Samsung One UI is the company's custom Android skin for branded phones and tablets. One UI replaced Samsung's aging TouchWiz skin in 2018.

One UI has been with us for six years now, and it’s easily the best Android skin Samsung has made. One UI is smoother, more ...

Which could see Samsung revert back to the old way of updating One UI, with the 8.5 update offering substantially better upgrades than drip-feeding us new stuff with versions 8.1 through 8.4.

Samsung launched its One UI 8 beta late last week to the Galaxy S25 series late last week. It’s an open beta, so anyone can try it, and that’s exactly what I did.

June 1, 2025 at 3:15 a.m. PT Kerry Wan/ZDNET Samsung has officially launched its One UI 8 beta program, and you can sign up to be among the first to test it out -- if you have a compatible device.