Samsung One UI 8.5 Stable Rollout: Full Galaxy Device List

Samsung’s One UI 8.5 stable update is rolling out across the S25, S24, S23, foldables and A-series. Here is the full Galaxy device list by wave.

Ishan Crawford 6 hours ago 0 5

Samsung pushed its One UI 8.5 stable update live on May 6, 2026, starting in South Korea. The rollout has since moved through a five-wave schedule covering dozens of Galaxy phones and tablets, with the Galaxy S23 series, the Z Fold 5, and the Galaxy A56 already in line weeks after the S25 generation first got the build. Sammy Fans, the Samsung-focused tracker cataloguing the rollout wave by wave, updated its device list on June 9, 2026, with Wave 3 open and Wave 4 and 5 beginning to drip out to mid-range and rugged models. The full list below maps which devices have joined the build, and which have not.

Wave 1 Started Quietly in South Korea on May 6

Samsung’s own May 6 announcement on the global newsroom confirmed the stable rollout. The release listed the Galaxy S25 series, S25 FE, S24 series, S24 FE, Z Fold7, Z Flip7, Z Fold6, Z Flip6, Tab S11 series, and Tab S10 series as the first devices in line, and said One UI 8.5 would “begin rolling out in Korea starting May 6.” The language beyond Korea was four words: “additional regions to follow.”

Korea-first is the standard pattern for Samsung’s major stable rollouts, and the company gave no public date for the next wave. Galaxy owners outside Korea saw nothing on the software update screen, even on devices that were already on the confirmed stable list. By the time Samsung put a date on the next step, it had already been five days since the first wave started, and the global expansion was already locked in internally. The full device roster and rollout language are in Samsung’s One UI 8.5 rollout announcement.

Samsung One UI 8.5 stable rollout Galaxy device list

Wave 2 Brought the Global Push on May 11

On May 11, 2026, the rollout went wide. 9to5Google’s running device list tracked stable builds hitting the S25, Z Fold 7, S24, and other models across global markets, with US carriers on board from the same day. Samsung’s US newsroom published the same roster the global release had named, confirming that the May 6 device list was now the worldwide list.

By that point, the Korean launch had not flagged a few devices that joined the global list. The Galaxy S25 Edge, the Galaxy Z TriFold, and the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE sat in the same flagship bucket as the rest of Wave 1 and 2, and 9to5Google expected the list to grow further as more markets caught up. Samsung, in the same statement, repeated that features “may vary depending on model and service region,” a hedge the company has repeated with every wave. The five-day gap between Wave 1 and Wave 2 is the closest Samsung has come to publishing a regional schedule for this rollout.

The device list, organized by category and wave, gives a clearer picture of how Samsung is staging the rollout. Premium flagships and 2024-era devices cleared the first two waves. The 2023 generation, including the S23 series and the Z Fold 5, joined in Wave 3. Mid-range A-series, M-series, and F-series devices, along with Samsung’s rugged line, opened up in Wave 4 and 5. The progression is, in effect, premium first, then last year’s premium, then the year before that, and finally the mid-range and rugged models. Owners of older A-series phones and the S22 generation remain outside the confirmed list, with no stable release date from Samsung.

Category	Wave 1 and 2 (May 6 and 11)	Wave 3 (early June)	Wave 4 and 5 (later)
S-series flagships	S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, S25 Edge, S25 FE, S24, S24+, S24 Ultra, S24 FE	S23, S23+, S23 Ultra, S23 FE	–
Foldables	Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, Z Flip 7 FE, Z TriFold, Z Fold 6, Z Flip 6	Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5	–
A-series mid-range	–	A56, A36	A17, A07, A26, A16, A06, A55, A35, A25, A15, A54, A34
Tablets	Tab S11, Tab S11 Ultra, Tab S10, Tab S10+, Tab S10 Lite	–	Tab S9, Tab S9 FE, Tab S6 Lite, Tab A11, Tab A11+, Tab A9+
M and F series	–	–	M17, M17e, M56, M36, M16, M06, M55, M55s, M35, M15, M54, F17, F70e, F56, F16, F06, F55, F54
Rugged and Active	–	–	XCover 7, XCover 7 Pro, XCover 5 Pro, Tab Active 5, Tab Active P5o

Wave 3 Reached the 2023 Lineup by Early June

Sammy Fans updated its device tracker on June 9, 2026, and Wave 3 added the Galaxy S23, S23+, S23 Ultra, S23 FE, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, Galaxy A56, A36, Tab S11, and Tab S11 Ultra. The Wave 3 list broke the rollout out of the flagship tier: the S23 series is two product cycles behind the S25, and the A56 is the first mid-range device to clear the line. None of these were on Samsung’s original global press release, which had stopped at the S24 generation and the Z6 foldables.

