Samsung could revive a popular One UI feature fans have missed

Samsung’s Android 15-based One UI 7 update launched earlier this year with the Galaxy S25 series in January, and after several delays, it eventually rolled out to older models such as the S24 and S23 series.

While the wait for One UI 7 was ultimately worthwhile, thanks to features like its visual overhaul and the Now Bar, which offer a fresh feel to Galaxy devices, some decisions Samsung made with the update puzzled many users. One of these decisions involves Samsung’s Weather app, as the pollen tracking feature suddenly disappeared with One UI 7.

Since One UI 7 was released during the spring allergy season, the removal of pollen tracking from the weather app was confusing, with users on Reddit and the Samsung forums expressing frustration over the change. Now, if you want to quickly check pollen levels in your area, you have to scroll to the bottom of the weather app and click on the weather.com link to view it in your browser, which isn’t as convenient as accessing it directly within the weather app. Fortunately, it appears that Samsung has recognized that removing pollen tracking from its weather app wasn’t the best idea, and with its next major One UI update, change seems to be on the way.

Samsung’s Weather app is bringing back pollen tracking

It still might be a long wait for the update, though

If you’ve been missing pollen tracking in Samsung’s Weather app, it looks like it will return with the One UI 8.5 update. According to Android Authority, which is currently testing a leaked build of One UI 8.5, pollen tracking is working within the weather app again, and it has a card that lets you quickly see the pollen levels in your area, just like it did before One UI 7.

Samsung’s pollen cards show tree, grass, and ragweed pollen levels, each represented by a color-coded leaf. The color of the leaf indicates its severity level, with no color indicating no pollen, green indicating low levels, and orange indicating moderate levels. For a more detailed breakdown of pollen levels and upcoming forecasts, you can tap the pollen card to open weather.com, which provides insights into expected pollen levels for the immediate future.

The unfortunate caveat here is that this fix was spotted in a development build of One UI 8.5, which means it could still be a while before pollen tracking returns to Samsung’s Weather app.

Samsung began rolling out its Android 16-based One UI 8 update to the Galaxy S25 series recently, following its launch with the Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 in July. Samsung is rolling out One UI 8 in phases, and its older devices, such as the Galaxy S24 and S23 series, aren’t scheduled to receive the update until October. Samsung hasn’t officially announced its One UI 8.5 update yet, so it may still be some time before it rolls out, possibly in the new year, after the release of the Galaxy S26 series.

For now, if you have a Samsung Galaxy device with One UI 7 or One UI 8 and rely on pollen tracking to help mitigate the effects of allergy season, which is now in full swing with fall here, you’ll need to open weather.com via the Samsung Weather app to get pollen information for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, by the time spring allergy season rolls around, One UI 8.5 will be live and Samsung’s Weather app will return to its former glory, featuring pollen tracking.