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Hands-on video leak reveals Samsung Galaxy One UI 8.5 – and it’s borrowing a handy iPhone trick

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Hands-on video leak reveals Samsung Galaxy One UI 8.5 – and it's borrowing a handy iPhone trick

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Other changes that have been spotted are a bit more subtle, like a tweak to the battery percentage icon. Overall, the interface looks a little cleaner and easier to get around, even if there are likely to be more changes between now and its final release.

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Some additional digging by Android Authority has revealed that One UI 8.5 might also be adding a double-tap back gesture, which is exactly what it sounds like: you would tap twice on the back of your Galaxy phone to launch some feature or function.
Some of the features you’ll apparently be able to launch using this gesture are the flashlight, the notifications pane, and the screenshot function. You’ll also be able to use it to quickly launch an app of your choosing, if you like.
Of course this is a feature that’s been available on iPhones, Pixels, and various other models for several years now, so it’s strange that Samsung has taken so long to get around to adding it (though you can already get third-party apps to do the same job).

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We don’t really have any hints about when One UI 8.5 is going to be rolled out, but considering that One UI 9 (based on Android 17) will be due in the middle of 2026, this update could well see the light of day in the early part of next year.
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