More Galaxy S25 One UI 8.5 beta updates may be on the way

If you were hoping the One UI 8.5 beta program for the Galaxy S25 series would end soon, you may be in for some serious disappointment. According to Tarun Vats, Samsung could release up to ten One UI 8.5 beta updates for the S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra in total.

Samsung has released eight beta updates for the original Galaxy S25 trio, with the most recent one released around a week ago. Beta updates nine and ten could arrive on April 9th and April 20th respectively, at least if Samsung sticks to the same schedule it has been following for these beta releases till now.

You may have noticed we don’t mention the Galaxy S25 FE above, and that’s for a reason: the Galaxy S25 FE didn’t receive the beta with the S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. In fact, that the FE model got the beta at all was surprising, as Samsung has historically kept the FE models out of One UI beta programs.

The Galaxy S25 FE received its first One UI 8.5 beta update on March 26th, much later than the rest of the lineup. Because of that delay, it will likely continue receiving beta updates even after the beta program wraps up for the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra.

That said, things may not be that straightforward. All Galaxy S25 models share the same underlying software, so Samsung could just push the stable One UI 8.5 update to everything at once and cut the FE’s beta run shorter than expected.

As for when Samsung plans to release the stable version of One UI 8.5 to existing devices, that remains to be seen, though the company could take until May to get the ball rolling.