After one very troubled One UI 7whose release at a tight pace on all supported devices has come to life only in the last week of April, Samsung is already concentrating all their energies on the next One UI 8 Based on Android 16.
The voices according to which the South Korean giant could release others take more and more body Major Update The owner interface well in advance compared to the current version based on Android 15: a further clue is provided to us by the Apkmirror portal, where a new version of the Launcher peeked One UI Homeextracted from a test of testing of the next UI version
The Launcher of the One UI 8 can already be downloaded from Apkmirror
Full chaos of the release started, suspended and finally resumed the One UI 7Samsung, however, has carried out the development of the One UI 8the next version of the owner interface which, according to rumors, we will already know during the summer (between July and August) with folding smartphones next generation.
The South Korean giant has however long started the test phase of what could be a “disappointing” update, especially for smartphones born with the One UI 7 such as the Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra.
From mid -April onwards, some buildings of tests from the next UI tests and some users have managed to install them, for example, on the folding of the 2024 Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6: in this way, we have been able to discover some interesting details, such as the extension of NOW briefs to multiple smartphones and the new Quick Share.
In the last few hours, the APK package of the Version 17.0.00.43 of the launcher One UI Home (you can download it from this link). The peculiarity of this version lies in the fact that it comes from one of these buildings of aforementioned tests: consequently, this is in all respects the launcher that we will know with the one UI 8; Furthermore, it cannot be used with the current version of Samsung’s owner interface.
After a very full -bodied update to Android 15, the South Korean giant may not dare in the passage to Android 16. There are not many expected innovations, but something will still be there, as an improved animations management engine that will make the opening/closing process more fluid. In this perspective, the One Ui Launcher.
