Samsung held its annual developer’s conference on October 12, where it announced plenty of new features related to One UI 5 and also revealed that the Galaxy S22 series will be receiving the stable version of the Android-13-based software by the end of October. After the event, a Samsung executive reportedly confirmed that the company is working on seamless updates, which may be introduced with One UI 6. The executive also revealed information about the rollout plans for One UI 5. Let’s look at the details.
During an Interview with Android Authority, Hyesoon (Sally) Jeong, VP at Samsung Electronics and the in-charge of One UI development, revealed that the South Korean company is planning to roll out the stable One UI 5.0 update to almost all of its compatible flagships (including the foldables and the Galaxy S21 series) before the end of this year.
Further, Sally confirmed that the One UI team is currently working on offering seamless updates, and it may roll out with One UI 6 next year. As of right now, none of the Galaxy smartphones have Android’s Seamless Updates feature, meaning the phones reboot into maintenance mode for the update installation, making you wait for 10 to 20 minutes before using the device. With the introduction of this feature, Samsung phones will receive and install updates in the background and reboot after the installation has finished.
Additionally, the executive denied rumors that One UI would be coming to Chromebooks and TVs. She said “there are no plans for One UI to come to other products, such as TVs, Chromebooks, etc”.
Samsung has been testing the One UI 5 for months now. As mentioned, the company will roll out the stable firmware update to the Galaxy S22 series by the end of October.
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