Samsung  Galaxy S21 FE has been spotted on Geekbench running One UI 8-based Android 16. This smartphone will be one of the phones in the Galaxy FE series to get Android 16, which is set to bring new features and improvements to the device.

According to the tipster, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE with One UI 8 has scored impressively on the benchmark, with a single-core score of 1269 and a multi-core score of 3700. These scores suggest the Galaxy S21 FE will offer amazing performance to handle everyday tasks and multitask easily.

One UI 8 update will mark the start of a new software upgrade cycle for Samsung’s FE smartphone. Notably, Samsung promises to provide four major Android updates to the Galaxy S21 FE, so users can expect the phone to stay up-to-date with the latest features for several years.

Stay tuned for more information as the One UI 8 Beta update is reportedly going to be released this week. These updates are expected to improve user experience, security, and overall device stability.

We are on August 06, and Samsung has released the details of the August 2025 security patch for Galaxy devices. This month is significant for Galaxy device users as Samsung started rolling out the One UI 8 beta update for more Galaxy devices.

Samsung One UI 8 Beta update also started rolling out with the Galaxy S25 series, introducing new features. The company will expand this update to more eligible Galaxy devices in the coming days.

According to official notes, the August 2025 security patch fixes more than 45 issues, including 1 critical, 28 serious, and 1 issue that does not apply to Samsung devices. In addition, previous updates already include 3 CVEs.

In addition to Google’s patch and Samsung Semiconductor’s patch, Samsung provides solutions for 18 Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVE) that are related to Samsung Account, Pkg Predictor Service, SemSensorService, and fall detection, SemSensorManager for Galaxy Watch, Emergency SoS, and  Document scanner. 

Apart from this, the Galaxy A22, Galaxy M32, and Galaxy F22 have been omitted from this month’s update. These Galaxy phones will not receive any new software updates, Android, or security updates from Samsung.

Samsung August 2025 Security Patch Details:

Critical

• CVE-2025-48530

High

• CVE-2025-22441, CVE-2025-48533, CVE-2025-0932, CVE-2025-32324, CVE-2025-32341, CVE-2025-32349, CVE-2025-48522, CVE-2025-48528, CVE-2025-32348, CVE-2025-0076, CVE-2021-39810, CVE-2025-32333, CVE-2025-32345, CVE-2025-32347, CVE-2025-48523, CVE-2025-48526, CVE-2025-48531, CVE-2025-48527, CVE-2025-48529, CVE-2025-32332, CVE-2025-21432, CVE-2025-21465, CVE-2025-21477, CVE-2025-21464, CVE-2025-27065, CVE-2025-27066, CVE-2025-27073, CVE-2025-20696

Moderate

None

Already included in previous updates

• CVE-2025-21479, CVE-2025-27038, CVE-2025-27062

Not applicable to Samsung devices

• CVE-2025-32350

The Samsung Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A36 are the latest additions to the Galaxy A family. The productive smartphone has gained more popularity than its predecessors. But it doesn’t reflect that the company has forgotten about the older gadgets. At this moment, the July 2025 update has started making its way to the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A36 in Europe and the US, respectively.

Samsung Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A36 users can identify the July 2025 security update via the mentioned One UI  A556BXXS9BYF3 and A366USQS3AYG1, respectively, build versions. So, if you are a  Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A36 user, then this latest update is all yours.

Talking about the new firmware, the update works on improving the operating skills of some system applications. It stabilizes the functioning of the apps so that they can work more coherently.

Further, it provides an updated security patch released in July 2025 that solely targets the security improvements in the device. Consequently, it fixes around 1 critical and 21 high-level CVEs in the security system. Thus, you will discover a more reliable and secure system after feeding this update to your handset.

For installing the thoughtful update, users can visit Settings >> Software Update >> Download and install. From here, follow the on-screen instructions to conduct a fruitful installation. However, make sure to have a space of 300MB on your device to store the latest firmware.