Samsung today announced a new suite of security and privacy updates that will be available in One UI 8 based on Android 16. The company also very strongly hinted at the fact that the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold7 and Flip7 will be the first handsets to launch running Android 16 with One UI 8 on top.
With One UI 8, Samsung is introducing Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP), which creates “encrypted, app-specific storage environments within the device’s secure storage area, ensuring that each app can access only its own sensitive information and nothing more”.
KEEP helps secure your “deeply personal insights”, such as routines and preferences, that enable features like Now Brief and Smart Gallery search, while supporting Samsung’s Personal Data Engine (PDE). Those personal “insights” stay entirely on device, protected by KEEP and further secured by Knox Vault, Samsung’s “tamper-resistant hardware security environment”.
KEEP protects Now Brief, Smart Suggestions, Samsung Moments, and “other on-device features that rely on user-specific inputs”, thus enabling “more advanced AI experiences” without compromising privacy.
In One UI 8, when a device is flagged for “serious risk”, such as system manipulation or identity forgery, it will automatically be signed out of the Samsung account, cutting off access to cloud-connected services to prevent threats from spreading. When this happens, you’ll be notified across your connected Galaxy devices.
Samsung is also bringing post-quantum cryptography to Secure Wi-Fi, in order to strengthen network protection against emerging threats. This secures the key exchange process at the core of encrypted connections, ensuring “robust privacy” even over public networks, somehow. Secure Wi-Fi is built to withstand future attacks that capture encrypted data with the intent to break it once quantum technology matures.