Wave 4 and 5, also tracked by Sammy Fans, opened the door to the rest of the A-series, the entire M-series, the F-series, and Samsung’s rugged line. That covers the bulk of the company’s current active catalogue: the A17, A07, A26, A16, A06, A55, A35, A25, A15, A54, A34; the M17, M17e, M56, M36, M16, M06, M55, M55s, M35, M15, M54; the F17, F70e, F56, F16, F06, F55, F54; the Tab S9, Tab S9 FE, Tab S10, Tab S10 Lite, Tab S6 Lite, XCover 7, XCover 7 Pro, XCover 5 Pro, Tab A11, Tab A11+, Tab A9+, Tab Active 5, and Tab Active P5o. Not all of those have actually received the build yet, but the eligibility list spans Samsung’s mid-range and rugged portfolios as well as the flagship tier.

Samsung had put the S23 generation on a beta track back in April, with the Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 restricted to Korea and the US, and the A36 5G limited to India, as a separate Samsung press release confirmed. The June 9 stable build for the S23 series, the Z Fold 5, the Z Flip 5, and the A56 is the first time those devices have moved from beta to confirmed stable release. Owners of the A36 are still waiting, since the device was on the beta list but has not appeared on the Sammy Fans stable tracker yet.

The full rollout history, from the December 8, 2025 beta to the June 9, 2026 Sammy Fans update, is a tighter sequence than the wait suggests. Here is the timeline as it has played out:

December 8, 2025: First One UI 8.5 beta released to testers.
Late February 2026: Galaxy S26 series launches with One UI 8.5 as its first stable release.
May 6, 2026: Stable rollout begins in South Korea for Wave 1 devices.
May 11, 2026: Global expansion (Wave 2) hits S25, S24, Z6 foldables, and Tab S11 and Tab S10.
June 9, 2026: Sammy Fans updates its tracker; Wave 3 added S23 series, Z Fold 5, A56.

What One UI 8.5 Brings to Older Devices

One UI 8.5 is a skin update on top of Android 16, not a new Android version. The Android 17-based One UI 9 is already in beta for the S26 series in six countries as of June 2026, separate from this rollout. For older-device owners, the question is which of the AI features Samsung is bringing selectively across the lineup actually arrive on the S24, S23, and A-series hardware they bought.

The most prominent new addition is Now Nudge, a tool that reads user routines and on-screen context to surface navigation prompts, app shortcuts, and task reminders before the user asks. Photo Assist picks up a continuous editing workflow, where every AI-edited version is logged in a history panel that the user can roll back to without saving each step. Creative Studio, which used to live inside Photo Assist, now sits on the Apps screen as a standalone tool for AI-generated images, stickers, and wallpapers, and Samsung has a step-by-step walkthrough on Samsung’s guide to Creative Studio features. Bixby is being repositioned as a conversational device agent that takes plain-language commands to change settings, retrieve web information, and get configuration suggestions, rather than navigating specific command syntax. Call Screening, which debuted on the S26, has expanded to plenty of One UI 8.5 devices, with Hindi language support added in India on June 5, 2026.

Quick Share gets two updates of its own. The app now recognizes faces in photos and suggests the corresponding contact for transfers, and a “Share with Apple devices” path opens up cross-platform file sharing with iPhones. On Samsung’s own beta documentation, that path ran only on the Galaxy S26 series and “select flagship models” with availability “subject to change.” Until Samsung clarifies which stable-build devices pick up the iOS sharing, the S26 line is the only confirmed hardware for the cross-platform transfer. The cross-platform file sharing has been rolling out on competing Android flagships as well, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Cinematic LUT feature shipping as a related AI imaging tool, and Quick Share adding AirDrop across Android as the cross-platform route other vendors have taken.

Now Nudge: predictive AI suggestions based on routines and on-screen context.
Photo Assist: continuous AI editing with a full history of every iteration.
Creative Studio: standalone AI image, sticker, and wallpaper generator on the Apps screen.
Bixby: conversational device agent that responds to plain-language commands.
Call Screening: AI call assistant with real-time transcription, with Hindi support added for India.

