How to prepare your Samsung Galaxy for the One UI 9 update

With Samsung’s One UI 9 rollout chugging along the globe, there’s no better time to make a few quick checks before you make the switch. How to prepare your Samsung Galaxy for the One UI 9 update. If you live in the right region and have the right device, you might already be able to download One UI 9 — and if not, it should be just around the corner anyway.

Before you go through with updating, though, there are some preparations you’ll want to make. Much of what the Android-17 based One UI 9 is bringing is based on new AI features, whether that’s the intelligent tracking of the My Fancam feature or the timely mid-conversation suggestions of Now Nudge (which can pull up reservation details or save location details while you’re texting). There’s also more support for scam detection and AI-enhanced privacy alerts that detect possible security breaches in the background.

If you’re excited to get your hands on features like these, you’ll want to get your phone ready. Getting your phone ready for One UI 9 Framesira/Shutterstock For starters, you want to make sure your phone is eligible for the update in the first place; if you have at least an S23 series phone, or a Z Flip or Z Fold no older than the 5 models, you’re good to go for when the full One UI 9 update arrives. The full stable update has only just started rolling out on the S26 series, and may take some time to reach the wider ecosystem.

So, you’re eyeing a new Samsung foldable but would rather stick with the more traditional and established form factor than go for the new Z Fold8. In that case, the phone you’re looking for is now called the Z Fold8 Ultra.

The update is landing on iOS first. Samsung’s SmartThings redesign is finally here, and Galaxy users don’t get first dibs.

Samsung SmartThings gets a major redesign on iOS. The update adds Routine Insights, which surfaces your three most frequently used routines and their recent activity.

Unlike the Z Fold8, though, which genuinely brings a new shape with few direct alternatives on the market, the same can’t quite be said for the Z Fold8 Ultra. You could just as well go for last year’s Z Fold7 and get a largely similar experience while saving some money so this leaves us with a dilemma on our hands.

The redesign is rolling out on iOS first with version 1.7.51, while Galaxy and other Android users are still waiting. Samsung’s modern One UI redesign has made its way into several of its native apps, but SmartThings, up until now, had largely been left behind until now.

Samsung is rolling out its biggest SmartThings redesign in years, but there’s a big catch: iOS users are getting access to the revamped app before Galaxy and other Android users. We got an early look at the redesign back in early August, and it’s now shipping with version 1.7.51 on iOS, as pointed out by.

Table of Contents: Design Display… Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7.

I checked, and the new build is available to me here in Canada.

Table of Contents: Design Display Battery Life Charging Speaker Test Performance Cameras Verdict For starters, you can compare the complete specs sheets or directly continue with our editor’s assessment in the following text. Size comparison Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra 215 g 158.4 x 143.2 x 4.1 mm (6.24 x 5.64 x 0.16 in) Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 215 g 158.4 x 143.2 x 4.2 mm (6.24 x 5.64 x 0.17 in) Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra folded 158.4 x 72.8 x 8.9 mm (6.24 x 2.87 x 0.35 in) Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 folded 158.4 x 72.8 x 8.9 mm (6.24 x 2.87 x 0.35 in) As we mentioned, the Fold form factor is already well established, and Samsung isn’t reinventing anything here.

The two phones are incredibly similar physically.