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Samsung hasn’t done the best of jobs with the One UI 7 update. More precisely, the One UI 7 feature pack is pretty awesome, and One UI 7 is a solid step forward, but the One UI 7 release schedule has disappointed countless fans. We fully understand why, and we worry that Samsung handling the One UI 7 rollout the way it did may have killed some excitement.
But now that One UI 8 is on the horizon, we should have a quick chat about future firmware and the fact that the Android 15-based One UI 7 update is only now expanding while Google is already beta-testing Android 16. Is this a reason for Samsung fans to worry about?
There is a good case for why this delayed Android rollout is a non-issue for Samsung Galaxy device users. In our latest YouTube video, we illustrate a couple of reasons why you probably shouldn’t worry.
You should check out our video below, but first, we want to stress that we didn’t enjoy how long the One UI 7 development lasted. We were in the same boat as everyone else, and we hope Samsung will handle future One UI updates better than it did One UI 7.
However, as far as the discrepancy between the release schedules of Samsung’s One UI and Google’s Android OS goes, you could argue it’s a non-issue for a couple of reasons.
For a start, One UI has almost always been ahead of Android OS regarding features. Samsung isn’t just using the base Android OS with a pretty skin. One UI is much more than that.
For years, Samsung has actively developed new and unique features and baked them into its proprietary One UI. Many of those features haven’t become a part of the base Android operating system for years. In this regard, Google lagged behind Samsung countless times, no matter what number came after the latest version of Android. And you could argue that Google still lags behind Samsung.
A few examples of features One UI had before everyone else, even Android OS, are DeX, Quick Share, Multi-Window, and Enhanced Messaging. Check out our video below for more information and our thoughts on the matter.
Samsung’s software development timeline will probably always differ from Google’s. The Korean tech giant is developing its own One UI tools and features that are often separate from the Android OS experience. It stands to reason that if Samsung keeps developing unique features for One UI, that process will take time and won’t always allow new One UI updates to overlap Google’s Android OS release timeframes.
In practice, does it really matter if Samsung Galaxy phone users get new One UI updates based on an Android OS version that’s about to be replaced by a new one? If we look at the big picture, it seems like a non-issue as long as One UI updates remain ahead of Android feature-wise and Samsung can roll them out promptly.
At the end of the day, given Samsung’s efforts to create new experiences, it’s fairly reasonable to expect a discrepancy between Samsung’s One UI and Google’s Android development schedules. However, for these arguments to stand on their own, Samsung will have to keep rolling out One UI updates consistently, at least according to its own timeline, and avoid making the same mistakes it made with One UI 7.