Samsung brought the incremental One UI 2.5 with the Galaxy Note 20 series and Tab S7 series. Later, the company extended it to a list of devices including the Galaxy S9 series as it promised on the official post. Now, the company has started rolling out the update to the 2018’s flagship Galaxy S9, S9+ in China.
As reported by ITHome, Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ have reportedly started receiving the One UI 2.5 update in China. Accordingly, the firmware version is G9600ZCU7FTJ8/G9600CHC7FTJ8 and has a size of 754.03MB. As per the official changelog, the update has started rolling out from November 25, 2020. And Along with the One UI 2.5 update, it comes with the latest November 1, 2020 Security patch.
That said, we already know that One UI 2.5 update based on Android 10 brings features like navigation gestures for third-party launchers, Pro Video mode, changes in Single Take, Samsung DeX, Samsung Keyboard, Bitmoji stickers on AOD, and more. You can take a look at the official changelog(Google Translated) below:
Changelog for Galaxy S9/S9+ One UI 2.5 update
- Samsung DeX– Support wireless DeX connection. Connect wirelessly with TV via Wlan direct connection (Miracast compatible). *Quick Panel One DeX – It is advisable to use Samsung Smart TVs released after 2019. Supports screen scaling and font size options, allowing users to customize various display sizes.
- WLAN– While testing nearby WLAN signal strength, it will display as very fast, fast, normal, or slow. * You can turn this on or off in the “Network Quality Information Display” setting.
- On-Screen Reminder– Support Bitmoji stickers on the screen reminder. (Clock style).
- Samsung Keyboard– Support split screen keyboard in landscape mode. On the “Manage Input Languages” screen of the keyboard settings page, the search function has been updated to facilitate users. They can find keyboard input languages that they want to add or delete.
- Camera– Enhanced professional video function.
- Latest Security Patch – November 1, 2020.
That said, the device, being 2018 flagship devices, are unlikely to get the next major upgrade. This is because Samsung recently made the commitment of providing three-year upgrades to the flagships and the S9 series unfortunately didn’t make the cut. Anyway, if you are someone who is living in China, you can navigate to Settings->Software Updates->Download and Install to try out the new One UI 2.5 update.
