One UI 8 Beta program for S23 / S23+ / S23 Ultra

[le0n_]

Hello everyone!

As many of you may know, Samsung has already released three betas based on One UI 8 and Android 16 for the S25 Series. However,  we haven't heard anything about the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S23 lineup. 

There are alpha builds online, that are quite stable for the S23 series, but they were leaked. Nothing directly from Samsung. Which is a shame, they seems to be good enough for a daily use.

My question is (and I hope somebody working at Samsung will give us some light on this), can we expect a beta program for older models, or we have to wait for the stable release? 

[Piper123]

I'm afraid this isn't correct.

[Piper123]

It is looking more likely that a stable build may be released late August for S25 series.

S24 series "may" get a beta but may also go straight to stable but we do not have a date.

S23 series unlikely to get a beta. Will wait for stable.

[Piper123]

Please also note

Samsung won't release information until such time as there is information to release.

One UI8 is very much an under the hood update with minimal changes to what you see on screen.

[johnz237]

In all honesty I would ignore any news not from samsung. This isnt some amazing, big update- you wont really notice much change between ui7 and 8.

[le0n_]

Indeed. A minor update, compared to what the S25 series is getting. Samsung trimmed it a lot for S23U. I was wondering, because we got stuck on the Alpha build. Since some birds send emails to Samsung to patch their servers so the builds do not get leaked. 

[Sonora]

Samsung  has begun internal testing of One UI 8 on two more affordable smartphones – Galaxy F34 and Galaxy M36. The company is working on internal test versions of the software. These versions show that development is moving forward.

https://www.sammyfans.com/2025/07/28/samsungs-one-ui-8-development-moves-forward-with-more-budget-de...

[DanTheGamer]

I'm hoping they're gonna add this back! I really found this feature helpful! Why, why tf would you remove it in the first place God dammit!

[Joeeye]

Uhhh what feature are you referring to?

[DanTheGamer]

The one in the picture, on lock screen when you tap the clock it drops down notifications those are gone in ui 7