At this point, it is no longer any secret that Samsung has had serious problems in the adoption of Android 15. In fact, today, April 7, the launch of ONE UI 7 for Samsung mobiles will finally occur, with a first round of updates addressed first to the smartphones and tablets of the brand released in recent years.
They are nothing less than Six months late with respect to Android 15 launch for pixel mobilesand seven months from the public launch of the new version of the operating system. Samsung is not used to waiting so much, since it is normally one of the first brands to adopt the new version of Android every year. Fortunately, the company wants to return to the right track.
Everything indicates that One UI 8 will be one of the first layers based on Android 16 to reach the market; To the point that the last filtration states that Samsung will be ahead of the Google itself to launch a Android 16. Specifically, the information published by Sammobile states that Samsung’s next folding ones will come with One UI 8 pre -installed Factory, becoming the first devices with Android 16 in the market in July or possibly August.
Recall that Google has adopted important changes in the development of Android, and that the new version of the system will be launched next Juneor July if delays occur. Google wants to synchronize each new version of Android with each new generation of Pixel smartphones, after the Pixel 9 arrived last August with Android 14, since the development of Android 15 did not reach its end until September.
Google’s new strategy assumes that Android 16 will probably be the protagonist of the next Google I/O, which will be held on May 20, for a launch for June or early July. Pixel 10 should arrive next August, and They would come with Android 16 from factoryand the update for the rest of the range will probably come hand in hand.
That means that, if Samsung manages to launch its new folding at the end of July, with One UI 8, it will become The first brand to offer Android 16 to his clients, even advancing to Google; A big difference compared to last year. Therefore, the first smartphones with Android 16 would be the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Galaxy Z Flip 7, waiting to see if the rumors of a galaxy z Fe are true.
Once the new Galaxy Z are launched with One UI 8, it is expected that the update arrives for the rest of Samsung models shortly after; at least, it should be much faster than one ui 7.
