Right after the expected release schedule that ramped up online a few days ago, Google has officially begun rolling out the first beta for its next OS, Android 16. Although the date is not exactly the same as reported earlier, there’s no big difference as well. Well, Google being on time with Android 16’s launch, this could inspire Samsung to bring One UI 8 sooner than expected.
While Google is currently working on Android 16 OS, with its initial beta having started rolling out for the eligible Pixel devices, hopefully, Galaxy fans will not witness any frustrating delay with One UI 8, which will eventually be based on Android 16, though.
Android 16 beta 1 begins on time; will Samsung’s One UI 8 arrive early?
Meanwhile, the newer Android 16 beta introduces the Adaptive Apps feature that will focus on ensuring the app’s behavior in adapting to the device’s screen size, orientation, and form factor, such as big-screen and small-screen phones. Accompanied by adaptive apps, beta 1 also brings live updates (more or less similar to One UI 7’s Now bar), camera and media updates, vertical texts, Gemini extensions, and other accessibility features.
Alternatively, with the two Android 16 Developer Previews already released, Google pushes its process to deliver the beta phases of the newer OS so that it’s available not only for the Pixel devices but also for the smartphones from other Android partners on time.
Apart from this, Samsung is also looking more focused, with its stable One UI 7 release being (probably) already delayed for older devices; the company’s latest smartphone series, the Galaxy S25, has arrived with One UI 7 on board. Thus, eventually it looks like the Android 16’s on-time launch will trigger Samsung to bring One UI 8 comparatively sooner, at least not delaying what it did with the One UI 7 version.
