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Samsung's One UI 8.5: New Features Transform User Experience

12/8/2025

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Samsung's One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25 adds live weather backgrounds to the alarm screen.
The World Clock gains a time-zone slider for easy hour comparisons across cities.
A shortcut to Samsung Health's sleep dashboard appears in the Clock app.
Samsung redesigned the Quick Settings panel to include customizable volume and brightness sliders that can be resized and oriented vertically.

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Story summary

Samsung's One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25 adds live weather backgrounds to the alarm screen.
The World Clock gains a time-zone slider for easy hour comparisons across cities.
A shortcut to Samsung Health's sleep dashboard appears in the Clock app.
Samsung redesigned the Quick Settings panel to include customizable volume and brightness sliders that can be resized and oriented vertically.