- The Now Bar has been noticed in a Galaxy A06 New Radio leak
- It suggests cheaper and older handsets will get the function
- The Now Bar exhibits dwell info on the lock display
One of our favourite options in One UI 7 (that is Samsung’s tackle Android 15) is the Now Bar – a lock display widget for dwell updates – and it appears Samsung is planning to roll out the function past its flagship smartphones.
We’ve already seen the Now Bar on the Samsung Galaxy S25 and in beta kind on the Samsung Galaxy S24, however the staff at SamMobile has discovered proof that it is heading to the extra inexpensive Samsung Galaxy A06 New Radio as nicely.
This comes by leaked specs and promotional materials for the inexpensive handset, which mentions the Now Bar as one of many upgrades. This goes to be the follow-up to the Galaxy A06 LTE telephone that was launched final 12 months.
That’s reassuring for these with price range or midrange Samsung telephones: the Galaxy A06 New Radio is predicted to be an entry-level handset, so if it may handle displaying the Now Bar on display, most present and future Samsung gadgets must also be capable of.
One UI 7 and older telephones
The Now Bar borrows among the concepts launched by the Dynamic Island on iOS, which additionally shows info corresponding to dwell sports activities scores, updates on deliveries, and extra – something you may want fixed, actual time updates on.
It joins a bunch of different new options launched with One UI 7, together with AI-powered writing help, improved safety protections, and a design overhaul that introduces a extra trendy and extra responsive interface.
However, whereas the Now Bar appears set for all Galaxy handsets in line for One UI 7, the identical cannot be mentioned for every thing else. The Now Brief function, which makes use of AI to floor helpful info as you want it, will not attain older handsets (by way of GSMArena).
Then there’s the difficulty of One UI 7 itself rolling out extra extensively. All future Galaxy telephones, together with the Galaxy A06 New Radio, ought to include the software program on board – however should you’ve acquired a handset launched earlier than 2025, you would be ready some time.
