Earlier last month (September 2024), Google released Android 15 into the Android Open Source Project, with the operating system expected to reach Pixel smartphones on October 15, 2024. Not long after that, Samsung gave the public a sneak peek of its upcoming One UI 7, which will be based on Android 15, at its 2024 Developer Conference.
When is Samsung’s One UI 7 coming?
Before fans of Samsung get too excited, however, One UI 7 will only be made publicly available together with Samsung’s next Galaxy S devices, which is most probably going to be the S25 series. This is set to only happen sometime early next year, so fans will have to be a little bit more patient.
This is more delay than how long Samsung usually took to release its previous One UI versions. Before the end of this year, Samsung will release the beta preview of One UI 7 for developers. You can of course still choose to install the developer beta to take a sneak peek of One UI 7’s new features.
What’s new with One UI 7?
As mentioned above, the announcement made at SDC24 is merely a sneak peek of One UI 7 and not a full release. Still, the Korean tech giant did mention that its upcoming UI will feature a full redesign, with a focus on simple, impactful, and emotive design, whatever that means.
One UI 7 is also said to rock a redesigned home screen grid. Samsung will also be offering its Good Lock app for users to customise their home screens on One UI 7. However, this makes us wonder if this will mean that One UI 7 will feature fewer customisation options for its home screen by default as compared to previous versions of Samsung’s smartphone UI. For this, we will have to wait and see.
Will my Galaxy device receive One UI 7?
Thus far, Samsung has yet to release its final list of Samsung Galaxy models that will be getting One UI 7, but we presume it will include the latest Samsung flagships along with some Galaxy A models.
