One UI 8 Beta Just Made the Now Bar a Lot More Useful — Here's How

One UI 8 beta just made the Now Bar a lot more useful — here's how

The One UI 8 beta reveals that the Galaxy S25's Now Bar will gain Live Call Handling and relevant Do Not Disturb information in the future.

One UI 8 adds two new options to Now Bar

Now Bar, which was one of the main attractions of One UI 7, has received some improvements with the recently released One UI 8 update. It now shows ongoing activities from two additional stock apps. However, the biggest improvement could be its integration with Android 16's Live Updates feature. Now Bar shows ongoing calls and the active Mode on devices running One UI 8 On devices running One UI 8, the Now Bar can show ongoing activities from …

With One UI 8, Samsung just gave the Now Bar the functionality it was missing

The Now Bar in One UI 8 beta shows calls and Do Not Disturb status. This expansion of the Now Bar’s functionality was anticipated after a leak earlier this month. One UI 8 beta is rolling out now for Galaxy S25 series users in select regions. Samsung’s One UI 8 beta has just started rolling out, and while the changes appear to be subtle so far, there are some clear improvements on board. We’ve already confirmed at least one rumored upgrade as th…