Samsung Expands One UI 9 Betas Across Galaxy S26 Phones and Watch 8 Line
Samsung has pushed a seventh One UI 9 beta to its Galaxy S26 series and widened the One UI 9 Watch beta for the Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic.
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Samsung has continued its One UI 9 testing push across two product lines, rolling out fresh beta software for both its latest smartphones and its smartwatches.
According to GSMArena, Samsung released a seventh One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra. The update arrived shortly after the sixth beta, which GSMArena said had been distributed earlier in the same week. The seventh build weighs more than 1.2GB and carries a firmware version ending in ZZHK. GSMArena reported that, although it is not listed in the changelog, the update also introduces features Samsung first brought to the Galaxy Z Fold8.
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