One UI 9 update brings great news for Samsung users. Company's next big software update One UI 9 saw its testing list grow longer this week, adding millions of older Galaxy phones into it. Meaning anyone thinking their phone had gotten old enough that updates might stop, here's a breath of relief.

Let's first see which new phones got added. Firmware tracker Tarun Vats confirmed that within these past few days, One UI 9 beta testing began for Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy M34, Galaxy Z Fold 6, plus Z Flip 6. Alongside, a build of Galaxy A37 was also spotted on Samsung's servers.

With these new names added, One UI 9's whole testing list now stands at twelve phones: Galaxy S23, S24, S24 FE, S25, S26, A35, A56, A57, A37, M34, Z Fold 6, plus Z Flip 6. Meaning Samsung is working across four generations of flagships, four A series phones, one budget M series, plus two foldables from 2024 all at once.

Why all this rush? Because that Unpacked event is set for late July, in London. On that stage One UI 9 launches officially, receiving it first will be that new Galaxy Z Fold 8 series. After that it arrives step by step on remaining phones, flagships plus recent foldables first, then older Fan Edition along with A series phones.

Now let's come to what's actually new in One UI 9. Interesting thing is, that big visual change already arrived in One UI 8.5, where Quick Panel's brightness, volume, plus media controls got split into separate sliders. So One UI 9 focused more on polishing things further rather than inventing something new.

Most notable additions lean toward accessibility, or ease of use. A new version of TalkBack arrived, merging Samsung's plus Google's screen-reader tools into one. Came a floating zoom tool named Text Spotlight, letting you enlarge text easily for reading. Most useful of all is high-risk app detection, which warns about plus blocks any suspicious or unsigned app before it even launches.

Samsung's own customization app Good Lock got updated in step with One UI 9 too. Its LockStar module, letting you arrange lock screen plus always-on display your way, received full One UI 9 support in this new version.

Galaxy S26's beta testing runs regularly too, delivering new updates every two weeks. Its third beta fixed nine separate problems alone, like camera preview cutting out, focus failing at 30x zoom, lock screen widgets not updating, S Pen swipes not working, plus phones suddenly restarting during video playback.

So what does this mean for an ordinary user? Very simple. If your phone sits on this list, be happy, because new software will keep your old phone fresh a while longer, for free. This very thing, Samsung keeping even two-year-old foldables plus Fan Edition phones on that list, tells how sincere they are about updates now. Remaining details clear up at Unpacked's stage in late July, until then a little wait.