Overview
- Samsung began the stable One UI 8.5 rollout Wednesday, May 6, in South Korea for the Galaxy S25 lineup, with beta users receiving smaller “beta-to-stable” downloads.
- The company says Europe, North America, India, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan will follow in the coming days, with several outlets reporting a wider push beginning May 11.
- One UI 8.5 adds Quick Share compatibility with Apple AirDrop, refreshed UI elements, an upgraded Bixby with conversation history and Perplexity integration, and new theft‑protection controls such as Failed Authentication Lock and Identity Check.
- The first wave covers the Galaxy S25 series including Edge and FE, Z Fold7 and Z Flip7, S24 and S24 FE, Z Fold6 and Z Flip6, and Tab S11 and Tab S10, while recent A‑series phones are slated for select “Awesome Intelligence” features.
- Samsung’s May release also delivers critical security patches fixing issues like CVE‑2026‑0073, and separate reports show internal testing of One UI 9 with early references to One UI 9.5.