Material 3 Expressive vs One UI 8: Which Android flavor is better?

by dbadmin | Nov 19, 2025 | Features, Google, Material 3 Expressive, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Android operating systems in 2025 are what individual phone brands make of them. Android 16 is publicly available as part of the Android Open Source Project, but it’s barebones, and brands like Google and Samsung put their own twists and styling atop it — that’s how...

Theft protection could get a big boost with One UI 8.5 (APK teardown)

by dbadmin | Nov 19, 2025 | Authority Insights, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung devices with One UI 8.5 will be more resilient against theft. Samsung is expanding the Identity Check feature, which requires biometric unlocking before changing settings, to cover more aspects of the phone....

So jealous: Samsung phones in one major market will get a ton of system utilities

by dbadmin | Nov 14, 2025 | News, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s Smart Manager app has received a hefty update for One UI 8.5. The update brings features such as native app lock, the ability to restore apps to their previous state after a crash, and more. Unfortunately, the...

Another Galaxy Watch model joins Samsung’s One UI 8 beta

by dbadmin | Nov 10, 2025 | News, Samsung Galaxy Watch, Samsung One UI, smartwatches

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has opened the One UI 8 Watch beta for the Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro. The update was revealed in a Korean community post, with the US rollout expected to follow soon. Only the Watch 7 and Ultra have...

One UI 8.5’s notification summaries may not be to everyone’s delight

by dbadmin | Nov 7, 2025 | Authority Insights, News, Samsung, Samsung One UI

TL;DR Samsung is bringing notification summarization and prioritization features with One UI 8.5, but we’ve discovered certain limitations. These features will only work in the device’s default language, likely disappointing for multilingual users. One UI 8.5 may also...

This leaked One UI 8.5 feature is my favorite so far, and here’s why it makes a huge difference

by dbadmin | Nov 4, 2025 | Features, Samsung, Samsung One UI

Samsung’s One UI is unquestionably the most exhaustively themed custom Android skin. I say this because Samsung is the only manufacturer making Android devices that goes to the extent of remaking every menu and sub-menu, including even the highly ignored Digital...