Samsung announces One UI: A newer, rounder take on the Samsung Experience

On Wednesday at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco, CA, Samsung announced an all-new take on its Samsung Experience software. The new, revamped software design is called One UI, and it’s focused on two major tasks: simplification and ease of use.

Samsung says One UI is “a new approach to content and controls.” The redesign is meant to highlight things that matter, and hide things that don’t. For example, One UI will almost split up the devices screen into a top and bottom half: a viewing area on the top and an interaction area on the bottom. The viewing area is meant for things that you might not necessarily need to interact with right away. For example, in the messages app, the top half of the screen will show the name of the app and a search box, while the bottom half — the interactive half — is where you’ll find all your conversations.

Another example of this can be found in the clock app. The top half of the screen will show you relevant information like your next alarm, while the bottom half will allow you to change and set alarms. Samsung hopes this will make it easier for users to interact with their phones without having to reach all the way up to the top of the screen. Plus, it makes the user interface look cleaner.

Speaking of aesthetics, you can also expect to see even more rounded corners around the interface. This is to echo the rounded hardware of all Samsung’s Galaxy devices.

Samsung will release a beta test program for One UI this November in the U.S., Germany, and Korea, followed by more countries in Europe and Asia in the future. One UI will roll out to Galaxy S9, S9 Plus, and Note 9 users first in 2019.

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