Samsung Tipped to Bring Phone Calls 427254 Do Not Disturb and More Features to Now Bar With One UI 8

With One UI 8, a Do Not Disturb button appears in the Now Bar on the phone’s lock screen. 4p5p6n

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 7 May 2025 13:49 IST

Samsung Tipped to Bring Phone Calls, Do Not Disturb and More Features to Now Bar With One UI 8

Samsung introduced Now Bar with the Galaxy S25 series running One UI 7 in January 231571

Highlights

Now Bar is tipped to add a Do Not Disturb button on lock screen
s may also see call time and recipient info in Now Bar
The features are said to be in development as part of One UI 8

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With One UI 8. As per a tipster, the update may bring a noticeable improvement to Now Bar, a feature which the company introduced with its Android 15-based OS. While it currently provides a lock screen quick view of insights generated by the Galaxy AI-powered Now Brief, Samsung is tipped to equip it with more capabilities, such as phone calls and a Do Not Disturb option.

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Tipster @opraks9plus shared a video of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra running One UI 8 in a post on X (formerly Twitter). It allegedly shows a new Do Not Disturb button in the Now Bar on the phone's lock screen. However, it remains unclear if this will be a permanent option in the deck that can toggle the DND feature or just a notification of its activation.

With One UI 8, Now Bar now shows more #OneUI8 #s25ultra #Samsung pic.twitter.com/3wOZHCYrr2
— Toprak (@Topraks9plus) May 6, 2025

A subsequent X post also allegedly shows a new option for phone calls in One UI 8's Now Bar. Accompanying image suggests s may be able to check in on active phone calls via the pill-shaped button. Further, it displays the call time and is also speculated to show the recipient's details.

There isn't much more apart from the shared visuals. However, it is to be noted that the Now Bar feature was discovered in an early build version of One UI 8 and may still be subject to changes.

Notably, the Now Bar feature is an artificial intelligence (AI) feature, part of the Galaxy AI suite and introduced with One UI 7. It appears as a rectangular bar featuring multiple cards near the bottom of the lock screen. s can vertically scroll through them with a card deck-like animation. It is said to be an extension of Now Brief, another AI feature which delivers a personalised briefing with suggested content such as health and wellness metrics, event reminders, news, travel updates, and traffic conditions in a card-style interface.

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REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
New design is for the better
Cameras deliver consistent performance
Good battery life
Excellent performance
Smooth UI

Bad
S-Pen is a downgrade
No Dolby Vision
Low light camera performance is lacking
Slow charging

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Display 6.90-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Elite

Front Camera 12-megapixel

Rear Camera 200-megapixel + 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 12GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB, 1TB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 15

Resolution 1400x3120 pixels

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