Galaxy S9 One UI (Android Pie) beta program now live!
The day you have been waiting for is finally here. The Galaxy S9 Android Pie beta program has been launched today. Available for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, the beta program will give you the chance to test Samsung’s new user interface, dubbed One UI, along with the latest version of Android. The program is live in South Korea at the moment but will also be available in Germany and the US.
Galaxy S9 One UI beta program kicks off
You can register for the beta in the Samsung Members app (Samsung+ for folks in the US). Just open the app, tap the Notices button, and you should see an option about enrolling into the beta program. Once enrolled, you will be able to download the Android Pie beta build from the Settings » Software update menu by tapping Download updates manually. You will need a Samsung account to do this, as expected.
Don’t fret if you don’t see a notice about the program in Samsung Members just yet. It may take some time to become active for everyone, although you’d want to be as quick as possible with registering as there are going to be limited slots. It’s also a good idea to back your data up through Samsung Smart Switch before installing the beta.
We will be testing Android Pie out on our Galaxy S9 to see what’s new and what’s changed. You can check out our hands-on experience with One UI on the Galaxy S9 in the meantime and can also look forward to further coverage on Android Pie for all the nitty-gritty details.
- Model: SM-G960F
- Dimensions: 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5mm
- Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
- CPU: Exynos 9810
- Camera: 12 MP, CMOS OIS (F1.5/F2.4)
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j600g pie firmware plz….
Any news about UK beta program?
It’s 20th Nov and still nothing in Samsung Members
i dont think it will be this month …maybe december 3rd/4th?
They said UK beta will start on 20th Nov
they said loads of things that never happened
its already 20th 4:30pm gmt (nearly midnight in Seoul)
doubt it will be 20th
Yes….you right!
We have to wait few more days/hours like germans
Update this (or make new) with screenshots of beta UI 🙂 i am sure yiu can collect that from people in US, Korea and other “beta-countries” 🙂
What about Germany beta program? any news?!!
Also waiting for news. I have flashed a german firmware and created a german Samsung account specifically for this, no invite for the moment. I don’t know if this will be enough to exploit it
Please tell me if it worked
How did you do that. I want to do the same
Will the beta update erase the user data or will be like normal OTA?
normal OTA.
Thanks…will do
Installing it now. Sprint S9+, signed up maybe 30-45 minutes ago. I needed to side load 11.2 version of Samsung+ to see the sign up.
Where did u find 11.2
I’m on Galaxy s9 plus in Chicago, don’t see any update. How do you force an update in Google play>
Just to ad, I’m on the sprint network as well.
In US.. S9+ on Sprint.. already downloaded and installing now. I went to PlayStore and forced updates. Received new version of Samsung app. Opened and signed up for beta. Took a couple minutes but it showed up as an update after I manually checked a couple times.
How do you force an update.
Any one state side received it yet?
Come on US! Hopefully it will pop up soon for us here.
I highly doubt it, last year we had similar issues, we were some of the last ones
Just spoke with a samsung REP, it seems we will get a notification, so yeah its a waiting game now, if anyone here in the US gets it let’s us know! 🤞🏼
Queue Jeopardy theme.
The tittle is pretty deceiving, it’s not live only in Korea, not anywhere else, there should be updated towards this article to reflect actual ability as it actually becomes available, also for people using the Samsung+ app and not the Samsung members app there’s NO “notices” tab anywhere, it doesn’t exist, it’s called notifications not notices.
I have Latin American g9650ds when it will be beta for the
I believe that Latin Americans do not get any beta, I imagine that if official Pie leaves in January for us in the month of March or April
I have question about Samsung Internet Browser. I just installed new version of Browser (that is meant for 9.0Pie, downloaded it from APK section) and it seems like they removed Video assistant feature, it wont open videos like before, so there is no features like swiping left or right, or up and down on left side for briggtness or on right side for volume…
Am i missing something, or is it really removed from current version?
I downloaded it, too. It’s just a beta, so I’m sure they just haven’t added the feature, yet. I’m pretty you can count on it being available in the official release.
First it’s a sideload so there might be some parameters that will not work until your software version is 9.0, I’ll suggest ones the beta is live at your location, to check if this features come back, it could be that they have been removed, no way to know until the final version of the is actually out in the wild.
Not available yet in the US
I know, I been checking since the article went up, nothing, last year the US got it pretty late, I think it was around 1 or so, let’s hope we do get it today and it’s not just live in Korea.
Any news about Note9?
The Beta is only for the S9’s, however, the official launch for S9’s and Note9 is in January.
Far from the truth on my Note 9 from the philippines, maybe we can taste the pie next year by feb or march:(
Any tips how to participate from a Country not supports beta Program?
I tried using VPN on samsung members but no success
A Lycamobile SIM
Downloaded Samsung Members on my S9+ but nothing in notices to enroll.
The article it’s pretty vague, it seems like it’s only live in Korea not anywhere else, they should clarify that so we actually have a better idea of when it will be.
How long do these beta tests usually take to reach Australia?
If possible when you’ll review the new touchwiz it would be interesting if you showed a screenshot of the gpu rendering profile (shown as bars on screen), that you can find in developers options, from Pie compared to Oreo. It offers a nice and objective method to measure the device’s smoothness. Thanks
Finally!