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TL;DR
- Samsung’s Now Bar could get two more additions in the One UI 8.5 update.
- The lockscreen widget could display audio broadcast (Auracast) details and Google commute info.
- These info categories would join other Now Bar categories such as sports scores, media playback, health tracking, and more.
Samsung is expected to debut the One UI 8.5 software alongside the Galaxy S26 series early next year. We’ve already heard about a few features coming as part of this new update, and it now looks like we should expect a couple of Now Bar additions as well.
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