With Android 13 just around the corner, Samsung fans have been waiting patiently to get their hands on the next iteration of One UI — One UI 5.0. Samsung has now started the One UI 5.0 public beta program, beginning with the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus, and the Galaxy S22 Ultra. We’ve sideloaded the Open Beta on our Galaxy S22 Ultra and these are some of the first things that we’ve noticed. One UI 5 is the name for Samsung’s next major Android-based software and it’ll be based on Google’s Android 13 release. The current open beta is available for download in Germany and South Korea at the moment, but will also be available in the U.S. at a later time.
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In case you have an eligible device and want to give the One UI 5.0 open beta a shot, you should be able to register for the beta program by heading over to the Samsung Members app and tapping on the One UI beta banner. On the following screen, tap on the enroll button and wait a few minutes for the app to process your enrollment. After that, head over to the software update section in your device settings and tap on check for updates to download the open beta release. It may not necessarily be available in your region yet, either. Read on to see some of the newest features in One UI 5 that we’ve been able to spot!
When Samsung launched the One UI 4.0 beta program last year, it made the beta firmware available to the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S20, and Galaxy S21 series in addition to the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 10 devices. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 were supported as well in addition to the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip 5G.
Since the Galaxy S10 is not on the list of Samsung phones that support Android 13, it won’t be eligible for the One UI 5.0 beta. For the S series, the beta will be limited to the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, and the Galaxy S20
