While Samsung is expected to roll out the One UI 6.1.1 update to foldable phones and tablets next month, the company is also working on the One UI 7.0 update that could be released later this year. Simultaneously, the South Korean firm has started developing One UI 7.1 for the Galaxy S25.
One UI 7.1 update's first build gets spotted for Galaxy S25
The first One UI 7.1 build has been spotted (via @theonecid and @erenylmaz075) on Samsung's servers. It is meant for the US carrier-locked variant of the Galaxy S25 Ultra (SM-S938U)and bears firmware version S938USQU0AXH4. Since all Galaxy S series flagship phones debut with One UI x.1 version every year, this new firmware for the Galaxy S25 Ultra is One UI 7.1, which will likely be based on Android 15.
We don't know much else about One UI 7.1, but we can expect it to bring more Galaxy AI-powered features. Since the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra use newer processors (Exynos 2500 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 4), they will likely have more powerful NPUs capable of more impressive AI features and performance.
The Exynos 2500 is a 3nm (3GAP) chip fabricated by Samsung Foundry. It is expected to be a deca-core processor with 1x Cortex-X5 core, five Cortex-A730 cores, and four Cortex-A520 cores. It could feature a more powerful RDNA-based Xclipse 950 GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 reportedly features two Oryon CPU cores clocked at 4GHz and six power-efficient cores clocked at 2.8GHz. This octa-core CPU is said to be 35% faster in single-core CPU tests and 30% faster in multi-core CPU tests than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It is rumored that the Adreno 830 GPU will feature significant performance improvements.
The Galaxy S25 series is also said to feature rounded corners for all three models: Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. The Galaxy S25 Ultra could have a 200MP primary camera, a 50MP ultrawide camera, two 50MP telephoto cameras (3x and 5x optical zoom) with OIS, and a 12MP selfie camera.
