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Samsung is officially rolling out One UI 8 in Malaysia, a major software update that brings a host of new features to Galaxy phones and tablets. This isn't just a simple update; it's a significant leap forward, with a strong focus on advanced multimodal AI capabilities, a smarter user experience, and robust security enhancements. The rollout began this week with the Galaxy S25 series and will continue for more eligible devices in the coming weeks.
One UI 8 Rollout Schedule In Malaysia
If you're in Malaysia, here's when you can expect to get the new update on your device.
One UI 8 brings new AI-powered features that can recognises and understand context through your app activities:
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Gemini Live: This AI assistant understands what you're seeing on your screen in real time, so you don't have to switch apps to ask questions. It acts like a personal assistant right on the cover screen of the Galaxy Z Flip series for hands-free voice searches.
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Circle to Search with Google: A feature perfect for gamers, it lets you circle anything on the screen to get instant information. You can get help with a game's characters or strategies, with helpful links and videos. Its improved translation capabilities also let you translate text on screen instantly as you scroll through articles or social media posts.
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Contextual Intelligence: Your device can now understand what you're doing and offer suggestions based on your routines and app usage.
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Audio Eraser: This tool can easily detect and remove unwanted background noise, like wind or traffic, from your videos and audio recordings with a single tap.
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Portrait Studio: Capture studio-quality portraits of your pets with this AI tool.
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Call Captions: Instantly converts spoken words into text during calls, which is perfect for noisy environments.
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Multi Window for Large Screens: On Galaxy tablets and foldable phones, you can easily drag and drop AI-generated content (like images or text) directly into your workflow.
Upgraded Privacy and Security
Samsung has also upgraded its security to protect your data, especially with the new AI features.
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Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP): A new security system that creates separate, encrypted storage for each app's sensitive data, ensuring one app can't access another's information.
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Knox Matrix: This feature takes security a step further by automatically signing your devices out of your Samsung account if it detects a serious security risk. It also sends alerts to all your connected Galaxy devices to help you protect your information.
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Upgraded Secure Wi-Fi: This new encryption framework strengthens your network connection, giving you better privacy even when you're using public Wi-Fi.
New Customisation and Design
One UI 8 is also designed to adapt to the unique shapes of different Galaxy devices. It offers more customisation and a more fluid user experience.
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Adaptive Clock Design: The clock on your lock screen will now stretch and adapt to match your wallpaper, wrapping around faces or other objects to ensure it's always visible without ruining your image. You can even change its size, colour, and thickness.
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FlexWindow Optimisation: On Galaxy Z Flip phones, you can now easily create wallpapers for the cover screen using gallery recommendations and customised emojis.
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Real-time Updates: The new Now Bar shows real-time app activity and media player progress on your Galaxy Z Flip's FlexWindow. Now Brief provides more personalised daily updates on things like traffic, reminders, and even health insights from your Galaxy Watch.
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