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Samsung Unveils Latest Galaxy S25 One UI 8.5 Beta Update

Please refrain from mentioning anything… I was anticipating the stable update as well.

Essential Information

  • Samsung is allegedly initiating the rollout of its seventh One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25 series in South Korea, India, and Germany.
  • As the U.S. awaits this update, the company is addressing almost 1GB worth of issues affecting the devices, including a calling glitch that mistakenly turns regular calls into video chats.
  • The Galaxy S26 series received its initial update immediately following its launch, which solely included security enhancements.

If you’re sensing a collective groan, it’s because Samsung has been observed launching yet another One UI 8.5 beta.

A report from SamMobile indicates that Samsung has begun the rollout of One UI 8.5 Beta 7 to select international regions late this week. According to the report, the firm’s seventh beta has been identified in South Korea, India, and Germany. This beta pertains to the Galaxy S25 series, as the company continues to address a number of problems that arose since Beta 6. Users can expect to download vZZC7 upon its arrival in the U.S.

Android Central’s Perspective

While I am truly, incredibly disheartened by Samsung’s decision to release a seventh beta (I’m exaggerating), these are serious concerns. It would be quite concerning if One UI 8.5 reached the Galaxy S25 series with a calling issue like this. One moment you’re using voice, and the next, “why is my camera activated?” I understand.

The changelog is fairly significant. Samsung indicates that the complete patch is around ~980MB, making the fixes quite noteworthy as we approach the 1GB threshold. The company mentions it’s implementing a solution for calls, where the proximity sensor could fail, turning user voice calls into video calls. A color palette issue with GMS apps in the work/security folder is also being addressed.

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Bumble’s AI Assistant Bee Will Learn Your Relationship Preferences

The dating app unveiled Bee at its Q4 earnings alongside a broader ‘Bumble 2.0’ overhaul, as the company attempts to reverse years of declining user numbers by replacing gamified swiping with AI-driven compatibility. There is a version of the future, Bumble’s version, at least, where you never swipe on a dating app again. Instead, you […]

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Tropic Secures $105M for Scaling Gene-Edited Bananas

The Norwich-based agbiotech company launched the first new commercial banana varieties in more than 75 years in 2025. Now it has to build enough supply to meet demand. The world’s favourite fruit is in serious trouble. Panama Disease Tropical Race 4, a fungal pathogen that travels in soil and water and leaves no cure in […]

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Tower raises €5.5M to empower data engineers in the AI era

The Berlin startup, founded by two ex-Snowflake engineers, wants to be the platform where AI-generated data pipelines go to actually work. The hard part of building with AI is no longer getting the code. It is getting the code to run. That gap,  between what an AI coding assistant can produce in minutes and what […]

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“Discovery Drive: ESP32-S3 Rotator for Satellite Dishes and SDR Antennas (Crowdfunding)”

ESP32-S3 antenna rotator

KrakenRF, the team behind the KrakenSDR, has designed the Discovery Drive ESP32-S3-based, low-cost, fully weatherproof, automatic azimuth/elevation (Az/El) antenna rotator for their Discovery Dish or other directional antennas, such as Yagis and Wi-Fi grids, weighing up to 5kg. Compared to DIY projects like SatNOGS (which require 3D printing and hardware sourcing), the Discovery Drive is designed as a plug-and-play solution. You can simply mount it to a mast, attach the dish, connect to 12V power and Wi-Fi, and use its web UI to start tracking polar-orbiting weather satellites (like METEOR-M2 or FENGYUN), CubeSats, or amateur radio satellites. KrakenRF Discovery Drive specifications: Controller – Espressif Systems ESP32-S3-based control board Connectivity – 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 4 (via ESP32) with external antenna Motor and Rotation Torque – Up to 125 kg·cm (12.25 Nm); supports antenna payloads up to 5 kg Azimuth Range – -360° to +360° Elevation Range – 0° to […]

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