I have One UI 8.0, but what a launcher this is 😭🔥 I think it’s the best launcher ever.

I love the Liquid Glass look, and finally I can get that style on One UI 🤍

I know I still need to change a few things on my home screen and wallpaper, but I just wanted to show you guys an example.

And honestly, it’s super fast. I haven’t found any issues with it so far, even though it’s still under development.

What do you guys think?

Homescreen, Quick Panel & Lockscreen

These are my top routines, as each of them does a very important job. Last img contains the QR for each of them

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One UI now syncs natively with Google Photos. Being entangled with OneDrive felt fragmented in retrospect. Taking the OS from Google and using Microsoft services did not make much sense. Nice move, Samsung.

Is there a way I can keep the wifi icon instead of substituting the entire icon to a background on the top left? Something like the brightness and Bluetooth icon

What if Samsung moved the controls on the Z Fold 8 to the right

Here's mine... :)

Anyway to fix it?

Status bar and navigation bar icons are supposed to shift their position every minute, or every time the phone changes screen orientation. These icons are supposed to shift their position few pixels on both X-axis as well as Y-axis.

One UI 9 has a bug where status bar icons only shift their position on the X-axis.

I will attach a screenshot comparison between One UI 9 and One UI 7.

Each image is composed by overlaying three screenshots. Notice how One UI 7 status bar icons shift their position on both X/Y axis. This means One UI 9 will wear out that top part of the screen faster than older One UI versions.

The navigation bar is unaffected by this problem.

I have reported this problem to Samsung during the beta phase, yet it made its way into the public version too. I will report it again through Samsung Members, but you should do it too, in order to make Samsung aware and hope they get to fix it ASAP.

Note: One UI 8 works fine. I have compared it to One UI 7 because I don't have any devices running One UI 8.

One UI 6 had a similar issue, although much worse. Fixed in One UI 6.1.

Second screenshot not mine, OneUI 8.5 menu for comparison purposes

Finally, Samsung have released the One UI 9 update for non-beta users in Europe for the Galaxy S26 series.

Build version: S948BXXU4BZI6

Other Regions will have it in few hours

Settings

Left/Right bottom (green) handle size/position: Default

Gesture settings > Short swipe > Swipe distance: Default

Gesture settings > Long swipe > Long swipe duration: 150 ms

Translate: Start application > Google Translate

Search: Home screen shortcuts > Google : Search

Pull screen down: Tap the lock icon to lock the screen in place. If unlocked, tapping the screen exits Pull screen down. Use the slider if the screen isn't low enough.

Tips

• You can tap the screen to close the Quick Launcher, Task Switcher, etc.
• You can tap outside the screen area to exit Pull screen down.
• Quick tools: You can copy part of the screen to the clipboard using Smart Select.
• Quick tools: You can attach the current webpage to your prompt when using the Gemini assistant app.
• Quick launcher / Task switcher: Open quick-use apps (like Calculator or Clock) in pop-up view while listening to music on apps that limit background playback.
• You can open the notification and quick panels while using the Move Screen action by swiping down from the top.
• You can use One-handed mode instead of Pull screen down by changing all "Pull screen down" actions to One-handed mode.

Credits

Thank you to u/pilotzoo for suggesting the One-handed mode action.

Thank you to u/Far-Commission5478 for suggesting the Move screen action.