Samsung is moving quickly with its software rollout, releasing the seventh One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series just days after the previous version arrived. This latest update, which applies to the standard S26, the S26 Plus, and the high end S26 Ultra, arrives as a substantial download weighing in at over 1.2 gigabytes. While users can find specific technical fixes in the official changelog, the real story lies in what Samsung didn’t explicitly list.
In a surprising twist, this beta integrates several high profile features originally designed specifically for the foldable Galaxy Z Fold8 series. Users will now have access to Custom Cards within Now Brief and a new My FanCam tool. Additionally, Samsung has streamlined the user experience by introducing unified Finder and Google Search widgets directly onto the home screen, bringing some of that foldable versatility to traditional slab smartphones.
Currently, the update is rolling out across select markets including South Korea, India, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom. For those who are already enrolled in the One UI 9 Beta program and reside in these regions, the update should appear automatically soon. However, impatient users can trigger the installation manually by navigating through their device settings to the software update menu to see if firmware version ZZHK is available for their device.
