will be the next gen Samsung foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the Z Flip 8, at Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event.