Samsung Electronics is now rolling out One UI 3.0 and 3.1 for its smartphones based on the Android 11 operating system, which was released last year. Meanwhile, Google has released the first developer preview of the next OS version – Android 12.
While officially Android 12 can be installed by app developers on smartphones Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4 and 4 XL, Pixel 3a and 3a XL, Pixel 3 and 3 XL.
The developer preview program for Android 12 ends as planned by Google in May, followed by public beta testing, with a stable release expected in September.
Samsung will not stop there and is preparing One UI 4.0 based on Android 12. However, unlike many other smartphone makers, Samsung is not participating in the beta testing program with Google. Instead, Samsung is launching its own testing programs following the stable release of the next major Android update.
In the summer of 2020, Samsung made a three-year commitment to update Android. For flagship models starting with the Galaxy S10, there will be three major OS updates each – Android 11, Android 12, and so on.
As such, Samsung will release Android 12 for almost every smartphone that was released with Android 10 pre-installed and for some models that debuted based on Android 9 Pie.
A preliminary list of smartphones and tablets that will receive One UI 4.0 based on Android 12 looks like this:
- Samsung Galaxy S21
- Samsung Galaxy S21+
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S20
- Samsung Galaxy S20+
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
- Samsung Galaxy S10
- Samsung Galaxy S10+
- Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
- Samsung Galaxy S10e
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10+
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
- Samsung Galaxy Fold
- Samsung Galaxy A71
- Samsung Galaxy A51
- Samsung Galaxy A90 5G
- Samsung Galaxy A11
- Samsung Galaxy A21
- Samsung Galaxy A21s
- Samsung Galaxy A31
- Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
- Samsung Galaxy A02s
- Samsung Galaxy A02
- Samsung Galaxy A01
- Samsung Galaxy A12
- Samsung Galaxy M01
- Samsung Galaxy M21
- Samsung Galaxy M21s
- Samsung Galaxy M31
- Samsung Galaxy M02s
- Samsung Galaxy M02
- Samsung Galaxy M12
- Samsung Galaxy M31s
- Samsung Galaxy M51
- Samsung Galaxy F41
- Samsung Galaxy F62
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S7
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
The beta testing of One UI 4.0 based on Android 12 with user participation can be expected about a month after the stable release of Android 12, that is, in October. In addition to these smartphones, the future flagships Galaxy Note21 and new representatives of the Flip and Fold series of folding smartphones should join it.
The stable release of One UI 4.0 is expected in December for the latest flagship models and three to four months later for the rest.
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