Samsung’s One UI 8 Beta is here, and Galaxy fans are already excited! Built on Android 16, this beta brings a sleek new interface, enhanced customization, and smoother animations that make your device feel fresh. From revamped widgets to smarter AI features, One UI 8 promises a next-level experience.

I recently installed the beta on my Galaxy S25 Ultra, and I am (so far) enjoying the cleaner look and faster performance. That said, I have a few glitches, like occasional lag in the notification shade. It’s a beta, so imperfections are expected, but the trade-off for early access is worth it for tech enthusiasts like me.

Have you registered and installed One UI 8 Beta on your Galaxy device? I am curious to hear your thoughts! Is it a game-changer, or are you waiting for the stable release? Join the poll below and let me know your experience. Drop your feedback, questions, or tips on my X handle @SamsungSWUpdate.

Have you installed One UI 8 Beta on your Samsung Galaxy device? #OneUI8

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In late October 2023, Samsung started rolling out the much-awaited One UI 6 stable update and the Galaxy S23 series became the first to get it. Currently, the company is continuously working on this update to expand it to more Galaxy devices.

Samsung One UI 6 promises a better smartphone experience for users. But does this major update not only bring new features or some bugs too?

Based on Android 14, the One UI 6 update brings a new design and advanced privacy features. You can customize themes, enjoy new widgets, an amazing notification system, and more. Now, multitasking is easier with better app management and smoother animations.

However, some users are facing issues after installing the new update on their Galaxy smartphones like battery draining, occasional app crashes, connectivity issues, and many more.

If you are also facing any issues after installing the One UI 6 stable update on your Galaxy smartphone, then you can let us know by commenting on our social media platforms.

One UI 6 .0: Are you facing any issues/bugs after installing the Stable update?🤔🤔

— Sammy Fans (@thesammyfans) November 6, 2023

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Reportedly, Samsung is regularly working to release the One UI 6 update with the November 2023 patch in other eligible countries to provide a more stable and better experience. If you are currently facing any issues, hopefully, Samsung will fix that problem with regular patches.

Samsung’s Android 14-based One UI 6.0 update has these new features and changes for your Galaxy S23

If we buy a new smartphone, we have to navigate to use it. Although navigating the smartphone is very easy, yet we can make it more comfortable. How? So it is based on you in which way makes you feel comfortable using your Samsung smartphone, perhaps with gestures or buttons.

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In earlier times, the Korean tech giant used to offer only buttons for One UI devices, but with the advancement of time and technology, the gesture feature also started coming in Galaxy smartphones and the company is currently working on improving it.

Samsung offers both gestures and buttons in its Galaxy devices for navigation. Some people like gestures very much, while some people like buttons. You can use whatever you like. If you also have a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, then you can tell through the poll given below whether you use Gestures or buttons on your smartphone. Which one is more comfortable?

Which one do you prefer on Samsung device? #Samsung #OneUI

— Sammy Fans (@thesammyfans) November 5, 2022

Buttons 

If we talk about the button then it is very easy to use them for running Samsung smartphones as their layout is very simple, and normal users can understand it easily. By the way, many people like the button more, because by using the buttons, we can avoid opening any feature with the wrong touch of the screen.

Gestures

Obviously, the Gestures feature is awesome. This makes our smartphones easier to use, all you need to know about them. However, Samsung offers two types of gestures for navigating your Galaxy smartphone.

Swipe from bottom

By swiping up from each area of the bottom of your phone to go back, go to the Home screen, or view apps.

 Swipe from sides and bottom

This allows you to navigate your smartphone with swipe sides and bottom. You can swipe inward, left/ right, and hold on to open recent, go back, home screen, and more. You can also customize them by using the Good Lock module One Hand Operation +.

Developed by Samsung, the RAM Plus feature allows Galaxy devices to occupy a specific amount of internal storage to use as virtual RAM. The very first variant of this feature introduced a fixed 4GB of virtual RAM, while Samsung further enhanced it with the release of One UI 4.1.

Samsung is offering the customizable version of RAM Plus function to several Galaxy devices with the One UI 4.1 software update. However, all the Galaxy consumers are not so excited about its arrival and say it is an unuseful feature/function.

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Do you find Samsung One UI 4.1 RAM Plus useful?

Per the Galaxy users’ feedback, there are no changes in apps performance whether the RAM Plus feature is enabled or not. While the company claims to improve the performance of the system and third-party apps with virtual RAM, users deny the claim apparently.

If we go with the collective responses for RAM Plus, a thing is common the Galaxy owners are not so satisfied with the usability of this feature. Samsung, on the other hand, promises to improve the applications’ performance when the RAM Plus feature is “ON” on the Galaxy devices running One UI 4.

What do you think about it? Do you find the One UI 4.1 RAM Plus feature really useful for your Samsung device, let us know in the comments below. Also, don’t forget to participate in our Twitter poll embedded below.

Do you found One UI 4.1 RAM Plus useful for your Samsung device? #Samsung #OneUI4 #RAMPlus #withGalaxy #SammyFans

— Sammy Fans (@thesammyfans) April 4, 2022

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Back in August 2021, Samsung announced the Android 12-based One UI 4 Beta program in South Korea. Later on, the company has expanded the Beta activity to the US and German market, followed by released the first One UI 4 Beta update for the Galaxy S21 series in these three markets.

Going further, the Korean tech giant rolled out the One UI 4 Beta 2 a few days ago, which comes with plenty of new features such as RAM Plus and Material You theming system as well as improvements and optimizations over the first One UI 4 Beta release.

Initially started with the South Korean market, Samsung’s Android 12-based One UI 4 Beta program is currently available in 5 countries including the US, South Korea, Germany, India and UK. Unlike the first three markets, the consumers from the latter two markets have received just a single Beta update.

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Last year, Samsung started the Android 11-based One UI 3 Beta program for the Galaxy S20 series in October 2020. However, the devices had received the stable Android 11 update in December last year after getting around a dozen Beta builds (in Germany).

As we are expecting the stable Android 12 update from Samsung for at least the Galaxy S21 series, share your experiences with your phone’s battery life after upgrading the One UI 4 Beta 2. Feel free to share your thoughts with us in the comments section, also, you can share details if you facing any issue with the phone.