Samsung’s next update could give you more freedom over the control panel

We’ve already found a bunch of interesting new features in Samsung One UI 8.5, but we’re not the only ones who have been tinkering with the builds. A leaker on X claims the update will make the Samsung control panel “completely customizable,” and has shared some images of the new look.

According to tipster @theonecid, who shared three screenshots of the feature, One UI 8.5 shows potential to go beyond the usual row shuffling already available in Samsung’s interface. It looks as if the whole panel is much more modular, with a vast scope to rearrange it and remove parts that you don’t want to see.

While this comes from a reliable leaker and we have little doubt that everything in the images can be rearranged, this isn’t demonstrated in the images. Looking closely at them, nothing appears to have been removed or shuffled about. The volume, brightness, and other individual modules might have the capacity to be moved independently, but they haven’t been rearranged here. The only difference between the first two images is that the Quick Settings panel is expanded, and the third image looks to be the second after being scrolled down.

Still, assuming this is a totally freeform panel as the source claims, it could mark the most significant redesign of Samsung’s control panel in years. We’re looking forward to investigating this for ourselves.

This article has been updated to better represent the leaked images.