Samsung officially confirms continuation of testing program for superstructure One UI 9, which is built on Android 17. After more than three weeks since the release of the previous build, owners of flagship models in the series Galaxy S26 they will be waiting for the fifth time in a row beta version next week.
Information published by Beta Operations Manager on the official Samsung community forum. The upcoming update release with the tag One UI 9 Beta 5 is scheduled for next week and concerns models Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ a Galaxy S26 Ultra.
The company representative also apologized to the test participants for the longer break between builds. According to him, the development team is fully focused on the final quality tuning and maximal system stability, which required more time for optimization.
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What will happen after the beta is complete?
Live version of the environment One UI 9 has already debuted on the latest flexible devices Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra a Galaxy Z Flip8. Once Samsung completes testing on the line Galaxy S26, this flagship series will be the first among the existing models to receive the final stable update.
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In addition, Samsung is preparing an expansion beta programu One UI 9 to other premium models from previous generations. Testing should soon open up to users of the series Galaxy S25 (including Galaxy S25 FE) and foldable phones Galaxy Z Flip7 to Galaxy Z Fold7. It was originally speculated that this would happen yesterday, but now it looks like it will only happen with the 5th beta for the current flagship series.
