What you could know
- At SDC 2024, Samsung had a Galaxy S24 Extremely on deck that rocked its upcoming One UI 7 (Android 15) software program.
- From the demo, it was found that the notifications and Fast Settings panel can be separated, giving customers a full view of each areas.
- One UI 7 can also be shifting the search bar to the underside of the app drawer UI.
- Samsung confirmed One UI 7 will arrive in 2025 alongside the Galaxy S25 and the beta is prone to start “by the top of” 2024.
Samsung had extra in retailer throughout its Builders Convention this week, which concerned a detailed have a look at One UI 7’s modifications.
One UI 7 (Android 15) has been rumored to function a “main” shift in Samsung’s software program design all yr. Photos captured by SammyGuru present Samsung’s teasers of some One UI 7 modifications that convey the OS into an Apple-like world (by way of 9to5Google). Kicking off these modifications is the Fast Settings menu, which gives a a lot curvier look with pill-shaped choices.
It appears Samsung is trying to function smaller, fatter sliders in your gadget’s brightness degree. The publication famous in Samsung’s demo that you could transfer the “blocks” featured on the up to date Fast Settings menu. Furthermore, the icons within the bigger “block” with airplane mode, flashlight, and so forth., could be swapped out and customised additional.
The Korean OEM is transferring towards extra customization with One UI 7 and transferring the choices/icons inside blocks would give customers company over how their settings ought to look.
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One other sharp change is the notification panel. The upcoming OS replace separates a consumer’s alerts from the Fast Settings panel. What was proven throughout SDC 2024 was a panel that stacks your notifications in a pill-shaped design with an arrow to broaden for extra info. Very like the Fast Settings panel (and different screens), the notification heart has a low depth of discipline.
The time and date are listed on the prime left with a “settings” button and “clear” on the underside. SamMobile went into element about this separation, revealing that One UI 7 lets customers swipe down the left facet of their show for notifications, leaving the fitting facet for Fast Settings.
Another smaller modifications in One UI 7 embody a “Facet button” choices web page redesign. Customers will discover choices unified underneath the “Double Press” and “Press and maintain” selections. The app drawer has picked up a welcome change as its search bar drops to the underside of the UI.
What this early glimpse from SDC 2024 does is (primarily) affirm most of the rumors about One UI 7. It appears Samsung is really transferring towards a extra HyperOS (Xiaomi) or iOS-inspired design with its Android 15 pores and skin, as evidenced by the Fast Settings panel modifications, notifications, and different refreshed parts.
Whereas a number of facets of One UI 7 are altering, and certain looping in additional Galaxy AI, we’re nonetheless gazing a large delay. It was reported that Samsung was nonetheless holding inside discussions concerning the software program’s options and dealing by way of “stability issues” in September. Nevertheless, Samsung confirmed One UI 7 (Android 15) will not arrive till 2025.
It is anticipated to drop alongside the Galaxy S25 sequence, marking an excessive departure from the corporate’s typical replace cadence. Regardless of that, the corporate is predicted to start its One UI 7 beta “earlier than the yr ends.”
