TL;DR

• Leaked builds show Samsung’s next One UI 8.5 update, debuting with the Galaxy S26, will be based on Android 16’s second quarterly release (QPR2).
• This is significant because most device makers skip quarterly Android updates, delaying new features until the next major annual version is released.
• By adopting QPR2, Samsung can bring new Android platform features to Galaxy devices much faster than before, matching Google’s own release cadence.

And the best feature: they locked the bootloader so that you don’t have to unlock it all the time.

Nice