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TL;DR Samsung’s been expected to grow its foldables lineup this year with a new, wider edition of the Galaxy Z Fold.
While evidence has pointed to the existence of this model, we had yet to see any hard visual support for its new form factor.
This week’s availability of early One UI 9 builds now reveals a pair of Wide Fold animations.
This week has been a whirlwind for Android fans curious about staying on top of the latest system software. First Google hit us with a big Android 17 tease, only to leave Pixel users hanging. And then out of nowhere we got our very first peek at Samsung’s next big update after One UI 8.5, with the first One UI 9 builds showing up. Those have already proved very interesting, offering new evidence of upcoming hardware like Samsung’s “Wide” Galaxy Z Fold. And now we’ve spotted an even more tantalizing look at the upcoming foldable.
We’ve been talking about the idea of Samsung expanding its foldable lineup with a Wide Fold for a while now. Although some sources have cooked up speculative renders to at least give us an idea of the form the device might take, we haven’t had anything approaching an actual real look yet — and certainly not anything official. Until now:
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Thanks to user wr3ckl3ss on Telegram for helping out with access to the APKs.
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