Samsung will finally let third-party developers harness the Now Bar for their Android apps when One UI 8 rolls out this year.

Discover Samsung's One UI 8.0 Beta 3 for Galaxy S25 Ultra: a 1GB update packed with bug fixes, stability improvements, and ...

The timeline for the One UI beta release also matches the rollout time for the stable Android 16 update. Therefore, in the coming days, some users may get a glimpse of One UI 8 and its new features.

A recent report based on a leaked source code suggests that Google is preparing a desktop mode feature similar to Samsung's DeX and Motorola's Smart Connect big-screen interface.

Considering that One UI 8 is basically meant to be a full touch-up and refinements on One UI 7, as opposed to a tragic redesign, it makes it even more likely that Samsung will stick to that timeline.

Samsung Announces One UI 8 Release Timeline After Google’s Early Android 16 Release We now have some clarity. Minseok Kang, VP and Head of Smartphone Planning at Samsung, gave an update in a ...

With One UI 7 (based on Android 15) only just making its way out to older Galaxy handsets, Samsung is already prepping One UI 8 (based on Android 16) – and there are some key upgrades in the ...

While One UI 7 was the first to be affected by this security flaw, Samsung is now switching to Private Space—a completely isolated environment on the device—for more robust security and ...

Those details did not show us the UI itself, though. Well, now is the time for that, One UI 8.0 has surfaced, giving us the very first look at the UI. This build will be based on Android 16, of ...

One UI 8 leaked images The early build we're seeing here was installed on a Galaxy Z Fold6, and as we already mentioned, design-wise, there's nothing very new to talk about, there are only minor ...