Verizon announced this morning that Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup will be available in the US. Will be the first Samsung phone to receive Android 11 and Samsung’s One UI 3.0, and now the software has started looking for customers, accordingly. Droid life. A UI 3.0 has been in public beta for the past two months, but this marks the official release of the final software.
One UI. Android 3.0 features messaging, notifications and security features for Android 11, as well as some add-ons related to the One UI. Samsung has added simple ways to double-tap a few naming screens to access widgets, take screenshots and put your phone to sleep, but if you want a more complete list of OneUI 3.0 changes, you can check out this roundup Android Police.
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Outside of the U.S., the international launch of OneUI 3.0 also seems to be moving very fast. Android Police Says Samsung sent Egypt users a full timetable of release dates, including the flagship S20 line, with the main US receiving Android 11 and One UI 3.0 in December. According to the schedule, the next phones to receive the update will be the Note 20, Z Fold, Note 10 and S10 phones in January 2021. The update will take a while to hit every Samsung phone you support Galaxy A10, A20 or A30S, don’t expect to see it before August Gust.
When we reviewed Android 11 in September, we appreciated all its added features for managing the complexity of modern Android phones, but noted the possibility of fragmentation, as Google and Samsung have begun to reverse the steps taken on Android. Samsung has long been known for publishing updates, such as sending an Android pie when it took a full five months. But that has changed over the years as he has been better at managing his timeline. It took three months to hit the first phones in last year’s Android 10 update, and this is what we’re also seeing with Android 11 this year.
Issues like fragmentation are important because Samsung is the largest smartphone vendor globally, and the largest manufacturer of Android phones in the US. This means that the widespread adoption of new features will largely depend on the company choosing to include it in the new versions of OneUI. From our initial preview, it looks like the most important bits of Android 11 made it into a UI 3.0; But when it comes to Google’s other Android projects, Samsung doesn’t have as much to offer.
