News & Reviews:   Samsung One UI

The Google Pixel 8 series was launched earlier this week and its most noteworthy feature has got to be the promise of 7 years of software updates. This makes the Pixel 8 series overtake Samsung, which is offering 5 years of security updates to its flagship smartphones, something that the South Korean tech giant may be looking to remedy.

With the release of Android 12, smartphone manufacturers have started working on custom skins for their devices. For Samsung, the beta of One UI 4.0 became available earlier this month and adds plenty of new features. Interestingly, the custom skin will also be available for non-mobile devices.

Those who are eagerly waiting for the Samsung to upgrade its UI to Android 11, here's good news for you. The company announced the closed beta of One UI 3.0 for developers back in August and is now opening to the public. However, it seems that this will be a limited open beta and not many Samsung devices will get the update yet.