For a while, if you wanted Samsung’s Documentscan feature, you had to buy the Galaxy S26. That exclusivity window appears to be closing.
With One UI 8.5, Samsung is bringing Documentscan to a broader lineup of Galaxy devices, and for anyone who skipped the S26 upgrade, that is genuinely good news.
What Documentscan Actually Does
Samsung cameras have handled basic document scanning for years. Point at a page, the camera crops and corrects it automatically. Convenient, but the result is always a separate image file. Scanning a five-page document meant five photos with no clean way to combine them.
Documentscan fixes that. It lets you scan multiple pages in sequence and save everything as a single PDF, which is how scanning is supposed to work. You can also pin a shortcut directly to the camera app’s home screen through settings, making it faster to access than most people expect.
Which Devices Are Getting It
Based on the current One UI 8.5 beta, Documentscan is confirmed for the Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25 Edge, Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7.
The Galaxy S25 FE is a notable gap so far, though its absence from early beta builds does not guarantee it stays off the list. The S25 itself only received Documentscan late in the beta cycle, which suggests other devices could still be added before the final release.
When to Expect It
Samsung has not announced an official release date for One UI 8.5. Spring 2026 is the working assumption based on the current beta timeline, but nothing is confirmed.
The bigger picture is that Samsung chose not to lock this feature behind a single flagship permanently, and that alone is worth acknowledging.
