We got the best Samsung deals! Galaxy S24 Ultra, Watch 6, Z Fold 5 or, Z Flip 5.

SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn a commission.

Notifications
    News for you

    Samsung says Galaxy Note 9 and S9 are eligible for One UI 2.5 update

    Phone
    By 

    Last updated: August 21st, 2020 at 17:12 UTC+02:00

    The Galaxy Note 20 is now shipping to customers worldwide. At the same time, Samsung is bringing One UI 2.5 to existing Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra owners in various European countries. But the roll-out won't stop with the Galaxy S20 series. The One UI 2.5 update along with its new features will be made available for various other older devices that have been confirmed by Samsung today.

    Samsung has revealed the list of devices that are now set to receive the One UI 2.5 update after the Galaxy S20 lineup. It names phones that you'd expect to make the list, such as the Galaxy S10 lineup and the Galaxy S10 Lite, the Galaxy Note 10 series including the Note 10 Lite, and the company's foldables like the original Galaxy Fold and the Galaxy Z Flip.

    Brace yourself: The Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S9 series made the list

    Along with the aforementioned phones that you would expect to be eligible for One UI 2.5, Samsung's official announcement surprisingly lists the Galaxy Note 9, the Galaxy S9, and the Galaxy S9+ as being queued up for receiving this latest version of One UI.

    This is truly exciting news and you might be thinking that Samsung's new three-year update policy has retroactively extended to the 2018 flagship phones. However, we wouldn't be surprised if these devices have been added to the One UI 2.5 list by accident considering how uncertain Samsung was about bringing One UI 2.1 to the Galaxy S9 duo and the Galaxy Note 9, and how many months people had to wait for this development to conclude.

    You could say that there is hope for the Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S9 series to receive some One UI 2.5 features later down the line, but it's too early to be certain of anything and a bit of skepticism might be healthy until Samsung sheds more light on the matter. We'll keep you up to speed as soon as we find out more about Samsung's update plans.

    Source FirmwarePhone Galaxy FoldGalaxy Note 10Galaxy Note 10 PlusGalaxy S10Galaxy S10 LiteGalaxy S10 PlusGalaxy S10eGalaxy S9 PlusGalaxy Z FlipSamsung Galaxy Note 9Samsung Galaxy S9

    You might also like

    This is my idea of a cheap Fan Edition Galaxy Z Flip 6

    This is my idea of a cheap Fan Edition Galaxy Z Flip 6

    Rumors about Samsung trying to lower the price barrier for foldable phones are as old as the hills. But nothing's changed so far, and the Galaxy Z Flip series still starts at $999. However, with Huawei threatening to take the lead in global foldable phone shipments this year, Samsung's foldable phone portfolio could soon welcome […]

    • By Mihai Matei
    • 1 week ago
    Galaxy S10 Lite, Note 10 Lite, Galaxy A71 and more will no longer get updates

    Galaxy S10 Lite, Note 10 Lite, Galaxy A71 and more will no longer get updates

    Samsung will stop providing software updates for some devices starting this month. The company published details of the March security patch for Galaxy smartphones and tablets earlier today and removed the Galaxy Note 10 Lite, Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy A71, and Galaxy A02 from the list of devices that are eligible for updates going forward. […]

    • By Abhijeet Mishra
    • 3 weeks ago
    Galaxy S24 sales surpass 1 million mark in South Korea, beating Galaxy S8

    Galaxy S24 sales surpass 1 million mark in South Korea, beating Galaxy S8

    The Galaxy S24 series has received tremendous response since its launch last month. Samsung's new flagship smartphone series broke pre-order records in several countries, including India and South Korea. Samsung has revealed that the Galaxy S24 series sales have crossed 1 million in its home country in record time. Galaxy S24 sales cross 1 million […]

    • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
    • 4 weeks ago
    Oppo isn’t quitting, will keep competing against Samsung’s foldables

    Oppo isn’t quitting, will keep competing against Samsung’s foldables

    Oppo is one of the handful of companies making foldable phones. Like all of them, it aims to challenge Samsung's dominance of the foldable phone market. The company has launched a few models so far and the reactions have been mixed. A recent rumor, a rather outlandish one at that, claimed that Oppo was giving […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 1 month ago
    Why Oppo ditching foldables could be bad news for Samsung fans

    Why Oppo ditching foldables could be bad news for Samsung fans

    Samsung is the leading manufacturer of foldable phones. Even though there have been a few other companies, mostly Chinese, that have made similar devices the Korean giant remains in a league of its own right now. Its Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip lineups are a class apart. The clamshell foldable Galaxy Z Flip series […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 1 month ago
    Apple’s first foldable iPhone prototypes look like the Galaxy Z Flip

    Apple’s first foldable iPhone prototypes look like the Galaxy Z Flip

    It's been rumored for the longest time that Apple is working on foldable iPhones. What wasn't immediately known was whether they would be clamshell foldables like the Galaxy Z Flip series or similar to the larger Galaxy Z Fold. A new report sheds more light on Apple's elusive foldable iPhones. The report claims that Apple […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 2 months ago