Samsung’s new Quick Panel design gets a major design change in One UI 9, and it looks more refined than One UI 8.5. A side-by-side comparison of the interfaces shows a significant difference that’s hard to ignore.

Even though One UI 9 is the latest, One UI 8.5 is the current focus of the majority of Samsung users. The testing of the One UI 8.5 update took over five months, and the rollout began recently for smartphone users.

One UI 9 Quick Panel redesign

One UI 9 retains the Status Bar aesthetics, including indicator icons. The header is also familiar, but the next stage has massive changes. The volume and brightness sliders have separated the attached buttons, making them cleaner.

Samsung has also refined the overall appearance by making the sliders thicker. The adjustment of tiles and toggles is your own decision now. Place any tile or toggle anywhere you want; no system-level capping on personalization.

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Continuous refinements signal that Samsung is actively listening to user feedback. Meanwhile, the user interface is gradually aligning with the iOS aesthetics. Apple has already figured out what works and the Android is now following it.

Samsung’s Quick Panel

Galaxy phones had a familiar Quick Settings Panel until the One UI version 6. Starting with One UI 7, Samsung gave this aspect a major upgrade, which also separated the Settings interface from the Notification Panel.

One UI 7 was succeeded by One UI 8, which brought thin borders to the tiles and toggles. It was the initial step toward frosted glass design. One UI 8.5 took it further by bringing some literally cool customization options.

Based on Android 16 and 17, Samsung has opened the Quick Panel structure for customization. You can now resize the cards, toggles, and tiles. One UI 9 takes it to a Pixel-level customizable panel, which is purely yours.

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