Samsung Galaxy S25 benchmarked with Android 16 (One UI 8.0)

The Galaxy S25 has been spotted in the Geekbench benchmark database running Android 16 (One UI 8.0). Earlier this month, Galaxy S25 Ultra Android 16 firmware was spotted on Samsung's servers. The base model has now appeared on Geekbench running a newer Android 16 firmware.

Last year, the first Android 15 firmware and benchmarks for the Galaxy S24 series were spotted in May and July respectively, so this is a good sign that the One UI 8.0 update will arrive faster than One UI 7.

Not that we should be surprised. Samsung revealed earlier this year that One UI 7 required long-term planning and testing because of how many changes it brings to the software experience on Galaxy smartphones. One UI 8 is likely to be a relatively smaller update and, therefore, have a shorter development period.

galaxy s25 android 16 (one ui 8) benchmark

Google may have a big hand in One UI 8's early arrival

Another reason why One UI 8 could be here sooner than expected is Google's adoption of a new development model that will see Android 16 going gold in June this year instead of August or September.

June is still two months away, though, so it's too early to celebrate. For now, we're just hoping Samsung will start the official One UI 7 rollout on schedule.

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Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

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Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.

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Galaxy S25 benchmarked running Android 16 (One UI 8.0)!

Google may have a big hand in One UI 8's early arrival

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Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

First Samsung device: SGH-D500