Every country eligible for Samsung's One UI 8.5 beta program

Samsung's One UI 8.5 beta program gives fans an early chance to try out the next major One UI update before its official release and offer feedback to help Samsung polish and stabilize the software.

However, as always, the beta won't be open to everyone. Only a handful of countries are eligible each year, and it's the same story this time around.

One UI 8.5 beta program: Eligible countries

The One UI 8.5 beta program will be available in the following countries:

Germany

India

Korea

Poland

United Kingdom

United States

The rollout won’t be simultaneous across all markets. The first beta firmware will arrive in Korea, Germany, the US, and the UK. India and Poland will join at a later date, likely when Samsung is ready to roll out the second beta build for the first four markets.

Once the beta program is live, you will be able to sign up for it from the Samsung Members app, and your device will need a local SIM and will have to be signed in to your Samsung account. Once registered, you can download the beta update from the phone's Settings > Software update menu.

If you don't like the beta, you will need to install One UI 8.0 using Samsung's Smart Switch software (or by downloading firmware from SamMobile). Reverting to One UI 8 will require a factory reset; keep that in mind if you're interested in the beta.

The Galaxy S25 series (excluding the FE and Edge) will get the beta first, with more devices possibility joining the program a few weeks later. Check out the full list of eligible devices here. The full One UI 8.5 changelog can be found here.

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

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First Samsung device: SGH-D500

Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.

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One UI 8.5 beta program: These are the participating countries

One UI 8.5 beta program: Eligible countries

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

First Samsung device: SGH-D500