Official One UI 8 Watch update for Galaxy Watch 5 is almost here

Official One UI 8 Watch update for Galaxy Watch 5 is almost here!

Samsung has ended the One UI 8 Watch beta program that it was running in the US and Korea the last couple of months.

Abhijeet Mishra

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At long last, Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro owners will finally be able to download the One UI 8 Watch update. Samsung has ended the One UI 8 Watch beta program that it was running in the US and Korea the last couple of months, meaning the stable update is almost ready to roll out.

Usually, Samsung waits a few days after a beta program ends before rolling out the stable update to everyone, but the Watch 6 and Watch 6 Classic started receiving it just a few hours after the beta wrapped up. Hopefully, Samsung will take a similar approach for the Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro as well, especially considering how long owners of those models have been waiting for the One UI 8 Watch update.

Samsung will likely release the update for the cellular and Bluetooth-only variants at different times, and the global rollout could take about a week to pick up pace. Beta participants should receive a small update that brings their watch up to the stable One UI 8 Watch build, while everyone else will need to install a larger update before they can start enjoying the new features and improvements.

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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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