One UI 8.5 has a smarter way of keeping annoying ad-heavy apps in check

One UI 8.5 will debut with the upcoming Galaxy S26 lineup, which is expected to arrive in February next year. But that doesn't mean Galaxy users have to wait that long to install it on their phones. Samsung is expected to open the One UI 8.5 beta program in the next few days, allowing Galaxy S25 users to finally try all those exciting features that have already been leaked.

A hands-on video of the One UI 8.5 update already showcased major new features it'll offer, but in addition to those, we're also hearing about another important feature that will be buried under the Settings of the Device care app. While it may not be the easiest way to discover the feature, it can come in handy, especially for those who want to get rid of annoying advertisement notifications from apps.

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One UI 8.5 has a new trick to save you from those ad-heavy apps

Excessive advertisements are annoying, and nobody likes them. If you're using One UI and you have identified apps that frequently show advertisement notifications, you can put them to deep sleep. This is currently one of the most effective ways to get rid of those ads without uninstalling the apps.

Now, as first spotted by famed leaker @tarunvats33, Samsung wants to make the process more seamless with minimal human effort through a new feature in the Device care app. Instead of you spotting and putting apps that frequently send advertisement notifications to deep sleep, the new feature, named "Block apps with excessive ads," will work behind the scenes to identify those serial offenders and automatically block them.

One UI 8.5 will analyze the notifications on your phone and determine whether they are ads, and since it takes human effort out of the equation, its judgment may not always be accurate. But that doesn't make it less effective, because such notifications should arrive on your Galaxy phones "frequently" to put them to deep sleep. One wrong judgment won't block the app.

Based on the screenshot shared by the leaker, it looks like the feature will be disabled by default. Whatever the case may be, you will be able to turn the feature on or off in the Settings of the Device care app. You can open the Device care app and click the three-dot menu in the top right corner to open Settings.