Launched final month alongside Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7, One UI Eight delivers a wholly new cell expertise born from the synergy of foldable design and AI. Notably, this launch marks the primary time a tool has shipped with Android 16 out of the field, an achievement that was made attainable by way of shut collaboration with Google. This means Galaxy customers get pleasure from sooner entry to the most recent technology of Android, together with the extra refined expertise it brings in tandem with One UI 8.
To hear the story of how One UI Eight got here collectively, Samsung Newsroom sat down with three of the main minds behind the brand new person interface: Mihyun Jeong and Joonhwan Kim, who have been answerable for improvement, and Nawoong Han who coordinated collaboration with Google — all from Samsung Electronics’ Mobile eXperience (MX) Business.
▲ (From left) Nawoong Han, Framework Development Team; Mihyun Jeong, Experience Planning Team; and Joonhwan Kim, UX Team of Samsung Electronics’ MX Business
A Personalized Daily Experience, Powered by AI and Foldables
One UI Eight takes Galaxy’s distinctive foldable kind issue to the following stage, delivering an much more highly effective AI expertise. Jeong, who was answerable for One UI planning, famous that as AI know-how quickly advances, person expectations are additionally rising — making One UI each extra complicated and extra essential. “To address this, Samsung’s customer experience (CX), user experience (UX) and development teams formed a task force that focused on defining the core concepts and enhancing the overall quality of One UI 8,” she mentioned. “As a result, these core concepts were summed up as ‘multimodal AI, a form factor–optimized UX and a proactive personalized experience.”
Kim, who was answerable for One UI design for foldables, highlighted the design idea for One UI 8 — “When Foldables Meet AI” — because the convergence of kind components and AI innovation. “From the FlexWindow of Galaxy Z Flip7 to the expansive main display of Galaxy Z Fold7, users can now experience Galaxy’s evolution into AI phones across multiple form factors,” he defined.
AI Innovation on the FlexWindow
With One UI 8, Galaxy Z Flip7 lets customers entry AI options shortly and effortlessly, even with out unfolding the machine. A easy press of the aspect key launches Gemini Live, and its FlexWindow-optimized UX permits pure, conversational interactions with AI, as if chatting with a buddy.
“You can, for example, view what’s shown on the camera and speak with AI in real time, or add events directly to your calendar. Everyday tasks become quick and effortless,” Jeong added.
▲ Mihyun Jeong from the MX Business demonstrates how One UI Eight permits easy accessibility to AI capabilities on Galaxy Z Flip7’s FlexWindow.
The expanded FlexWindow on Galaxy Z Flip7 additionally makes it simple to test real-time sports activities scores, information, app updates and extra by way of Now Bar. Plus, Now Brief delivers richer, extra customized info and insights, all accessible at a look from the Flex Window.
Innovating Multitasking on a Large Screen
Galaxy Z Fold7’s giant fundamental show brings out the complete potential of One UI 8. “On the big screen, you can display Galaxy AI-generated results in Split view or in Floating view, and freely resize or move them for highly efficient multitasking,” defined Kim.
Powered by multimodal AI that understands complicated contexts, Screen sharing on Gemini Live permits customers to share their present display with AI in actual time, even whereas operating a number of apps, and immediately ask questions.
Galaxy AI’s Photo Assist additionally takes full benefit of the expansive display. By inserting the unique and edited variations of a picture aspect by aspect, customers can examine each element with precision for extra refined picture enhancing.
▲ Joonhwan Kim from the MX Business demonstrates how One UI Eight permits environment friendly multitasking on Galaxy Z Fold7.
