Google has once again confirmed that it plans to release Android 16 in June, many months ahead of the usual schedule. So, with that in mind, you may be wondering when Samsung will start rolling out its own One UI 8 based on Android 16.
The answer comes straight from Samsung VP and Head of Smartphone Planning, Minseok Kang, in the video below (at around the 2:30 mark).
Spoiler alert: it’s happening “this summer”. Now, that can mean anything from June to September-ish, but it’s good to see Samsung committing to a timeline, vague as it may be at the moment.
Since One UI 8 comes with much less of a revamp than One UI 7, we’re hoping that Samsung’s promise will be kept and eligible devices will all be updated this summer, and the One UI 7 release debacle won’t be repeated. Of course, only time will tell, but at least we now have an idea of what to expect.
Before the general release, there will be the beta – and the first One UI 8 beta has recently been rumored to arrive later this month.