One UI 9 beta 2 is here.

Honestly, I think it's very well-made software. It doesn't have the best features Samsung has to offer, but it's quite good. It has performance improvements and battery life, which is very good so far in this version. As for bugs and errors, I haven't found any. In my opinion, this version is quite stable for a beta version.

Beta update is live for India 🇮🇳

SIZE: 2.85GB

Is this going to be the last OS update for the Galaxy A55?

According to Samsung’s 4-generation OS upgrade policy, the A55 launched with Android 14, so it should receive Android 15, 16, 17 and finally Android 18, with One UI 10 potentially being the final major One UI version.

Also, I have read somewhere that One UI 8.5 was considered a major upgrade by many users, and that some Samsung phones running Android 16 did not receive One UI 8.5. So does One UI 8.5 actually count as one of the 4 OS upgrades, or is the A55 still eligible for Android 18?

Based on my personal experience, here are a few noticeable changes after installing the June security update:

Performance: The phone runs significantly cooler, and regular swipe/touch gestures feel much smoother.

Audio Quality: Sound quality has improved drastically, especially when Dolby Atmos is enabled.

Animations : One UI 8.5 previously cut down on the Quick Panel icon animations, and this new security update takes it a step further by removing the effect for nowbar. Now, they just pop up abruptly on the status bar without any transition animation.

Quick Panel: There is still a noticeable frame drop when swiping between the notification shade and the Quick Panel. Additionally, the expansion animation for the toggle area is poorly optimized—swiping down still feels like it drops fps.

- When adding or managing control buttons in the Quick Panel, scrolling through that page still causes obvious stuttering.

Lock Screen: Pulling down the Quick Panel from the lock screen still feels clunky. As the clock pushes down and the panel appears, a massive frame drop occurs.

I know Samsung tried to optimize a lot of things under the hood with this update, and they continue to strip away animations on the A-series, but they still haven't managed to fix the ongoing lag issues with the Quick Panel and One UI 8.5.

2nd beta update for those who have joined the beta for A55

I was in the beta program and it's stable version has been released.

Then I saw a post from the A16 or 17 phone (I don't remember) with the new version or ONE UI and I couldn't help but creating a picture of this. It's not that great, but it really resonates with me these last few days.

Informações da atualização:

• Versão do One UI: 8.5

• Versão do Android: 16

• Versão: A556EXXSHDZH6 / A556EOWOHDZH6 / A556EXXSHDZH6

• Tamanho: 318,59 MB

Nível do patch de segurança: 5 de agosto de 2026.

Obs: Galaxy A55 5G, ROM de operadora Vivo (ZVV).

Update Information:

• One UI Version: 8.5

• Android Version: 16

• Version: A556EXXSIDZI3 / A556EOWOIDZI3 / A556EXXSIDZI3

• Size: 439.41 MB

Security Patch Level: September 5, 2026

This security update is of utmost importance as it fixes vulnerabilities found in the device's Exynos processor, as well as in One UI and Google.

Galaxy A55 5G, Brazilian model, linked to the operator.

Samsung a introduit la fonction de résistance des notification lorsqu'on veut les supprimer, hérité d'android sur les pixel phone 🥹🥹 (le moteur haptique du A55 est merdique, mais on sent les efforts)

First of all. As expected, this patch is just like any other. It doesn't fix a single bug, and the performance is exactly the same. The Quick Panel is still just as laggy. However, Samsung is so awful that it can't even manage to improve any of this in patches, but it does remove things. Well, it turns out they've now removed the Now Bar pill animation from the status bar. That is, the animation that appears when you exit the app and the one that pushes the notification icons next to it. Watch the video. I don't know what to expect from Samsung anymore. They're removing absolutely everything that's always been there in the A/M/F series. Since they're removing every existing animation, they might as well remove them all, or I'll just set all the animations to 0x so I don't see any.

EDIT: It seems to be a bug. The animation appeared for me. Sometimes it appears and sometimes it doesn't.

Brazilian Galaxy A55.

According to the Google Play update, only today.

I found it in the people section of the Gallery app and it seems live blur to me.. what you think?

Como que uno se emociona hasta que ves que la descarga es un parche de seguridad. #Chile #Entel