Samsung’s latest One UI 7 beta update for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 comes with a notable fix: the Now Bar pill finally shows up for media playback, which isn’t the case for the Galaxy S25 and S24 series. While the update for the latest foldables doesn’t introduce major changes, it resolves the Now Bar functionality, which makes this development worth a headline.
Now Bar functions:
For those unfamiliar, the pill-shaped Now Bar widget displays ongoing activities like timers, music playback, and food delivery tracking as a pill-shaped widget in the status bar and on the lock screen.
However, on devices like the Galaxy S25 series and some A-series phones running One UI 7, the Now Bar pill for media playback does not show up on the status bar. This bug also affects the Galaxy S24 series running the One UI 7 beta, where the media playback widget doesn’t even appear in the notifications shade. Not to mention, users of the series using the beta update have no other option but to access it through the expanded quick panel.
In contrast, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 running One UI 7 beta have no such limitations. On these foldables, the Now Bar and media playback widget function as intended and offer easy access to media controls. This improvement is a welcome change, and we expect the S25 series to get the necessary fixes soon.
According to the source, some of the new Galaxy AI features seen on the Galaxy S25 series are absent from this update on the 6th generation foldables. Some of the new AI features will remain exclusive to the latest models? Well, it’s still in beta, and only time will tell if the previous speculations were right. We’ll share more information as soon as it becomes available.
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