One UI 7 unofficially makes its approach to the traditional Galaxy S8

One UI 7 is the newest replace to Samsung’s UX pores and skin, however the firm has been surprisingly torpid in rolling out the replace to extra telephones. You should use One UI 7 solely on the brand new Galaxy S25 collection and the One UI 7 beta on the Galaxy S24 collection. Samsung hasn’t even introduced when different telephones in its lineup would obtain the replace. Some customers are uninterested in the wait, and so they’ve taken issues into their very own palms and put in One UI 7 on the Galaxy S8…wait, what?

Redditor SaidBl1 has shared a video of One UI 7 operating on a Galaxy S8, and it appears to be like to be operating okay on a telephone that was launched seven years in the past!

The consumer exhibits off the About telephone part, reiterating that the telephone is operating One UI 7 based mostly on Android 15. We’re then proven the varied options of the brand new replace, akin to Circle to Search, the Fast Settings toggles, the brand new Now Bar manifesting as an energetic notification and on the lock display, the brand new charging animation on the Now Bar, and some on-line Galaxy AI options. All of those are highlights of Samsung’s latest flagships, and seeing them on its flagship from 2017 is actually spectacular.

So, what’s the catch right here, you ask? The catch is that the consumer is operating a customized ROM.

Though Samsung provides among the longest replace guarantees within the business, going as excessive as seven main Android updates for its newest flagships, it can not afford to maintain updating all of its telephones without end. The cut-off for receiving One UI 7 based mostly on Android 15 is prone to be the Galaxy S21 collection from 2021, which was launched with Android 11 and is promised not less than 4 Android updates (i.e., as much as Android 15). The Galaxy S8 is just too previous to obtain an official One UI 7 replace.

For such older gadgets, third-party hobbyist builders try and port the replace from latest flagships. A developer did so for the Samsung Galaxy S8, too, however we couldn’t find their unique submit. Different fanatics have seemingly mirrored the obtain information and reposted the customized ROM. So, for those who take into account your self an Android skilled, you may set up it in your Galaxy S8 at your personal threat.

We don’t advocate putting in the customized ROM in your Galaxy S8. Customized ROMs are inherently dangerous to put in, and so they comprise bugs. The listing of bugs on this one features a damaged digicam, flashlight, Face Unlock, Good View, DeX, random reboots, and wonky conduct for Wi-Fi, hotspots, biometrics, and extra. It’s clearly not meant to be put in in your each day driver, although we reckon only a few persons are utilizing the Galaxy S8 as their main telephone as of late. Given the age of the telephone, I’m additionally not stunned how shortly the telephone battery drains within the video.

Putting in the customized ROM can also be a reasonably difficult matter. Once more, if that is the primary time you’ve heard the phrases “customized ROM,” you shouldn’t set up it, as you’ll seemingly brick your telephone due to the difficult set up course of.

Nonetheless, I’m very impressed that the hobbyist group remains to be preserving telephones just like the legendary Galaxy S8 alive — main props to the unique developer for his or her One UI 7 porting effort. I hope customers throughout extra Samsung telephones get to expertise the brand new One UI 7 replace, formally or in any other case.