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Leaked One UI 9.5 Build Shows Smoother Animations, Refined UI and Native App Mirroring

Leaked S26 test screenshots and short videos show visual polish and cross‑device features that could shape the Galaxy S27 software early next year.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets have corroborated screenshots and short videos from X user Fahad Ali Javed that reportedly show an internal One UI 9.5 build running on Galaxy S26 hardware.
  • The build appears to deliver system‑wide smoother app open/close animations and glass‑like visual tweaks intended to make interactions feel more fluid.
  • Specific interface changes shown include a redesigned fingerprint enrollment screen, camera app menu curvature and padding tweaks, subtler pop‑up blur, and updated icon scaling and animations.
  • The leak also shows deeper cross‑device tools: a built‑in Finder/Google Search bar for home screens on older phones and native app mirroring to Windows that likely needs both devices on the same Samsung Account and works best with Galaxy Book laptops.
  • The files contain experimental, developer‑level entries such as a Satellite Connectivity Hub and a ‘Debugging only’ USB mode, but Samsung has not confirmed any features and the build is described as an early internal test that may change before a public S27 launch.