New leak is unhealthy information for Galaxy house owners
Republished on December 29 with new studies right into a one other long-delayed Android safety improve now confirmed as coming to Samsung telephones.
If this newest leak is true, Samsung’s ill-fated One UI 7 beta nonetheless has some nasty surprises for Galaxy house owners. The beta was very late coming—albeit what it provides is superb. And now as thousands and thousands extra customers look ahead to putting in the beta over the following few weeks, they might be disillusioned.
As posted by @familytaes on X, “24 collection OneUI 7 beta 3 will launch between thirtieth~sixth (Will be +- 2 days). After beta 3 there’d be 2~3 extra beta builds at max. S23/22/21/A collection will not have any beta program.” The higher information is that the secure launch seems broadly on schedule. “Steady rollout schedule can be introduced at unpacked, twenty second Jan (likely Feb 1st~2nd week).”
Android Authority reported the “unhealthy information” with this “new One UI 7 beta rumor right here to dampen your Christmas spirits… If this data is correct, this might be a extremely irregular One UI beta program from Samsung. The dearth of beta software program for older Galaxy flagships may even not sit nicely with customers who’re already upset about Samsung’s delayed Android 15 rollout.”
This can be a disgrace. Samsung’s spin on Android 15 is superb.And whereas it received’t enchantment to all die-hard Samsung and Android followers, as I’ve reported individually, the shift in the direction of most restrictions as a default, clamping down on sideloading. and harmful wi-fi and bodily connections, and tighter controls over the ecosystem is all very welcome given the worsening menace panorama. At the least from a safety and privateness perspective, Samsung is doing a very good job of closing the hole (to an extent) to iPhone and setting itself other than Pixel.
As with all leaks there’s a severe phrase of warning right here. As Android Authority says, “it’s vital to notice that different extra dependable Samsung leakers are but to corroborate this rumor.” I’ve approached Samsung for any feedback on the leak or affirmation as to adjustments to its plans.
When One UI 7 does flip up in your cellphone, whether or not in beta or the secure launch which is ready to coincide with the Galaxy S25 in just a few weeks, will probably be a game-changer in your cellphone. Whereas Samsung took some severe flak for the delays, it appears definitely worth the wait. And you must familiarize your self with Samsung’s and Google’s personal Android safety and privateness updates while you set up.
Samsung says that with One UI 7 it “enhances safety and privateness within the age of AI, giving customers higher transparency and selection,” and I feel that’s honest. The timing is true for this. You’ll probably have seen a number of tales over latest weeks as AI-powered threats begin to make take a heavy toll on the cellular safety panorama. Whether or not which means extra real looking phishing expeditions or malware that has been AI-enhanced to evade detection, the outcomes usually are not good for customers.
Android 15 and One UI 7 will assist, particularly with stay menace detection and tighter controls over installations, downloads and permission abuse. As such, the shortage of a beta (if true) is manageable. What issues extra is the well timed availability of the secure launch in your system.
Given delays to different updates in latest months—most notably with the One UI 7 beta itself, Samsung customers could also be involved as to how rapidly the secure Android 15 launch will hit their gadgets.
Will probably be some time earlier than we all know for positive, however as SamMobile has simply identified, “over the previous 2-3 years, Samsung launched the secure One UI replace earlier than the tip of the 12 months. This 12 months, although, the South Korean agency delayed the discharge of the One UI beta replace by three months… In the course of the SDC 2024 occasion in October, Samsung introduced that it could begin rolling out the secure One UI 7.0 replace within the first quarter of 2025. Plainly Samsung will hold its promise. Nevertheless, do not count on all telephones in all areas to get the replace concurrently.”
Satirically, the timing of the One UI 7 launch is predicted to coincide with the Galaxy S25 rerelease, which may even tackle the patchy replace schedule that leaves many Samsung customers ready for updates to hit their gadgets.
Whereas this received’t resolve the area, mannequin, provider conundrum that plagues Android updates, the long-delayed introduction of seamless updates at the least begins to deal with the difficulty and make it much less painful for customers. What we actually need to see is an everybody, in every single place method, simply as Apple takes. However that’s not but on the playing cards.
