Samsung One UI 7 Beta 2 addresses Now Bar glitches

Now Bar is the most stunning addition in One UI 7 and the latest Beta 2 addresses its initial glitches. Samsung is rolling out the second beta of the One UI 7 to the owners of the Galaxy S24 series in six markets.

One UI 7 Beta 2 addresses Now Bar issues reported by users. The changelog highlights that the issue causing continuous display errors and malfunction after closing Now Bar is addressed.

The technical description of the bug fix is a bit tough to understand. Beta participants will observe the improvement in real life by experiencing the functionality.

For those awaiting Beta 2, the annoying glitch where the Now Bar wouldn’t go away after you closed it has been fixed. Now, when you close the Now Bar, it stays closed until you call it back.

Simply put, the Now Bar pill will not appear itself until you trigger it to expand again. It will keep your lock screen clean while providing seamless and reliable access.

Samsung One UI 7 Now Bar (Source – Samsung)

Apart from Now Bar, the second Beta brings faster and smoother app-switching animations. These enhancements aim to improve the overall user experience as part of polishing the software.

Regarding the Now Bar, Samsung could consider changing the placement on the lock screen. A user criticized the current allocation, which makes it difficult to access Samsung’s Ultra models.

Samsung’s community moderator has acknowledged the consumer’s feedback. A request for the same has also been forwarded to One UI developers and changes could be applied.

Indian Samsung Support telling Galaxy owners that the two more Beta updates will be released this month. The global Beta 3 could come next Monday and Beta 4 may be released on December 30.