Samsung's Now Bar is headed to Galaxy Watches

The Now Bar is a big part of Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15, and it's now seemingly also headed to the company's smartwatches running Wear OS. It will arrive as part of the One UI 8 Watch update. The information comes from a teardown of a leaked version of a system app, which already features multiple code strings and references to the Now Bar. You'll be able to pick from having just an icon or both the icon and text when the screen is active. The image above shows where and how the Now Bar would sit on a watch face. Gesture-based actions will let you double-pinch to open...

May 9, 2025 - 02:20

Samsung's Now Bar is headed to Galaxy Watches

The Now Bar is a big part of Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15, and it's now seemingly also headed to the company's smartwatches running Wear OS. It will arrive as part of the One UI 8 Watch update. The information comes from a teardown of a leaked version of a system app, which already features multiple code strings and references to the Now Bar. You'll be able to pick from having just an icon or both the icon and text when the screen is active. The image above shows where and how the Now Bar would sit on a watch face. Gesture-based actions will let you double-pinch to open...