Samsung finally fixed One UI's messy Quick Settings to match the Pixel

Samsung finally fixed One UI's messy Quick Settings to match the Pixel Credit: Joe Fedewa / How-To Geek By  Joe Fedewa Published May 31, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT Joe Fedewa has been writing about technology for over a decade. Android and the rest of the Google ecosystem have been a focus for years, as well as reviewing devices, hosting podcasts, filming videos, and writing tutorials. Joe loves all things technology and is also an avid DIYer and food blogger . He has written thousands of articles, hundreds of tutorials, and dozens of reviews. Before joining How-To Geek , Joe worked at XDA-Developers as Managing Editor and covered news from the Google ecosystem. He got his start in the industry covering Windows Phone on a small blog, and later moved to Phandroid where he covered Android news, reviewed devices, wrote tutorials, created YouTube videos, and hosted a podcast. From smartphones to Bluetooth earbuds to Z-Wave switches, Joe is interested in all kinds of technology. After several years of jailbreaking and heavily modifying an iPod Touch, he moved on to his first smartphone, the HTC DROID Eris. He's been hooked ever since. Sign in to your How-To Geek account Add Us On Jump links Jump Links Samsung Quick Settings before One UI 8.5 One UI 8.5 is a huge improvement Samsung Quick Settings are still weird follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap I am not the biggest fan of Samsung phones, and that’s mostly due to the software. The plethora of features and options is nice, but I just don’t like some of Samsung’s design choices. Thankfully, One UI 8.5 improved one such thing in a big way: the Quick Settings panel. Now, I actually have a couple of gripes with Samsung’s Quick Settings panel—the area that houses the buttons for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode, and more. First, it’s been pushing separated notif