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Samsung Starts Stable One UI 8 Rollout to Galaxy S24 and 2024 Foldables in Korea

Beta testers receive smaller updates first, with full packages and a wider release expected within days.

Overview

  • The initial wave covers the Galaxy S24 lineup (including S24 FE), Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, with the Galaxy A56 also joining in South Korea.
  • Early releases are limited to prior beta participants at roughly 400–600MB, while non‑beta users will get full stable downloads of about 3–4GB.
  • Foldable builds are identified as F956NKSU2CYI7 (Z Fold 6) and F741NKSU2CYI6 (Z Flip 6), and the S24 series is receiving S92xNKSU4CYI7.
  • The updates include the September 2025 Android security patch and add Android 16 features plus Galaxy AI tools such as AI Select and Audio Eraser, a 90:10 split‑screen option, improved Samsung DeX, Now Bar support, and the Now Brief feature on supported models.
  • Samsung is delivering these updates ahead of its published October schedule and is concurrently developing One UI 8.5, with leaked 8.5 code referencing a future One UI 9.0 likely tied to Android 17, according to reported leaks.