#one ui vs google

Back then, Samsung's mobile user interface called "TouchWiz" used to be a con for those considering a Samsung phone. [caption id="attachment_330808" align="alignnone" width="480"] Touchwiz On The Galaxy S6[/caption] Filled with a ton of bloatware, goofy animations and sounds, and lacking long-term software support, many wished Samsung phones had a cleaner and smoother software experience to match their hardware. To be blunt, many wished Samsung phones had Stock Android instead. It represented what Google wanted (or wants) Android to be, after all. It was simple, intuitive, and bloat-free — making the overall phone experience smooth and stutter-free (which was still hard to find on many Android phones back then, to be fair). [caption id="attachment_330809" align="alignnone" width="375"] Android 6.0 Marshmallow from 2015[/caption] Fast forward almost 10+ years later, TouchWiz is no more, and we now have a completely revamped Samsung skin called One UI. With an emphasis on one-hand-ability, One UI was a drastic overhaul of Samsung's mobile software experience introduced in November 2018 on top of Android 9 Pie. It was released on the Galaxy S8, Note 8, S9, and Note 9 as an update and came preinstalled on the Galaxy S10 series, Galaxy A series, and the OG Galaxy Fold as One UI 1.1. Read more in our articles including "Is Samsung's One UI now better than Stock Android?" and "iPhone 3G: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".