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TL;DR Samsung has officially announced One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series.
It will be available to users in South Korea, Germany, India, Poland, the U.K., and the U.S.
Samsung says the update is coming this week with improvements to the Quick Settings, Notes app, Contact Cards, etc.
One UI 8.5 hasn’t even been out for a minute, and Samsung is now ready to host another beta program. After announcing stable One UI 8.5 last week and initiating the global rollout yesterday, Samsung is now officially starting off the beta for One UI 9.
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Samsung has officially announced the One UI 9 beta, based on Android 17, for the Galaxy S26 series. The program will be available for users in South Korea, Germany, India, Poland, the U.K., and the U.S. this week. Although the update isn’t quite unexpected, given that Samsung has already been testing it internally, we were taken aback by the promptness of the move.
One UI 9 is expected to bring a cleaner, more fluid interface, with an even heavier dose of AI than One UI 8.5. Along with those changes, Samsung has highlighted the following changes coming with the update: New pens and decorative tools in Samsung Notes
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