After months of delays, Samsung lastly rolled out the secure One UI 7 replace to Galaxy S24 telephones globally beginning April 7 — solely to pause the replace only a week later. The newest delay has to do with a bug that prevented Galaxy S24 customers from unlocking their telephones. Whereas it seems like the difficulty was predominantly affecting items in Samsung’s residence market, the producer paused the worldwide rollout simply to be on the protected facet.
It is irritating that Samsung is constant to run into points on the secure One UI 7 construct, contemplating the model ran a prolonged four-month beta testing program that was meant to iron out these issues. I perceive the should be cautious with this stuff — significantly if it impacts one thing as fundamental as unlocking a telephone — however Samsung ought to have executed a greater job addressing these points effectively earlier than it acquired to the secure launch.
I reached out to Samsung for a press release relating to the delay, and the model famous that the “rollout schedule is being up to date to make sure the absolute best expertise.” In typical Samsung vogue, it did not reply what precipitated the delay, when the replace may begin going out to telephones once more, and what it’s doing to forestall any further roadblocks.
Fortunately, there aren’t any points on gadgets the place One UI 7 comes pre-installed. The Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Extremely, and A56 debuted with the Android 15-based construct, and having used the software program on the A56 extensively, I did not run into any bugs or crashes. It is clear that each one the lingering points need to do with upgrading telephones working One UI 6 and older to the newest iteration of the software program.
As to why that is the case, Samsung made appreciable modifications to One UI 7; as I outlined in my evaluate, the replace is full of new options, together with a cleaner visible design, vertical app drawer, cut up notification pane, overhauled digicam interface, higher picture and video modifying options, modifications to battery administration, safety updates, and a set of latest AI additions.
Whereas Samsung used a degree launch final 12 months to combine a few of these modifications — debuting One UI 6.1.1 down the road — it’s bundling all the brand new options right into a single launch with One UI 7, and that will have additionally contributed to the prolonged beta testing program and constant delays with the secure rollout.
Samsung would not verify when it will resume rolling out One UI 7 to Galaxy S24 gadgets globally, nor wouldn’t it say when customers in India may obtain the replace. Whereas the replace began going out to telephones in South Korea, U.S., U.Ok., and choose western markets, Samsung India did not even announce plans to ship One UI 7 to prospects utilizing its flagships within the nation but.
In an identical vein, there isn’t any telling when Samsung’s older mid-range telephones may get the replace — with world Galaxy S24 items and Z Fold 6 but to make the swap, it is going to be a substantial wait earlier than Samsung’s 2024 and older gadgets make the transfer to One UI 7. Whereas I just like the replace as such, the fixed delays and bugs is harking back to the OxygenOS 12 debacle — albeit with better penalties.