With One UI 7, the added care and a focus may additionally prolong the timeline. “Samsung has been fairly late this 12 months with the discharge of the brand new One UI replace,” SamMobile says. “The corporate reportedly wished a serious replace with an improved person expertise, and it did simply that. One UI 7 introduces a big UI design overhaul.” You’ll be able to test the probably eligibility of your system for the replace right here.
Android 15 is such a compelling safety and privateness overhaul, made much more so by Samsung’s One UI wrap, that it’s a disgrace there are these delays in getting the brand new OS on to telephones—particularly new flagships. However it’s a game-changer for Android and there’s not lengthy to attend now. Simply don’t be caught out within the meantime putting in pre-release software program or apps from web or social media posts.
In the meantime, whereas the beta restriction is clearly unhealthy information for S23 and S22 house owners specifically, who might have anticipated a pre-release style of Android 15 given the relative newness of their flagships, there’s additionally some new unhealthy information for S24 house owners as nicely. There have been hopes one other One UI 7 beta launch may sneak out earlier than the tip of 2024. However these hopes appear to have been quashed.
“If you happen to have been nonetheless clinging on to hope that Samsung will launch one other One UI 7 beta for the Galaxy S24 lineup earlier than the tip of the 12 months,” SamMobile has now reported, “you’re going to be disillusioned.” The report is predicated on a U.S. Samsung discussion board moderator confirming that “we’ll announce the standing of Beta 3 as soon as the software program is out there.” And clearly, as SamMobile factors out, “with simply 4 days to go earlier than we are saying goodbye to this eventful 12 months, that is nearly as good an indication as any that Samsung won’t be releasing any new One UI 7 beta updates earlier than January.”
That stated, SamMobile has added that “as we have been scripting this, Samsung India’s beta group revealed that the following beta replace is “anticipated to be launched on the finish of December 2024”, however we’d nonetheless suggest retaining your expectations low.”
For these planning an S25 improve, there’s some new excellent news on the safety entrance. As reported by SammyFans, the brand new mannequin “is nearly confirmed to debut Seamless Updates. Years after avoiding this iconic characteristic, the corporate is all set to launch it with the upcoming telephones. It’ll observe the preliminary but silent launch on the Galaxy A55. Leaked recordsdata from the Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely confirmed the inclusion of Seamless Updates.”
This follows an Android Authority report that noticed telltale indicators that this long-awaited safety improve is lastly coming to Samsung flagships. “Sure,” the web site says, “the Galaxy S25 collection helps seamless updates. Technically, Seamless Updates is an A/B Partition answer in Android. It’s a core-level configuration that may’t be utilized by way of software program. Samsung appears to have experimented with the characteristic with the launch of the Galaxy A55. With A/B Partition, a brand new software program replace installs within the background. It permits the cellphone to operate with none interruptions. As soon as the set up is finished, the person simply must restart the cellphone to get the software program put in.”
There isn’t any affirmation as but as as to whether this may be added to older flagships or can be only for the S25 mannequin onward. It’s a stark hole within the Samsung safety arsenal given how lengthy it has been out there on different Android gadgets. It simplifies and will assist Samsung speed up the painful month-to-month replace course of, and it makes it faster and simpler for customers with out the same old reboot downtime.
As Android Authority explains, “it is usually safe from the legacy technique as a software program failure doesn’t corrupt the system firmware as a result of momentary set up within the secondary partition. Apparently, Google launched Seamless Updates with Android Nougat 7.1.”
Google clearly desires Samsung—Android’s main OEM by far—to undertake this (comparatively) mew replace technique. it’s unclear why it has taken so lengthy. As I reported on this again in November, “there’s one space the place the hole between Samsung and iPhone stays as huge as ever—safety updates. Whereas Android pushes a month-to-month cycle versus Apple’s as and when, customers should look ahead to particular updates by mannequin, area and provider, and never everybody get the month-to-month replace, with many on a quarterly or worse cycle… seamless or any type of common suddenly updating stays a essential lacking characteristic for Samsung house owners. That is exacerbated by Google flexing its muscular tissues when it coms to its personal management over {hardware} and software program with Pixels, one thing Samsung can not match whereas it stays depending on the broader Android ecosystem.”
Overlook concerning the hole to iPhone, at the least this lastly plugs one key hole to Pixel.