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One UI 9 Watch Beta Program for the Galaxy Watch8 is now open!

The Galaxy Watch8 series was released last year with One UI 8 Watch as the default software, based on Wear OS 6. This wearable series provides you with new features, such as Antioxidant Index and Vascular Load.

While Samsung was working on One UI 9 Watch for the Galaxy Watch8 series which has entered testing since a month ago, new builds for the Galaxy Watch8 and the Watch Ultra have been spotted as the One UI 9 Watch Beta is still being prepared.

Starting from today, the Galaxy Watch8 series has officially started its beta program for One UI 9.0, with the first beta build being spotted for this smartwatch series by Tarun Vats.

The following firmware builds have been spotted:

• SM-L330: L330XXU2ZZH3 [KOO]
• SM-L320: L330XXU2ZZH3 [KOO]

Samsung has opened the beta program, and you can join the beta program through Samsung Members if your watch, your region, and your carrier is eligible. It’s expected to be available in both the US and Korea only, with Bluetooth and LTE versions being eligible for participation in the beta program, accordong to the rollout history. T-Mobile is the only participating carrier in the US.

You can participate to the Beta Program using Samsung Members on your phone using either a beta banner or the “Beta Program” page. In order to participate, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that your Galaxy Watch and your phone are both from the USA (XAA) or Korea (KOO) to ensure maximum compatibility
   • On your phone, open Settings > About phone > Software information, and look for “Service provider software version”. Make sure it contains XAA or KOO.
   • On your watch, unlock Developer settings by opening Settings > About > Software information and tapping “Software version” 4 times, and refer to the second line that contains your watch’s CSC. Make sure it contains XAA or KOO.
   • If you’re using the Galaxy Watch in the USA, make sure that you are on the active plan with T-Mobile.
2. Open Samsung Members
3. Scroll down to Beta Program
4. Search for entries like “One UI 9 Watch8 Beta”
5. Read the description and follow the steps on the screen
6. Press “Join”
7. Check for software updates

Please note that this Beta Program is for users to test all aspects of One UI 8 Watch and to report all bugs found.

Make sure that you have stable internet connectivity when downloading the update, as it can be large in size. When installing the update, make sure that your watch is fully charged and in a cold environment to avoid interruptions caused by heat and by low battery. Never interrupt the update installation in any way during the process, or you may face problems later.

One UI 9 Watch Beta is coming soon for the Galaxy Watch8 and Watch Ultra

The Galaxy Watch8 series was released last year with One UI 8 Watch as the default software, based on Wear OS 6. This wearable series provides you with new features, such as Antioxidant Index and Vascular Load.

While Samsung was working on One UI 9 Watch for the Galaxy Watch8 series which has entered testing since a month ago, new builds for the Galaxy Watch8 and the Watch Ultra have been spotted, which suggest that One UI 9 Watch Beta is going to start in the next few weeks.

According to the testing servers in Korea, the Galaxy Watch8 series is getting ready for testing, with the first internal beta build being spotted for this smartwatch series by Tarun Vats.

The following firmware builds have been spotted:

• SM-L500: L500XXU2ZZH2 [KOO]
• SM-L330: L330XXU2ZZH2 [KOO]
• SM-L320: L330XXU2ZZH2 [KOO]

Currently, there are no beta builds for the above smartwatch series yet, but if Samsung has opened the beta program, you will be able to join the beta program through Samsung Members if your watch, your region, and your carrier is eligible. It’s expected to be available in both the US and Korea, with Bluetooth and LTE versions being eligible for participation in the beta program, accordong to the rollout history. T-Mobile is the only participating carrier in the US.

Week 47 of 2025 was big for Galaxy Watch users!

In the forty-seventh week of 2025, it was a massive storm of updates in regards to the Wear OS-based Galaxy Watch series, including the latest Galaxy Watch8 series that was released with One UI 8.0 Watch this July, in addition to the shower of security updates for the flagship phones, including the Galaxy S25 series. We have witnessed this from the start of Week 47 for this year in Korea and in other regions, though the Korean rollout was more apparent.

Included in the updates done this week were updates that were related to the entire Galaxy Watch lineup, starting from the most intriguing ones. However, we’d like to highlight the biggest event that happened in the One UI 8 Watch Beta Program as the first item in this list.

Galaxy Watch6’s One UI 8 Watch Update

First of all, the Galaxy Watch6 series in Korea has started receiving the One UI 8 update across the entire region, and the beta program ended this Wednesday, which is November 19th. Shortly after the beta program was closed, the official rollout started for users who didn’t participate in the beta program, starting from the same home country.

One day before that, the Galaxy Watch6 Manager received the November 2025 update that brought redesigns that matched the aesthetics of One UI 8, the same design that is found in your Samsung phone running Android 16. When this update happened, we felt that the One UI 8 Watch stable rollout for this watch series would start very soon, and the stable rollout in Korea confirmed it.

However, users in other regions, such as the United States of America, still didn’t get the update yet, and the global rollout is expected to start within the next Wednesday, if we can count on the rhythm of smartwatch updates, which is usually seven days after the Korean rollout. This means that our best guess is that November 26th is expected to be the big day for the global Watch6 users.

One UI 8 Watch brings the design aesthetics of the phone version of One UI 8 to your wrist, allowing you to perform tasks more efficiently than before, complete with new features that make tracking your health more efficient. Additionally, it brings several new features that make your smartwatch easier to use.

One UI 8 Watch Beta 2 for the Watch5

In addition to the Galaxy Watch6 getting its stable update of One UI 8 Watch in Korea, the Galaxy Watch5 has received the second beta of One UI 8 Watch that fixes performance-related issues, along with the DST time fixes. The Galaxy Watch5 is an older smartwatch series than the later smartwatches, but it is still eligible for the One UI 8 Watch update, with the next version of One UI Watch, scheduled for next year, being the last generational upgrade, according to the promised four-year policy.

There is no release date for the stable version of the One UI 8 Watch software for the Galaxy Watch5 series, but if you see the Watch5 Manager update that is released to the stable channels, then you’ll know that the stable rollout will start very soon. Currently, there is no such update, so those who didn’t participate in the beta program will have to wait longer.

November 2025 update for later smartwatches

In addition to the older smartwatches getting their One UI 8 Watch updates that we’ve mentioned above, recent smartwatches have also obtained their November 2025 update that allowed them to utilize the November 2025 security patch level, including the Galaxy Watch8. Here is the list of smartwatches that obtained this update:

• Galaxy Watch8
• Galaxy Watch7 [KOO]

Next week will, hopefully, be bigger than this week, because the global rollout will commence soon.

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