{"id":224301,"date":"2026-03-16T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:35:10","slug":"samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung apparently started One UI 9 tests, and I&#8217;m crying in my lack of One UI 8.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5\">Samsung apparently started One UI 9 tests, and I&#8217;m crying in my lack of One UI 8.5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5\">https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-16 14:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidcentral.com\">www.androidcentral.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"0a1f9dc5-9bde-4f0e-86ea-3dd1ee106d02\">\n<li>Samsung is reportedly starting its &#8220;early development&#8221; test for One UI 9, which is likely based on Android 17.<\/li>\n<li>At the moment, a social media tipster claims there is very little new in the test; however, there are small UI refinements for its Quick Settings and Parental Controls.<\/li>\n<li>Google rolled out its Android 17 test in February, but what&#8217;s disheartening is that Samsung&#8217;s test is beginning without the majority of its users on One UI 8.5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"11776a5f-66d9-4b72-a325-a4cf84dcf38b\">Judging by the title, you can say this was &#8220;expected.&#8221; Rumors claim Samsung has started testing One UI 9.<\/p>\n<p>Starting the week is a rumor from SamMobile, alongside purported evidence from tipster Max Jambor, that says Samsung&#8217;s One UI 9 testing is just beginning. The post claims the OS is in &#8220;early development,&#8221; which makes sense considering the software is likely based on Android 17. Major changes are being reported for this early test build, as Max Jambor says in a video on X. It&#8217;s likely that whatever Samsung has in store will be revealed over time, as even the software&#8217;s UI is pretty tame.<\/p>\n<p>Android Central&#8217;s Take<\/p>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">Samsung has continued to refine its One UI elements for a while now. It&#8217;s gotten to a pretty decent spot that feels clean, fresh, and a bit modern. There are elements taken (borrowed?) from the competition, but that&#8217;s a different discussion. Regardless, I&#8217;ve seen speculation about Samsung likely working on features other than its UI, which I can understand, and I&#8217;m honestly fine with.<\/p>\n<p id=\"03763d65-a76d-4ca6-8fc3-cb124bc22521-0\">In Jambor&#8217;s video, the UI for this alleged One UI 9 build displays small refinements, such as with its sliders for brightness and volume in the full Quick Settings panel. The controls are &#8220;slightly larger,&#8221; per Jambor. Holding my Galaxy S25 Ultra to my PC screen (don&#8217;t judge), they do appear fuller\/larger, much like the options toward the bottom for the Privacy Display, Nearby Devices, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the tipster notes that the Korean OEM&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-apparently-started-one-ui-9-tests-and-im-crying-in-my-lack-of-one-ui-8-5\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung apparently started One UI 9 tests, and I&#8217;m crying in my lack of One&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fzKpCoPnvS2EVKxAr2jCWB-2048-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,86],"class_list":["post-224301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224303,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224301\/revisions\/224303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}