This year, the deployment of the new version of Android on Samsung smartphones is particularly slow. In 2024, the manufacturer began updating certain devices to Android 14 on October 30, while today, Android 15 is still not available on the most recent Galaxy models.
At the moment, it is not clear when Android 15 will be available on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. However, according to a recent publication from Ice Universe, a source that is regularly relayed by the media, the beta version of One UI 7, Samsung’s update based on Android, should be available next week. The first countries concerned would be South Korea and the United States.
As a reminder, the beta version allows Samsung to test its software, to identify possible bugs, before large-scale deployment. Galaxy smartphone users will therefore still have to wait since the stable version of Android 15 for Samsung devices will only arrive after this beta testing phase.
Android: a transformation in progress
Note that Samsung is still preparing the Android 15 update for its smartphones, while, for its part, Google is already looking into a major transformation of the Android operating system which will apply to the Android 16 version next year. .
Traditionally, Google releases a new version of Android every year, in the second half of the year. But in 2025, the firm will offer two new versions: a major version which will arrive in the second quarter, and a minor version which will be available in the last quarter.
By offering a new version of Android in the second quarter, the firm intends to offer its new features on as many products as possible as quickly as possible, since this schedule has been adapted to the schedules of smartphone manufacturers. The firm also indicates that it is working with smartphone manufacturers to ensure that new versions of Android arrive quickly on compatible models.
- In any case, it is possible that as soon as its Android 15 update arrives, Samsung must already be working on the Android 16 update for Galaxy smartphones.
- Samsung still hasn’t launched Android 15 on its smartphones
- But according to a rumor, the manufacturer will soon deploy the beta version of One UI 7, its update based on Android 15
- However, we will still have to wait, since Samsung will only deploy Android 15 after this beta phase
- Next year, Google plans a completely new schedule for rolling out new versions of Android
