Betas... Do I Continue?
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AlexLeeds
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16/09/2026 12:12 PM
I have been on most flagship betas Since my S21 Ultra.
I love the the thrill of getting early access to many new, features and to discuss the pros and cons and also give feedback on here.
It might be me but the Betas seem to be getting longer and longer and now with the advent of the incremental UI 8.5 & the upcoming 9.5 it feels like your always on a Beta and never get the chance to enjoy the official smooth running release.
To be honest most Betas I've had work extremely well but the odd thing like Contactless payments and my taxi app linked to my my bank card can be sometimes a bit flaky.
I also tend to keep my (in this case) S25 Ultra as back up so I can experiment with the Betas on that but that would be very much after the facts.
An option I suppose would be to just join the annual UI 10,11, 12 etc
I know when the 9.5 Beta comes out I'll be chomping at the bit, thinking go on see what your missing out on, deliberating whether to press the join button 😂
What do you regular Beta users feel about being on a virtual Beta cycle?
Glenntech
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16/09/2026 01:05 PM
I like it.
I have beta on my S26 Ultra. I do Android beta on my Google Pixel and iOS beta on the iPhone.
Just love having the latest software.
Yes it has downsides occasionally with bugs in software. But generally they get fixed reasonably quickly
JAMES4578
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16/09/2026 01:44 PM
Lately I found the Betas to be fairly smooth with only minor issues, nonetheless I have a spare Device. I did not do the One UI9 Beta for the S25 Ultra mind you as was on most of it for the S26 Ultra (Test Device).
of course it is advisable to report issues so Developers have input from a number of users to get a handle of things, you can obviously discuss here too but some folk only do that.
MartynaK
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17/09/2026 06:21 AM
@AlexLeeds
Thanks for sharing your detailed feedback and experience with the Beta programme. I’ll pass your comments about the length of the Beta cycles and the overall update experience on to the relevant team for further analysis.
AlexLeeds
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18/09/2026 12:17 PM
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