Eight could be great
Samsung has announced the next generation of its folding phones, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, and with them One UI 8, the next generation of Samsung’s mobile operating system based on Android 16.
As we recently reported, One UI 8 is likely to come with a selection of useful new features, but we’re still fairly light on confirmed new features.
As it stands, it looks like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 will be the first phones to launch with One UI 8, a refreshed software experience to compliment the phones’ newly slimmed-down hardware.
As keen Samsung fans will know, it’s not actually been all that long since the release of One UI 7, based on Android 15, which finally came to a wider range of Samsung devices in April of this year.
However, the release of One UI 7 was preceded by a saga of delays, issues, and confusion, as Samsung seemingly struggled to get its next update out the door. One UI 7 first appeared with the Galaxy S25 series in February 2025, but this was technically a pre-release build that remained exclusive to the latest Samsung flagships for a good few months.
