Nowadays, “pure” Android does much less than it used to. We used to think that there was such a thing as “pure” Android, which was then sullied by unnecessary and annoying layers of software slathered on top of it. If you haven’t been paying close attention to the world of Android in the past few years you might have missed something: we don’t talk about “skins” much anymore. This is not the conventional wisdom about Samsung software. There are still some annoying parts of One UI, but they don’t ruin what is otherwise a full-featured, coherent, and (dare I say) thoughtful version of Android. As it is, I just want to point out that it’s time for us to stop instinctively turning our noses up at Samsung’s version of Android. If it weren’t for the fact that I don’t yet trust Samsung to deliver major software updates quickly, I would be shouting about One UI from the rooftops. In some ways, I like it better than what Google itself is shipping on the Pixel 3. I’ve been testing One UI on a Galaxy S9 for the past week or so and thus far I really like it. Tomorrow, it will unveil a pile of new phones - the thoroughly leaked Galaxy S10 lineup - and all them should be running the new “One UI” software, which is built on top of Android 9 Pie. Believe it or not, Samsung has done something many of us didn’t think was possible: it has made great software.
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