US EditionSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 7's Now Bar May Soon Support Up to 35 Apps
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15 more apps will support Now Bar on One UI 8
Samsung‘s Android 15-based One UI 7.0 brought many new features. One of them was Now Bar, a carousel of cards that can show status and controls of ongoing activities on your lock screen, allowing you to control them without unlocking the device. The only drawback of the feature is that very few apps, mostly Samsung’s first party ones, support it, as it is not a native Android feature. Well, that’s going to change soon. In the ‘Device Experience…
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7's Now Bar May Soon Support Up to 35 Apps
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 is one of the first phones from the company to ship with Android 16-based One UI 8 firmware. It enables several new features on the clamshell-style foldable, such as the Galaxy AI-powered Now Bar on the Flex Window. Currently, it supports 20 apps and services that can be displayed on the cover screen. However, a report suggests that Samsung may expand it up to include support for up to 35 apps and services by the end of t…
Samsung introduced the Now Bar to its Galaxy devices at the beginning of the year and took advantage of Google's new live updates as well as the Gemini Space. But the Now Bar is still quite limited. Samsung wants to improve the range of compatible apps very much soon. Currently, there are 20 apps, including of course the in-house Android apps such as Notes, Calendar and so on. In addition, there are some third-party apps, including Google Maps, …
Samsung plans to make Now Bar more useful by nearly doubling app support
Samsung’s Now Bar, a lock screen carousel of glanceable app cards, is expanding its app support and is now available on the Galaxy Z Flip’s cover screen. Samsung plans to increase the number of apps and services that support the Now Bar from around 20 to up to 35 by the end of 2025. This expansion will be available on devices with One UI 8, which is based on Android 16 and adds a new API that allows any app to create “Live Notifications.” One of…
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