Samsung’s reputation for software updates has been excellent in recent years. One UI has received timely updates almost every year, with a comprehensive beta program leading up to the release of a stable version. One UI 7 hasn’t lived up to that, though, and as we wait for the first beta to launch.
The first One UI 7 beta is expected to arrive in the next week but it looks like it’ll be a lot less stable than we’d hoped, given how many times it’s been delayed.Leaker Ice Universe claims that this will be a pretty rough beta, with many animation-related bugs, including new ones that have been introduced in the latest internal test builds.
This is disappointing to hear if true, but it isn’t necessarily unexpected. One UI 7 is a complete overhaul of Samsung’s Android skin. The six major versions of One UI that have existed so far have felt similar, and while the design has been tweaked here and there, and fully updated in places, it’s still the same fundamental experience. One UI 7 is changing everything, though, with an overhauled animation system, a new notification and quick settings interface, app icons, and more.
While Ice Universe mentions Samsung has “fallen behind” in a lot of ways, software-wise, in recent years, he is optimistic about the Korean company’s ability to fix all of the problems in the near future. Stable or not, One UI 7 is going to be a big update and some of the rumored changes to the notification and quick settings panels are controversial.