The new Samsung Dex user interface of One UI 8 confirms some doubts

Not even the time to assimilate the long -awaited news introduced by One UI 7 that Samsung is already working on one UI 8. The Beta version of the new user interface of the South Korean giant could arrive in the coming weeks with the official release that should be in advance of what happened with One UI 7. After appreciating the news of the launcher of the One Ui Home of the One Ui 8 it is now possible to discover in preview what will be like New Dex user interface.

The news of Samsung Dex in One UI 8

Samsung Desktop Experience (Dex) is the function that allows you to transform a smartphone or a Galaxy tablet into one real desktop station. By connecting the device to a monitor, in fact, Samsung Dex It shows an interface similar to that of a PC, and with One UI 8, as can be seen from the images that compare the current version with the one on which Samsung is at work, the South Korean giant has introduced several changes. These resume several elements that Google is introducing with Android 16 and some are visible already at the first start.

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The desktop, in fact, now includes one centered applications bar – similar to that of Windows – with all the icons arranged in the center. The main novelty is that, in addition to showing the currently running apps (as happened in One UI 7), the bar can Also include some fixed app iconschosen by the user. These persistent shortcuts always remain visible on the application bar, even when the relative apps are not open, allowing you to start them more quickly at any time.

Another novelty concerns the app drawer. In one UI 8, in fact, it appears as one smaller pop-up window (instead of occupying the entire screen), making the experience more similar to that of a real desktop system. Apart from these changes, Samsung Dex’s interface remains faithful to style of the previous versions of One UI.

In addition to the changes to the Dex interface, One UI 8 also introduces improvements to rapid controls dedicated to the Galaxy Buds. The new functions, initially developed for Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Proare now also extended to previous models. Holding the volume cursor in the quick panel, a menu opens that allows you to adjust not only the volume, but also the environmental sound and the active cancellation of the noise. At the moment, the controls for advanced settings such as the360 ° audio and the equalizerbut it is likely that it is only a temporary limitation, given that the software is not yet in its definitive version.

As already emerged from the previous analysis of the first information on the next One UI, it would seem that Samsung’s update It does not introduce significant news. This appears even more evident for smartphones with One UI 7 native, including Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra. From what has been learned up to this moment the News of One UI 8 They mainly concern changes to existing functionality, without really introducing something new, even if it is not to be excluded – and it is the hope of Samsung users – that some pleasant news arrives later.