Samsung just dropped the Home Up plugin’s March 2026 version, which has two big issues. While testing the latest version of the plugin, I’ve encountered two problems, which may also be triggered due to OS incompatibility.

Home Up March 2026 update landed without a changelog. The version number indicates that the version belongs to the One UI 8.5 firmware. While it successfully installed on my One UI 8.0 device, things went wrong with the functionalities.

Lazy animations

Sideloading Home Up v17.5.00.24 has made system animations lazy as hell. Everything slowed down as I manually slapped this setup. Nothing changed when I tried to set the gesture animations to dynamic.

Even disabling the animation-related settings inside Home Up didn’t change anything. I ended up deciding to uninstall this version and go back to the previous version through Galaxy Store, which reverted the experience.

Pop-up folders

The new Home Up has also broken the pop-up folders feature. I like this feature most as it prevents One UI from allowing the folder to open as a dedicated space.

Enabling popup folder through Home Up ensures the folder takes minimal space to expand and lets users access the apps on the fly. It was the biggest letdown, and Samsung should fix this problem if it’s causing on One UI 8.5 devices too.

If you are on One UI 8.0 and wondering about getting the latest Home Up, I recommend you stay on the official build. Still if you want to give the new version a try, make sure to take a backup of your customization set.

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