Why a Five-Month Beta Became a Stable Build

Samsung released the first One UI 8.5 beta on December 8, 2025, and the stable build for older devices did not start rolling out until May 6, 2026, just over five months of beta testing. That is an unusually long window for a Samsung skin update. 9to5Google flagged it as “an odd case” given Samsung’s recent track record of fast stable rollouts, and called out the comparison to One UI 7 in 2025 as the last time the company took this long to ship a stable build. The first stable release of One UI 8.5 itself happened earlier than May 6: the Galaxy S26 series launched with the new skin in late February 2026, four months into the beta cycle.

The likely cause, on the evidence, was scope. Samsung had to clear the S25, S24, Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, Z Fold 6, Z Flip 6, Tab S11, and Tab S10 off the beta track one region at a time before the global rollout could begin. Beta access for the S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and the A36 5G had run only in selected markets: the Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 beta was limited to Korea and the US, and the A36 5G beta was restricted to India, as Samsung’s earlier One UI 8.5 beta expansion post makes clear. Carrying a single build across that many carriers, regions, and chipsets explains the slow ramp, and the features, including Now Nudge, Photo Assist’s history panel, and the repositioned Bixby, were the same ones that had been in beta since December.

One UI 8.5 is an odd case, only now rolling out after over five months in beta, despite Samsung’s recent track record of fast stable rollouts.

Where the Device List Stops

The device list that Sammy Fans, Samsung, and 9to5Google have published is the most detailed public picture of the rollout, but it leaves gaps. The Galaxy S22 series, two generations behind the S24, has not been confirmed for either stable or beta access in any market. The cheapest A-series models, including the A15 and A06, are listed in Wave 4 and 5 but had not received the build as of the June 9 update. Owners of those devices are still waiting on a stable build, with no published timeline from Samsung.

Region-by-region timing remains vague, with Samsung’s official position still standing at “additional regions to follow” five weeks after the May 6 start. The One UI 8.5 beta post, which Samsung ran on its global newsroom through March and April, listed the beta program as still running in limited markets for the S23 series, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and the A36 5G. None of those devices had moved to confirmed stable release at the time of the June 9 device tracker update, except the S23 series, Z Fold 5, and A56, and Samsung has not published a stable rollout schedule for the rest.

Owners of the S22 series and the cheaper A-series models are the clearest gaps in the rollout, and Samsung’s silence on their eligibility is the only public position. For anyone checking the Software Update screen on a 2022 or older device, the One UI 8.5 build is not expected to appear, and the One UI 9 beta, which Samsung has restricted to the S26 series in six countries, is not a substitute.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my Galaxy phone getting One UI 8.5?

The Wave 1 and 2 list covers the Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, S25 Edge, S25 FE, S24, S24+, S24 Ultra, S24 FE, Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, Z Flip 7 FE, Z TriFold, Z Fold 6, Z Flip 6, and the Tab S11 and Tab S10 series. Wave 3, updated on June 9, 2026, added the S23 series, S23 FE, Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, Galaxy A56, A36, Tab S11, and Tab S11 Ultra. Wave 4 and 5 cover the rest of the A-series, the M-series, the F-series, the Tab S9, Tab S6 Lite, and the XCover 5 Pro, 7, and 7 Pro. The Galaxy S22 series is not on the confirmed list.

When did the One UI 8.5 stable rollout start?

Samsung pushed the stable build live on May 6, 2026, in South Korea. The global expansion followed on May 11, 2026. The first stable release of One UI 8.5 was actually the Galaxy S26 series in late February 2026, before the older devices joined the rollout.

What are the main new features in One UI 8.5?

The most prominent addition is Now Nudge, a predictive AI tool that reads routines and on-screen context to surface suggestions before the user asks. Photo Assist gets a continuous editing history, Creative Studio moves to the Apps screen as a standalone tool, and Bixby becomes a conversational device agent that responds to plain-language commands. Call Screening, which debuted on the S26, has expanded to other One UI 8.5 devices, with Hindi support added in India on June 5, 2026.

Is One UI 8.5 an Android 17 update?

No. One UI 8.5 is built on top of Android 16, not Android 17. The Android 17-based One UI 9 is a separate update that is already in beta for the Galaxy S26 series in six countries as of June 2026, with a wider release expected later this year.

How do I check for the One UI 8.5 update on my Galaxy?

On any One UI 8.5-eligible Galaxy phone, open Settings, then Software Update, then Download and Install. If the build has reached your region and carrier, the One UI 8.5 download will appear there. The Samsung Members app sometimes flags region-specific rollouts earlier than the system updater, so checking both is the fastest route.