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Samsung One UI 7 beta 3 removed some apps from Now Bar Settings UI
Samsung has introduced One UI 7 beta with a brand new feature called Now Bar and it displays colorful live notifications for ongoing activities, such as music or video playback, navigation, and an active timer, on the lock screen and the notification shade. With the One UI 7 beta 3, Samsung has shuffled the Now Bar settings UI and removed some apps from the Live Notification section.
Now Bar is one of the best new features in the One UI 7 update, which aims to enhance your interactions with key tasks while increasing one-hand reachability across the screen.
Now, Samsung removed some apps from the Now Bar Settings UI with the One UI 7 beta 3. Before the latest beta update, Now Bar works with numerous applications and services including:
- Clock (Stopwatch and Timer)
- Voice Recorder
- Emergency sharing
- Samsung Health
- Interpreter
- Google maps
- Samsung Notes
- Bixby
One UI 7 Beta 3 Now Bar changes
The Now Bar’s Live Notifications UI is now completely redesigned by adding the three large images at the top side, highlighting the Now bar on the lock screen in three ways. The menu has the following description.
“Make notifications for ongoing activities more visible. Live notifications will appear on the Lock screen, on the status bar, and at the top of the notification panel.”
The latest Now Bar settings UI listed only four apps and services such as:
- Samsung Health
- Interpreter
- Clock
- Emergency sharing
Samsung community moderators explained this, saying, “We intentionally removed some NavBar elements as improvements, and are planning to bring them back with the official version of One UI 7 after making some improvements.
One UI 7 Now Bar
The Now Bar is a small pill-shaped widget that appears at the bottom of the lock screen. It sits between two shortcut buttons and expands to use the entire space in between to show you key live information at a glimpse.
More on One UI 7 Beta 3
- One UI 7 Beta 3 rolling out to Galaxy S24 in the US – January 2025 update, critical bug fixes
- One UI 7 Beta 3 allows you to enable the Quick Settings panel on either left or right side based on your preference.
- The third One UI 7 beta firmware for the Galaxy S24 is now rolling out!
- Samsung’s second One UI 7 Beta starts hitting the Galaxy S24 in India
Today, with beta 4 Google expanded Android 16 Beta to select non-Pixel flagship devices from partner brands. Samsung, as always, is skipping the Android 16 Beta Program, while the new OS is available for select devices launched by Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, vivo, and Xiaomi.
Google released Android 16 beta 4 with a second version of platform stability and announced that apps compatible with the new OS will now be available on the Play Store.
Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, and Xiaomi have opened beta registration windows for their latest flagship devices launched in the last few months. Samsung, however, is yet to complete One UI 7 for its Galaxy devices, but will soon roll out the stable One UI 7 and launch an independent One UI beta program.
Last week, it was revealed that the company is already working on Android 16’s adaptation and testing the alleged One UI 8 on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphones.
Android continues to deliver great updates and new features throughout the year, while feedback from the beta community plays a vital role in constantly improving Android. The Android 16 developer site has a lot more information about the beta, including downloads and a release timeline for Pixel.
List of devices that are running the Android 16 Beta
- HONOR Magic 7 Pro
- Lenovo YOGA Tab Plus
- OnePlus 13
- OPPO Find X8
- realme GT 7 Pro
- iQOO 13
- vivo X200 Pro
- Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Xiaomi 15
- Redmi K70 Ultra
After the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung has today resumed the rollout of One UI 7 based on the Android 15 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE. It is worth noting that the Korean tech giant had halted the rollout a few days ago due to a serious bug discovered in the initial update, so it is now rolling out a new firmware that will fix this issue.
Samsung has started rolling out the new One UI 7 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE. Initially available in South Korea, the new One UI 7 build will go live in more markets soon. This build is a more refined build than the initial build and includes fixes for system improvements.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE users can recognize it by the build number ending with BYD9.
Your Galaxy foldable device might have also received the new build. But you can check for the update manually in Settings > Software update. Click on Download and install so that your phone can receive the new OTA.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has now appeared on Geekbench, revealing that the company is carrying out pre-launch tests and preparations for its new device. The latest listing also solves the chipset mystery that has been in rumours for a long time.
According to the Geekbench 6.4 listing, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 US variant with model number SM-F966U achieved 3022 points on single-core and 9307 points on multi-core tests.
The US variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has appeared on Geekbench with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Also, the phone is expected to run on Android 16-based One UI 8 operating system
Being a flagship folding handset, all these things sound quite good. Nevertheless, the actual performance will only be known once the device is officially launched in the consumer market. Inputs reveal that the chipset is clocked at 3.53 GHz base frequency.
Apart from this, the Korean tech giant can launch the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7 around July this year. Also, an affordable flip model can also be introduced along with both the devices.
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