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Samsung SMR: March 2025 Security patch released

Published

3 months ago

March 4, 2025

Yogesh

Samsung has announced the March 2025 security patch for its Galaxy devices on the 4th day of the month. However, Samsung fans are still waiting for the latest security update apart from the One UI 7 stable update.

Samsung March 2025 security patch

The March 2025 security patch from Samsung addresses 11 critical and 40 high levels of CVEs for the Android operating system. However, one CVE was resolved by previous updates from the company, and 3 are not relevant to Galaxy devices.

Besides Google patches, Samsung offers 7 SVE items to improve user experience. The latest security patch fixes various issues related to Bluetooth Auracast, Galaxy Watch Gallery, MAC address, and improper access control.

Android Patch Details:

The latest security update is based on the Android Security Bulletin – March 2025, which includes patches for 51 issues identified by Google.

Critical

CVE-2024-45569, CVE-2025-0074, CVE-2025-0075, CVE-2025-0084, CVE-2025-22403, CVE-2025-22408, CVE-2025-22410, CVE-2025-22411, CVE-2025-22412, CVE-2025-22409, CVE-2025-0081

High

CVE-2024-38420, CVE-2024-38404, CVE-2024-47892, CVE-2024-43705, CVE-2024-49839, CVE-2024-49834, CVE-2024-49832, CVE-2024-49833, CVE-2025-0088, CVE-2024-53104, CVE-2024-46973, CVE-2024-52935, CVE-2024-39441, CVE-2025-20635, CVE-2025-20636, CVE-2024-20141, CVE-2024-20142, CVE-2025-0015, CVE-2024-0032, CVE-2024-43093, CVE-2025-0078, CVE-2025-0080, CVE-2025-0087, CVE-2024-43090, CVE-2025-0083, CVE-2025-0086, CVE-2024-49740, CVE-2023-21125, CVE-2025-0079, CVE-2025-22404, CVE-2025-22405, CVE-2025-22406, CVE-2024-49728, CVE-2025-0082, CVE-2025-26417, CVE-2025-0092, CVE-2025-0093, CVE-2025-22407, CVE-2025-22414, CVE-2025-22415

Moderate

None

Already included in previous updates

CVE-2024-45571

Not applicable to Samsung devices

CVE-2024-45582, CVE-2024-49843, CVE-2025-20634

Samsung Patch Details

Samsung also addressed 7 issues specific to its devices, such as improper access control vulnerability in Bluetooth Auracast, Galaxy Watch Gallery, MAC address, improper access control, and more.

SVE-2024-2099(CVE-2025-20903): Improper access control in SecSettingsIntelligence
SVE-2024-2271(CVE-2025-20908): Use of insufficiently random values in Auracast
SVE-2024-2297(CVE-2025-20909): Use of implicit intent for sensitive communication in Settings
SVE-2024-2340(CVE-2025-20910): Incorrect default permission in Galaxy Watch Gallery
SVE-2024-2359(CVE-2025-20911): Improper access control in sem_wifi service
SVE-2024-2448(CVE-2025-20912): Incorrect default permission in DiagMonAgent

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Breaking: Samsung closed new One UI 8 Beta enrollment in the US

Published

7 hours ago

May 30, 2025

Yogesh

Days after kicking off the One UI 8 Beta, Samsung closed new enrollment in the US. The Beta Program devices are the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. The Program is available in Germany, Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Two days ago, Samsung confirmed that both the Galaxy Z Flip7 and Galaxy Z Fold7 will come with stable One UI 8. This means that users of these Galaxy foldable devices will enjoy all the new features right out of the box. After that, Samsung will gradually release the update for more Galaxy phones and end the beta program.

Samsung One UI 8 Beta closed

AdamJMatlock on X noticed that the new One UI 8 beta enrollment for the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra has closed in the US. This means that the Samsung Members app is no longer accepting new registrations and is informing users that the beta program has reached its capacity. Now, you have to wait for the program to reopen to register.

In addition, Samsung Members is the key to unlock the One UI 8 beta program. The beta program banner is shown on the home page of the app. Clicking on the beta banner takes you to a short process to finish the registration.

Just like One UI 7 beta registrations, One UI 8 beta registrations crossed the line within a few days of the program’s official launch. This is not surprising news, as Galaxy fans have been eagerly waiting for the Android 16 beta software ever since the stable version rollout for Pixel devices.

Until then, you have no official opportunity to get the latest update on your Galaxy S25 series. Manually flashing the OTA is a solution to get it right away. However, we don’t suggest doing this on your primary Galaxy device as it may cause data loss.

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One UI 8 finally lets you use predictive back gesture on stock Samsung apps.

Published

1 day ago

May 29, 2025

Yogesh

As you know, Samsung’s Android 15-based One UI 7 offered the predictive back feature only in Google applications and not in stock apps on Galaxy phones and tablets. Samsung’s Android 16-based One UI 8 for Galaxy phones and tablets expands the predictive back feature to Samsung’s stock apps, according to a report.

On the other hand, Samsung fans are excited about the next big software update for the Galaxy device. One UI 8 beta has officially launched, with the Korean tech giant confirming the program and releasing the first beta update.

After installing and digging, Android Authority has found that on the Galaxy S25 with One UI 8 beta, Predictive Back also works in some of Samsung’s stock apps, including:

Clock
Calculator
Weather
Settings
Voice Recorder
Contacts

Unfortunately, Android 15 predictive back doesn’t work in some other stock apps, including Calendar and Reminders.

With One UI 8, you can see that there is now a toggle for Predictive back animation visible in the Developer Options menu. Notably, this setting can be found via the Settings search bar in One UI 7, but won’t show up when tapped, almost like it’s hidden.

Which devices currently support One UI 8 beta?

Samsung has officially confirmed the eligible devices and countries:

One UI 8 eligible devices:

Galaxy S25
Galaxy S25 Plus
Galaxy S25 Ultra

One UI 8 eligible countries:

United States (T-Mobile locked and unlocked devices)
United Kingdom
South Korea
Germany

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Samsung confirms One UI 8 is launching with Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, expanding later

Published

2 days ago

May 28, 2025

Suhani

Earlier reports suggested that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 would come with One UI 8 (Android 16). Now, just months ahead of its big Galaxy Unpacked launch event, Samsung is saying that One UI 8 will debut on Samsung’s newest foldable this summer.

According to the Samsung Newsroom, One UI 8 will debut on Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 foldables this summer and will gradually expand to more Galaxy devices so users can now enjoy a richer, more personalized mobile experience with the latest version of Android.

Samsung says: “Thanks to the mutual partnership between Samsung and Google, One UI 8 will debut on Samsung’s newest foldables this summer and will gradually expand to more Galaxy devices so users can now enjoy an enriched, more personalized mobile experience with the latest version of Android.”

Samsung officially released the beta version of One UI 8 on May 28, 2025 (today), marking the end of a rather long anticipatory period since Android 16’s official launch. This is when the One UI 8 beta program began for the Galaxy S25 series.

Samsung started the One UI 8 rollout for devices with a beta program. So yes, the One UI 8 beta has started with the Galaxy S25 series. All devices that are expected to get One UI 8 stable are also expected to get a beta program before that, which will help polish and finalize the update for that device. So keep an eye on the beta program for your device in anticipation of the stable update.