{"id":390053,"date":"2026-04-09T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390053\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:38:08","slug":"samsung-expands-one-ui-8-5-beta-to-even-more-galaxy-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390053\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung expands One UI 8.5 beta to even more Galaxy devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/samsung-galaxy-s23-fe-3.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Following an initial expansion last month, Samsung is once again expanding its One UI 8.5 beta program to more Galaxy devices, including some more affordable ones too.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-continues-expanding-one-ui-8-5-beta-program-more-galaxy-devices\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a>, Samsung explains that the One UI 8.5 beta is now available to seven more new Galaxy devices, bringing the total number of supported devices up to over 20.<\/p>\n<p>This latest batch is primarily older-generation flagships, but the big news is that the One UI 8.5 beta is expanding to a Galaxy A-series device for the first time ever. That device is the Galaxy A36. Samsung says a \u201cphased rollout\u201d starts today in the US, UK, India, and Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy S23<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy S23+<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy S23 Ultra<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy S23 FE<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Z Fold 5<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Z Flip 5<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy A36<\/p>\n<p>There is a footnote, though. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 are getting the beta solely in the US and Korea, while the Galaxy A36 is only eligible in India.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the Galaxy S25 series is getting its ninth One UI 8.5 beta release and, as other supported devices get the latest build, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/09\/samsung-galaxy-airdrop-beta-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AirDrop over Quick Share support is also expanding.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can enroll in the One UI 8.5 beta <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/05\/28\/samsung-one-ui-8-beta-program-looks-different-how-to-install\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">through the Samsung Members app.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More on Samsung:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ben:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dZciVW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775749088_158_750x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following an initial expansion last month, Samsung is once again expanding its One UI 8.5 beta program to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-390053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}