According to a new rumor, Samsung is currently working on Galaxy Book branded laptops that will run Android 17 with One UI 9 on top. Before you think that’s insane, remember that Google itself is in the (very lengthy) process of merging ChromeOS with Android. What will come out of that is Aluminum OS, which itself is based on Android.
Now it’s not clear if these Samsung laptops will actually be running that, or if the Korean company is developing its own One UI 9 layer for laptops in order to simply slap it onto normal phone-oriented Android 17, unfortunately this report doesn’t go into any such details.
But it does tell us that there will be an entire range of these Android-powered Galaxy Books, with low-end, mid-range, and even flagship models with “a very sleek design”, whatever that ends up meaning in real life.
You definitely won’t be surprised to hear that the upcoming laptops will be filled with Galaxy AI features, right? As for One UI 9 for laptops, we’re thinking it’s probably going to be (and look like) an improved version of DeX. It’s unclear when these devices are coming, but they could land before the end of the year. If that’s the timeline, then expect to hear plenty more about them in the coming weeks and months.