Last updated: May 22nd, 2026 at 14:21 UTC+02:00
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Plenty of new features on offer.
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Abhijeet Mishra / SamMobile
Samsung recently begun rolling out the stable One UI 8.5 update for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, among lots of other eligible devices.
Our colleagues over at SamMobile TV have posted a new video today highlighting what's new for the Galaxy S24 Ultra once it's upgraded to Samsung's latest firmware release.
The great news is that all of the headline stuff about One UI 8.5 has made it to the Galaxy S24 Ultra. It's normal for some features to not trickle down to older flagships, but the Galaxy S24 Ultra is largely spared that outcome.
The most obvious new feature is the highly customizable quick panel. Just tap on the edit option and you can customize the size of things, placement of things, and even remove toggles you don't want to use.
The Gallery app now has a floating menu bar at the bottom with a nice blur effect. Samsung has redesigned everything to give the app a more appealing aesthetic, even though functionally everything is quite the same.
Not a great deal of changes have been made to the camera on the Galaxy S24 Ultra with One UI 8.5. Some of the new features missing for this device include the 24-megapixel support, and it hasn't received the horizontal lock feature as well. APV codec is missing as well, which is not surprising at all, since this is a chipset limitation of the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
Check out the full video below to learn more about what One UI 8.5 brings, and crucially what it doesn't, for the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Drop a follow for the SamMobile YouTube channel to follow along as we post more interesting content.
Adnan Farooqui is a long-term writer at SamMobile. Based in Pakistan, his interests include technology, finance, Swiss watches and Formula 1. His tendency to write long posts betrays his inclination to being a man of few words.
