Samsung Begins Official Rollout of One UI 8 to Galaxy Devices

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the official rollout of One UI 8, introducing advanced multimodal AI capabilities, a UX optimized for different device form factors, and personalized, proactive suggestions to make everyday life smarter and more convenient. Starting this week with the Galaxy S25 series, One UI 8 will reach the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, Galaxy S24 FE, and additional eligible models later this year¹.

Personalized Suggestions With Advanced Security

One UI 8 recognizes the user’s context, offering personalized, proactive suggestions that support their unique daily routine. And as Galaxy AI becomes more intelligent, Samsung remains committed to protecting private data. One UI 8 combines advanced personalization tools with top-tier security features, anticipating user needs while keeping their information safe.

• Now Bar² shows real-time app activity and media player progress directly on Galaxy Z Flip’s FlexWindow and is now integrated with even more third-party apps.
• Now Brief³ provides even more personalized daily updates including traffic, important reminders, and Samsung Moments — which allows users to reflect on their daily routines. They can also get personalized suggestions and recommendations, such as music and video picks based on subscriptions and interests. In addition, health and wellness data like Sleep and Energy scores are pulled from Samsung Health and Galaxy Watch for easy accessibility.
• Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP) is a security architecture designed to safeguard the next generation of AI experiences powered by Galaxy’s Personal Data Engine (PDE).⁴ KEEP creates encrypted, app-specific storage environments within the device, ensuring each app can only access its own sensitive information.
• Knox Matrix takes security a step further by automatically signing devices out of the Samsung Account if flagged for serious risks — such as system manipulation or identity forgery. It sends notifications across connected Galaxy devices and gives additional guidance on how to protect data.
• Upgraded with post-quantum cryptography (PQC) encompasses a new cryptographic framework designed to strengthen network protection against emerging threats, helping ensure robust privacy even over public networks.

Intelligent Multimodality: AI That Works The Way The User Does

Powered by multimodal AI designed to deliver experiences tailored to user needs, One UI 8 transforms the way users interact with Galaxy devices. By combining visual, auditory, and contextual intelligence, it makes everyday tasks intuitive and effortless.

• Gemini Live⁵ allows for natural, seamless communication with AI that understands what the user is seeing or watching in real-time, without needing to switch between apps.
• Circle to Search⁶ with Google gives in-the-moment gaming help when the user circles anything on the screen during game-play. It provides more information about characters and strategies to help the user navigate to the exact spot in the game, with helpful links and videos from across the web to explore further. With Circle to Search’s improved translation capabilities, users can see translated text in real-time as they scroll and interact with the screen.⁷From news articles to social media posts, they will see in on-screen translations of the underlying text in their preferred language.

UX Optimized for Multiple Form Factors

One UI 8 redefines versatility with UX optimized across the Galaxy product portfolio. Designed to adapt to the unique form factors of Galaxy smartphones and tablets, One UI 8 ensures seamless functionality while boosting productivity and efficiency.

• AI Results View displays results from AI features, like Writing Assist for example, in a separate Split View or Floating View that allows users to move content, keeping the original content unobstructed and visible.
• Thanks to Galaxy AI Optimized for Large Screens, Multi Window lets users drag and drop AI-generated content, including images and text, directly into their workflow. Tools like Drawing Assist⁸ and Writing Assist⁹ unlock an even smoother creative process as users can move ideas and visuals around more easily than ever before.
• Gemini Live is now available directly FlexWindow for hands-free voice search, acting as a personal assistant right on the cover screen. Audio Eraser¹⁰proactively detects and removes unwanted background noise, like wind or traffic, with a single tap on a new toggle in video apps and audio apps.
• Featuring a new clock design that stretches and adapts to match the user’s wallpaper. The clock’s font wraps around faces or objects, ensuring visibility without disrupting the image — whether it’s a close-up selfie or a picture of a pet. Users can also customize the thickness, size, and color of the font to meet their personal taste.
• With advanced customization even for the FlexWindow, users can easily create a wallpaper by receiving recommendations and auto-curated wallpapers from the Gallery. Emojis and background colors are also customizable for FlexWindow Emojis wallpaper.

One UI 8 also provides AI-powered tools like Portrait Studio,¹¹ which can capture the vibrant expressions of pets and then generate artistic, studio-like pet portraits. Users can also enjoy seamless communication in noisy environments with Call Captions — which converts voices into text during calls — as well as keyboard inputs when using Interpreter,¹² which allows users to translate ideas by typing.

Availability

One UI 8 will begin rolling out this week, starting with the Galaxy S25 series. The update will expand to more Galaxy smartphones and tablets throughout October, including the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, Galaxy S24 FE, and other selected products.

1 Official rollout of One UI 8 will be available on the following Galaxy devices later this year: Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy Z Fold5, Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy Z Fold4, Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Tab S10 series, Galaxy Tab S10 FE, Galaxy Tab S10 Lite, Galaxy Tab S9 series, Galaxy Tab S9 FE, Galaxy Tab S8 series, Galaxy A56 5G, Galaxy A36 5G, Galaxy A26 5G, Galaxy A17 5G, Galaxy A17, Galaxy A07, Galaxy A06 5G, Galaxy A55 5G, Galaxy A35 5G, Galaxy A25 5G, Galaxy A16 5G, Galaxy A16, Galaxy A15 5G, Galaxy A06, Galaxy A54 5G, Galaxy A34 5G, Galaxy A73 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy A33 5G and supported Galaxy Watch models.

2 Requires WIFI connection and Samsung and Google accounts.

3 Displays daily select information from select apps (some apps may require internet connection and/or consent to access data). Personal data intelligence must be enabled.

[4] Personal Data Engine is exclusive to Samsung native apps and is not applicable to third-party applications. Personal Data Engine recognizes select languages and certain accents/dialects, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and more to come. The Personal Data Engine functions under the condition that the Personal Data Intelligence menu is on. Analyzed data will be deleted once the Personal Data Intelligence menu is turned off.

5 Results may vary. Check responses for accuracy. Compatible with certain features and with certain accounts. Internet connection required. Available on select devices, languages, and countries. Only available to users 18 years and older.

6 Circle to Search is a trademark of Google LLC. Service availability may vary by language, device model. Requires internet connection. Users may need to update Android and Google app to the latest version

7 Available on Galaxy smartphones and tablets with One UI 8 or later.

8 Drawing assist feature requires a network connection and Samsung Account login. A visible watermark is overlaid on the image output upon saving in order to indicate that the image is generated by AI. The accuracy and reliability of the generated output is not guaranteed

9 Writing Assist requires a network connection and Samsung Account login. Must meet length requirements to activate feature. Service availability may vary by language. Accuracy of results is not guaranteed.

10 Compatible with common video formats accessible in Gallery; helps minimize six sounds (Voice/speech, Music, Noise, Crowd, Nature, Wind). Utilizes AI; results vary.

11 Portrait Studio feature for Photo Assist requires a network connection and Samsung Account login. Editing with Portrait Studio results in a resized photo. A visible watermark is overlaid on the image output upon saving in order to indicate that the image is generated by AI. The accuracy and reliability of the generated output is not guaranteed.

12 Requires Samsung account login and language preset (English and Spanish pre-installed; other languages require free download) Results may vary.