The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. at least in some countries, with many others virtually guaranteed to follow soon.
Based on Android 16, the latest version of Samsung’s proprietary user interface for smartphones and tablets is slowly but steadily expanding from South Korea to countries around the world as far as the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, S25 Ultra, and S25 Edge are concerned.
The timing of this global expansion falls perfectly in line with a preliminary schedule made public in Brazil earlier this week, which means there’s a very good chance that Samsung will be able to spread the One UI 8 love to a bunch of other devices in a bunch of places by the end of the month.
Yes, I’m going to start with the bad news and confirm what many of you had been fearing based on your past experience with other major Android updates. No, I’m afraid Samsung’s latest (and hopefully, smoothest) collection of UI tweaks, performance enhancements, and software add-ons is not currently making its way stateside, at least according to Reddit chatter.
Instead, I’m seeing Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, S25 Edge, and S25 Ultra owners across the old continent reporting movement on the software update front earlier today, confirmed with screenshots and everything you need to verify the authenticity of the happy news.
We’re talking countries as diverse as France, Germany, Sweden, and the UK, as well as the Caucasus region. That surely only scratches the surface of an undoubtedly impressive world tour that’s all but guaranteed to include key markets like India, Brazil, and Australia by the end of the day.
