Samsung introduced Live Notifications in the Now Bar with One UI 7, but they’re about to get better with One UI 8. These rival Apple’s Live Activities and offer ongoing activities more accessible via ...

We anticipate that Samsung will release the first One UI 8.5 beta in the coming weeks, and it'll officially arrive in 2026 ...

The latest builds of One UI 7 have added Live Notifications for media apps that display an ongoing notification for playback control. This extends to apps like Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music when ...

Samsung’s One UI 7 update lets users choose to separate the notification and quick settings panels through the Separate option or keep the classic combined notification and quick settings panel.

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It takes some effort on every Galaxy device to tune notifications so that we don’t become bombarded with alerts at all waking moments. One UI 7 provides an avenue for that, as well as other advanced ...

Notifications are a key part of any device, and they can really make or break an experience. With its One UI 7 update that debuted on the Galaxy S25 Ultra this week, Samsung has decided to adjust lock ...

Samsung’s upcoming One UI 8.5 update may automatically push apps with excessive ad notifications into deep sleep, helping ...

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One UI 8 will improve Live Notifications in Now Bar by expanding support to third-party apps. The feature was originally introduced with One UI 7, but only a handful of Samsung native apps supported ...