It’s a game changer
Repassed on June 1 with news on the calendar of the beta version and the release of One UI 8, and eligible devices, bringing the new Kill Switch and other safety upgrades.
Samsung moves quickly to recover the soil lost through its UI 7 delays. The Galaxy-Maker has now confirmed that early access to the Beta One Ui 8 is now available, “Start of a new era of software intelligence. “What happens then is critical.
But the advantage that Samsung has this time is the relatively modest scale of an IU 8 against the wholesale update of the user interface 7 which has still not finished its deployment. But literally hidden from the various adjustments that we know how to come is a brilliant update that could change the situation. “Consider it as a killing switch for your private digital life.”
That’s how it Android police Describe the new “Hide the secure folder” button which instantly disappears the icon and the applications of the folder. “When hidden”, the applications and data stored in a secure folder are encrypted. All applications of the folder will stop working and you will not receive any notification of them until you are and decrypt the secure file. »»
That’s what I really like. This is a deployment at the OS level of the type of personal security and intimacy which is essential when children and others could browse your phone, play games or watch media or watch photos. This also prevents clumsy notifications from appearing when your phone could be visible to others.
Android authority made its usual deep dive on the new upgrade, and says “a secure folder on an 8 user interface is easier to use and safer than ever”. This is particularly welcome given the safety vulnerabilities highlighted with a secure file in recent months, and that Samsung has chosen to follow a different way of the generic private space of Android.
The other upgrade of the title is to force users to re -register their biometric safety for a secure folder, by separating it into its own enclave. This means that if you have registered someone else’s digital imprint for access to the generic phone – one of your children or your partner, this does not mean that they will have access to the personal secure file which is distant.
“While your locking screen already helps keep the data on your phone out of occasional access,” Android authority Said, “offers an additional safety layer, especially practical if you know that other people will use your device. You can move your most private data to its encrypted protection, and even fully hide its presence. ”
This Kill switch will however make the titles: “A new button of quick parameters does not only hide the secure folder without forcing you to do through settings of settings, but also firm the applications that you have moved there and to silence their notifications. Considering that this is where Samsung encourages us to keep our opinion most sensitive, a super-Beau way to sweep everything under the carpet is completely like an addition of brandard. ”.
This should completely change the way you use Android and remember to cut it from data and applications that are for you and you alone. Once live, if it is transparent and polished as promised, it is something that other phones – including the iPhone – should copy.
Meanwhile, there are encouraging news for Samsung users who have just received a user interface 7 and Android 15 after these long delays and which will now require when a user interface 8, Android 16 and the last secure file update will be on their phones.
The new “ Kill Switch ” from Galaxy
By Sammyfans“The company targets an ambitious chronology of the stable version of the summer of 2025, arriving potentially from July, months before the traditional autumn update calendar of Samsung. This accelerated development cycle is aligned with the launch of Google among the first manufacturers to offer the last Android experience in June 2025.”
Android 16 provides a new level of security to phones, with Google’s new advanced data mode, stopping many of its vulnerabilities, such as flow applications and higher risk network connections. This is now in beta version on pixels and should also come to Samsungs, although Galaxy phones are already better locked than pixels.
Samsung and Google found it difficult to highlight the collaboration between the two companies while accelerating the process of thrusting a user user interface. It is not surprising. The delays of an IU 7 leading to a difference of six months between the owners of pixels and the owners of galaxies were a disaster that nobody wants to review.
“By prioritizing speed, stability and innovation”, ” Sammyfans Said: “Samsung reports, he has caught up. For Samsung, a user interface 8 represents not only a software update, but a strategic repositioning which could redefine the expectations of the users of the galaxy for future versions.” This is now what is really going on in the coming weeks.
As for which phones will probably get the upgrade, Sammyfans suggest the following:
- “Galaxy S Series: Galaxy S25 Edge, S25, S25 +, S25 Ultra, Galaxy S24, S24 +, S24 Ultra, S24 Fe, Galaxy S23, S23 +, S23 Ultra, S23 Fe, Galaxy S22, S22 +, S22 Ultra.
- Galaxy Z Series: Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7 (to be launched with a UI 8), Galaxy Z Fold6, Z Flip6, Galaxy Z Fold5, Z Flip5, Galaxy Z Fold4, Z Flip4.
- Galaxy Tab Series: Galaxy Tab S10 +, Tab S10 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S9, S9 +, S9 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S8, S8 +, S8 Ultra. »»
The website also suggests that if “mid -range models like the Galaxy A55 and A35 can also be eligible in four -year policy”, it is less clear if “older devices like the Galaxy S21 series” will be sneaky or lack. Part of this will depend exactly the upgrading of the upgrading of the operating system, before or after the expiration of the end of four years.
For these users of the galaxy wishing to try the beta version as part of Samsung’s faster and faster process, it can already a problem. As indicated by 9TO5GOOGLE“The first beta UI 8 opened its doors to users of Galaxy S25 only two days ago, but Samsung says that the program is already full in the United States and has closed registrations for new users.” To say that all this occurred quickly would be an understatement, “the beta version of the UI 8 opened the morning of May 28, and has already been closed on the evening of May 29.”
I say “May” because it is not quite clear if this is the case. Some users have suggested that they had been able to join the beta version even after the reports it was closed for the first time. Confusion has become the word of the watch for the beta version and the release of One UI 7, so users must be used to this.
Android police reported the same thing: “The American beta program for Android 16 IU 8 based in Samsung on the Galaxy S25 series has reached its maximum capacity two days after the launch, and new inscriptions are closed. Although it is not clear if more spots will open for the initial beta version, those that miss will probably have the opportunity to join the publication of Beta 2, which should be more stable.”
As 9TO5GOOGLE Explains: “With each new Samsung Beta software, there is a limit of the participants who, ultimately, is reached. The limit often does not come into play, however, with users generally capable of registering for at least several days, or even more, after a beta. ” This suggests that it could be confused more than anything else, but there is a clear interest in an IU 8 and the registration of the beta program has been well published.
According to SammyguruThe Galaxy-Maker has published an opinion on the screen saying: “We have reached the limit of participants for this beta program. Thank you for your interest. Try again for the next beta version. ” The website offers users a little hope. “This opinion gives the impression that Samsung does not plan to open more slot slots for the Galaxy S25 beta 8 in the United States.
