TL;DR
- Samsung’s been testing One UI 8.5 internally, but has yet to get a public beta underway.
- Multiple sources now suggest that Samsung’s One UI 8.5 beta could formally launch on December 8.
- Following that, we could also get Beta 2 in late December, and Beta 3 in early January.
By this point, it’s got to be pretty frustrating being a Samsung Galaxy user who keeps hearing about all the great stuff being implemented in One UI 8.5 — and yet you still don’t have the chance to try any of it out. We’ve been tracking information gleaned from One UI 8.5 leaks going back months now, but the manufacturer has yet to get the ball rolling on a public beta. We just learned that a Galaxy S25 build of One UI 8.5 had surfaced on a test server, making it look like Samsung might get started soon, and now some new rumors attempt to nail down exactly when.
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