- Samsung has confirmed that a UI 7 finally launched in April
- A build-up before release has been available on the Galaxy S25 series since the launch
- More devices gain access to beta versions at the forefront of release
Samsung has confirmed that a UI 7 will finally see a stable release in April, four months after the updated Android wrapping was only made available along with the Galaxy S25 lineup.
A UI 7 has been sent with the Galaxy S25 series since the new flagship hand set was released in January, but this is a build release. The software is still officially in beta on most Galaxy devices.
A UI 7 is based on Android 15 launched in October last year -this means users of some of the best Samsung phones from recent years, such as the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S23 series, will have waited as long as half a year to get their hands on the update.
It is quite a little longer than customers with competing telephone brands such as Google and OnePlus have had to wait – the pix version of Android 15 and OnePlus’ Oxygenos 15 has been available for selected devices for a long time already.
Of course, iPhones run Apple’s own iOS software instead of Android, where Apple typically issues updates to all eligible devices at the same time. This is all to say that Samsung’s One UI 7 release strategy has been rather unconventional.
In the stable release, Samsung has enabled new UI 7 betas to Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 Fold Phones. The Galaxy S24 series previously had access to the beta, while the Galaxy S23 series users will have to wait a month according to Android Authority.
As we have reported before, there is a chance that Google will issue Android 16 in May, which could threaten to make a UI 7 feel outdated very soon after launch – not that there is much Samsung can do about it now.
In total, all the Galaxy S-Hand Kit (including FE models), which goes back to the Galaxy S21 series, will get a UI 7, just as the Galaxy Z Foldes and Galaxy Z Flip models dating back to the Galaxy Z-FLIP 3, and the Galaxy Z is folded 3. assigned a full.
So now that the end of this long wait is in sight, what should Samsung fans look forward to? Read on for a quick overview of the top five new features of a UI 7.
Now Bar
The now bar is Samsung’s response to Apple’s dynamic island, but instead of a pill -shaped cutout at the top of the screen, Samsung’s implementation exists as a pill -shaped beam that is detached from any physical hardware.
The now bar lives on the lock screen of your Galaxy phone and can display messages, play music or other routines such as timers and tailor -made user unique for specific supported apps.
Although not as ubiquitous as the dynamic island or other Android Live -Message Delivery Implementations like OnePlus’ Dynamic Cloud, it is now a nice new way to keep an eye on your apps and activities.
New messages
The way Samsung Galaxy phones handle messages has changed with a UI 7. The tabs of quick settings and messages have been separated to reduce the mess and now live two different menus.
As Android Police notes, there are also the new filter messages tab in the Settings app that allows users to filter minimized, old or background messages.
In addition, messages have a new look with a rounded pill form that fits the rest of the newly updated user interface.
Updated UI
A UI 7 brings a new look to Galaxy with updated storage icons, new smoother animations and new widget styles.
There is also a frosted glaze effect throughout the UI that gives a sense of dimension and smoothness to the overall experience with rounded corners of most icons and tabs.
Aesthetics are of course subjective, but no one denies that a UI 7 looks slim and modern compared to its predecessor, a UI 6, though another matter, whether it matches your personal taste is another matter.
When Samsung revealed the Galaxy S25 series and an UI 7 on this year’s first Samsung Galaxy -packed showcase, the company put a strong focus on its new AI tools and features.
As SammoBile notes, some of these features will come to older Galaxy phones with the release of a UI 7-the self-described call transformer feature and writing assistant tools are two prominent examples, and the Android police suggest that sound rubber could also come to older handsets.
Some new Galaxy AI features, like The Now Brief, are specifically enabled by the S25 series Hardware, so we get a bit of a wait before we know exactly what’s going to older Galaxy phones.
Better adaptive charging options
Adaptive charging allows your phone to monitor and adapt to your personal charging plan to best preserve your device’s long -term battery health.
Most modern smartphones offer a kind of adaptive or hard limiting battery preservation, but an UI 7 offers Galaxy users new depth in how they are approaching this feature.
With a UI 7, you can choose from three charging boundaries – a basic limit that stops charging to 100% and restarts at 95%, an adaptive mode that stops charging to 80% until the phone predicts that you are soon waking up and a hard 80% limit.
Conventional tech wisdom suggests that lithium-ion batteries are best stored at between 20% and 80% charging, so these settings will help you get a few more bikes out of your phone’s battery.
There you have: Five reasons to be excited about a UI 7 when we wait for it to finally be launched in April. Will the wait be worth it? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
