Overview
- Beta 2 reached the Galaxy S23 trio, Z Flip 5, A36 and A35 on Tuesday in India and South Korea, adding the April 2026 security patch and fixing black incoming call screens, Bluetooth crashes, multi‑touch errors and 4K HDR green‑line artifacts.
- Leaked schedules reported by fan sites point to the S25 series beginning its stable One UI 8.5 rollout on April 30 in Korea with a wider push reportedly targeted for May 4.
- For the S23 series, a leaked stable changelog shows Bixby gains natural‑language controls for settings and tips and Photo Assist allows continuous image generation, while Audio Eraser, Creative Studio and Call Screening are not listed.
- Improved Quick Share that has been reported to enable iPhone‑to‑Android‑style transfers is expected to spread with One UI 8.5, though cross‑platform support is not confirmed for every model.
- Samsung says One UI 8.5 strengthens device protection with upgrades to Theft Protection, Failed Authentication Lock, Auto Blocker and Inactivity Restart, and coverage indicates features may depend on hardware, with the S24 FE seeing the full AI suite while the S23 FE does not yet.