Samsung has begun the official rollout of One UI 9, and this stage covers the Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26, with the update starting today. The software had already reached the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Z Fold8 and Z Flip8, and Samsung says it will gradually reach other Galaxy devices.
The headline addition is My FanCam, which follows a person you pick in a recorded video and keeps them centered by reframing the shot as the scene moves, cutting down on manual editing for clips meant for social media. It needs a Samsung account, and the source video has to be at least 720 x 720 pixels. The feature was first shown off with the Galaxy Z series at Galaxy Unpacked in July.
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Now Brief gets Generative and Editable Cards, letting users decide which cards appear in their daily summary across areas such as health, weather and video. A separate Warranty and Care section now sits inside Settings, where owners can check coverage on connected phones, run self-diagnostics, see repair estimates and manage Samsung Care+ or book a service appointment. Samsung notes that the features in that menu can differ by country or region.
Elsewhere, Now Nudge is meant to surface suggestions in more places, such as pulling up reservation details or saving a shared location while texting, and Creative Studio can propose image ideas tied to upcoming events like a friend's birthday. Interpreter adds a Thread View for following earlier parts of a translated conversation, Document Scan is built to handle curved book pages and folded corners, and Voice Recorder now lays out summaries with headings and tables.
On security, Security Brief feeds alerts about malware, apps from unknown sources and unnecessary permissions into Now Brief, while Privacy Alerts use on-device AI to flag background permission requests. Scam Detection is expanding to more countries and languages. Privacy Alerts are listed as supported on a long run of Galaxy S, Z and Tab devices going back several generations.
The rollout lands roughly four months after Samsung started pushing One UI 8.5 to older Galaxy phones, a mid-cycle release whose standout feature was AirDrop compatibility through Quick Share. One UI 9 itself has been in testing since early this year, when firmware for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 appeared on Samsung's servers.
Samsung has not said which devices come next or how long the staged rollout will take, and it has not given download sizes for the update. Samsung says its basic Galaxy AI features cost nothing, while enhanced Samsung AI features and third-party AI features carry their own terms and may involve fees.
