Samsung May Skip Beta and Push Stable One UI 8 to Galaxy S24 and S23

Samsung is gearing up to roll out its stable One UI 8 update for the Galaxy S25 series sooner than expected. That’s not surprising, though, given that the beta program kicked off nearly a month ago. However, recent developments suggest older flagships — Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S23 — may skip the beta phase. If true, we are just a few weeks away from getting a taste of the new software on these devices.

Samsung tests One UI 8 stable firmware for Galaxy S24 and S23

While we were hoping for Samsung to open the One UI 8 beta program for its older Galaxy flagships, a recent discovery suggests the company might take a different route. Samsung recently listed internal One UI 8 test firmware builds for the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S23 series on its server. We can see the build versions end with CYFB and EYFB, respectively.

What’s surprising is that these build versions match the Galaxy S25 series (BYFB) — the latest One UI 8 build is YFB for all three lineups, as the first letter denotes the number of major Os upgrades for the device. This consistency across all three flagship generations suggests that Samsung may soon roll out the stable One UI 8 update for the Galaxy S24 and S23 series as well, skipping the usual beta phase.

As of now, the One UI 8 beta program is live for Galaxy S25 users in the US, UK, Germany, South Korea, India, and Poland. The final version will debut alongside the next-generation foldables on July 9, making them the first Galaxy devices to run Android 16 out of the box. Eventually, the new software will roll out to older devices, likely starting with the Galaxy S25 series.

Even though Samsung is testing stable builds for the Galaxy S24 and S23 alongside the S25 series, it does not necessarily mean the company will roll out updates simultaneously. However, it raises hopes that the stable update for older flagships could arrive much sooner than usual. Only time will tell if Samsung succeeds in this accelerated rollout strategy or faces delays — nobody has forgotten those massive One UI 7 delays.