Accordingly to Android Authority:
- Samsung is bringing One UI 7’s Now Bar to Galaxy Watches.
- We’ve found evidence revealing what the Now Bar will look like on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch lineup, along with the types of information it will display.
- The feature is likely part of the upcoming One UI 8 Watch update
Samsung appears to be preparing a major software and UI upgrade for its Galaxy Watch lineup. We now have strong evidence suggesting that the popular Now Bar feature from One UI 7 on Galaxy phones is coming to Samsung’s smartwatches, possibly with the upcoming One UI 8 Watch update. This discovery comes from a teardown of a leaked version of the SecClockWorkSysUI (version 4.0.57) APK, where we uncovered multiple strings and references to the Now Bar on Galaxy Watches.
Essentially, the Now Bar on Galaxy Watches will serve as a widget system, surfacing contextually relevant data without needing to navigate away from the watch face. We’ve uncovered that the Now Bar can show the following information on Samsung’s wearables:
- Contextual Suggestions
- Maps
- Media Controls
- Now Brief
- Tips on how to use the Now Bar
- Sports on Google for live sports scores
Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-watch-now-bar-now-brief-galaxy-watch-3555509/
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