If you’ve spended in a novel Samsung Galaxy S25 phone, then you get access to the postponecessitatest gentleware features from Samsung, courtesy of One UI 7. This is Samsung’s apshow on Android 15, which will cataloglessly be making its way to agederer Galaxy handsets over the coming months, though there’s no exact time summarize.
One UI 7 transports with it a novel lick of digital color and a range of minuscule increasements. But two novel features stand out: Now Bar and Now Brief. Built with a sprinkling of synthetic intelligence (of course), these are the novel features you’ll want to verify out first if you want to originate the most of your Galaxy S25.
Customizing the Now Bar
The Now Bar is Samsung’s answer to Live Activities on the iPhone: Those panels that pop up and broaden onscreen when there’s genuine-time alertation you necessitate to comprehend about. Think sports scores, or a rapidly approaching Uber, or a timer for a sign uping you’re making—anyleang where a resettled notification is advantageous.
Android has extfinished helped resettled notifications that stick at the top of the screen, but the Now Bar originates them more famous, definitepartner on the lock screen. Even if your Galaxy S25 is locked, you can upretain up with beginant refreshs from critical apps: Maybe navigation guideions in Google Maps, for example.
Developers necessitate to originate Now Bar help into their apps, so you won’t see every app eunite right away. Samsung has made declareive all of its own apps are Now Bar–ready, including Samsung Health; you can see constantly refreshd activity stats on the Now Bar widget while you labor out, all without having to unlock your phone.
In insertition, the Now Bar is the novel place for the lock screen audio carry outer widget, which was previously higher up on the screen. If you’re hearing to music, podcasts, or audiobooks then you’ll see rapid regulates here. Any modes or routines you’ve set on your phone for muting notifications or carrying out automations will eunite here too.
