Samsung One UI 9.0 Beta 5 took a month to arrive, bringing these changes to Galaxy S26 users

Samsung has officially begun rolling out One UI 9.0 Beta 5 for the Galaxy S26 series today, and it’s the update fans have been waiting for about a month.

After a stretch that ran longer than expected since Beta 4, the fifth build is now live for enrolled testers, starting with the South Korean community branch before it expands further.

It’s been around four weeks since Beta 4 landed, and Samsung utilized the extra time in final reviews and quality improvements. Last week, the company even issued an apology to testers for the longer gap between builds.

What’s new in Samsung One UI 9.0 Beta 5 [ZZH6]

With Beta 5 now rolling out (including the August 2026 security patch), that additional development time appears to be paying off in the form of a noticeably more polished build.

• Settings: Added new “Warranty and Care” page
• Improved issue where the app freezes or a white screen appears in some menus of the Settings app
• Improved issue where the speed is slow or a black screen appears when launching the camera widget on the lock screen
• Improved issue where the bottom floating bar is not displayed correctly while using the Phone app
• Improved issue where a blank screen is temporarily visible when entering the recent files list in the My Files app
• Improved issue where 1×1 size shortcuts are not added to the bottom bar of the home screen
• Improved issue where the preview screen position is misaligned or flickers in the Video Editor and Photo Editor
• Improved issue where the screen intermittently flickers in certain situations
• Fixed Wi-Fi connection errors and improved connection stability

Rollout details

The update is rolling out in phases. South Korea gets it first, with OTA availability expanding to enrolled Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra users across the US, UK, Germany, Poland, and India in the hours that follow.

With stable One UI 9 already live on the Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8 series, this Beta round looks like one of the last steps before the S26 lineup gets its own stable release.