Samsung One UI 8.5 Beta 7 Is Here: Expands to More Galaxy Phones and New Airdrop Update

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Samsung has rolled out the seventh beta build of One UI 8.5 (version ZZCD), and while it’s not a headline-grabbing feature drop, it brings a handful of meaningful improvements that Galaxy S25 users will appreciate. The update weighs in at just under 929 MB, runs on Android 16, and bumps the security patch level to March 5, 2026.

Samsung One UI 8.5 Beta 7 Is Here — What’s New?

The most notable addition this time around is a new story type in the Gallery app — Samsung is introducing monthly, quarterly, and annual “rewind” collections, giving users a more curated way to look back at their memories. Beyond that, Beta 7 is largely focused on squashing bugs. The camera’s quick view thumbnail was breaking when the latest video was stored exclusively in the cloud, and that’s now fixed. A pair of issues in Studio related to save resolution changes — where settings weren’t properly resetting to their original values — have also been ironed out.

On the system side, Samsung addressed flickering that was occurring when real-time notification cards refreshed, and fixed a bug where bubble notification badges stubbornly stuck around even after being read. A few other niggles got cleaned up too: the clock shortcut was disappearing when the screen turned off during Now Brief, video metadata errors were causing incorrect dates when saving edits, scrolling captures in Naver Map were failing, and certain folders couldn’t be copied when sharing storage with a Galaxy Book 4. All told, a solid stability-focused update as One UI 8.5 inches closer to a stable release.

Full Changelog

Version One UI 8.5, ZZCD
Bugs that have been fixed
Providing a new story type in the gallery (monthly/quarterly/annual rewind)
Improved camera quick view thumbnail breakage issue when cloud-exclusive videos are the latest
Fixed the issue where setting value does not be initialized when the original was restored after changing the save resolution in Studio
Fixed an error where the original was not restored to the initial value after changing the save resolution in Studio
Improved flickering when updating real-time notification cards
Improved the issue where the bubble notification badge does not disappear after checking the received bubble notification
Fixed an error where the clock shortcut disappears when the screen turns off while running Now Brief
Improved the error where the date is displayed incorrectly when saving after editing a video with metadata errors
Improved the error where scrolling captures in Naver Map are broken or do not capture
Improved the issue where certain folders cannot be copied when connecting to share storage with Galaxy Book4
Update information
- One UI version: 8.5
- Android version: 16
- Version: S938BXXU8ZZCD / S938BOXM8ZZCD / S938BXXU8CZCD
- Size: 928.84 MB
- Security patch level: 5 March 2026

Samsung Quick Share app updated with Support for Apple Airdrop

Share with iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices that support AirDrop.

Send to an Apple device
Make sure the recipient has AirDrop set to
Everyone. This makes their device visible so you can send files to it.

Receive from an Apple device
Tap Quick Share in the quick panel. This makes your phone visible so Apple devices can send files to it.

While Share with Apple devices is turned on, your phone may temporarily disconnect from WiFi networks while searching devices.

Samsung expands One UI 8.5 beta program to more Galaxy devices

According to Samsung’s announcement, following the Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7, the One UI 8.5 beta programme is now available to more devices, including Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, Galaxy S25 FE, Galaxy S24 FE and Galaxy Tab S11 in select markets including UK, India, Korea and the U.S.

How to download One UI 8.5 Beta 7?

Eager to be among the first to experience One UI 8.5? You can sign up through the Samsung Members app available on your compatible Galaxy device. Beta participants will get early access to the new features and can provide feedback to help refine the final release.