Samsung Galaxy Watch to Reportedly Receive Galaxy AI l3k2e Powered Now Bar and Now Brief Features

Samsung may tailor Now Bar to work on the Galaxy Watch's interface, with several customisation options on offer. 1h6t2z

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 9 May 2025 10:05 IST

Samsung Galaxy Watch to Reportedly Receive Galaxy AI-Powered Now Bar and Now Brief Features

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Now Bar and Now Brief were introduced with the Galaxy S25 series running on One UI 7

Highlights

s may see suggestions, sports scores, and media controls in Now Bar
Now Brief on Galaxy Watch may include health and weather categories
The features are reported to be part of the leaked One UI 8 Watch build

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 series, could make their way to the South Korean tech giant's smartwatches, enabling s to a personalised briefing containing a wide range of information and insights.

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Teaming up with AssembleDebug, Android Authority Samsung Galaxy Watch's interface along with several customisation options.

Notably, Now Bar is a lock screen quick view of insights powered by the Galaxy AI suite. It is a rectangular bar featuring multiple cards which appear near the bottom of the phone's lock screen that can be vertically scrolled with a card deck-like animation.

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It is reported to function via gesture actions. A double pinch may open the Now Bar feature on the watch face while s may also be able to set up a secondary action to move through notifications or tiles when the Now Bar is empty. It is speculated to essentially function as a widget, displaying information without having to move away from the watch face.

The publication adds that Now Bar on the Samsung Galaxy Watch might be able to show information such as contextual suggestions, navigation via maps, media controls, live sports scores, and tips on how to use the feature. Additionally, it is also reported to bring the Now Brief feature, which is also powered by Galaxy AI. It provides a comprehensive view of the 's device usage and daily activities. Some of the insights s can see in Now Brief include weather forecasts, energy scores, recommendations for music and navigation, and more.

However, it isn't just limited to the aforementioned options. As per the report, Samsung could add several other categories, such as health metrics and exercise updates, to One UI 8 Watch's Now Bar too.

This leak builds upon previous reports which bring an Antioxidant feature to the Galaxy Watch 8 and even previous models.

Samsung Galaxy S25 8461d

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Compact and excellent aesthetics
Top-notch display
AI features loaded
One UI 7 brings nice updates
Decent cameras

Bad
25W fast-charging limit
Expensive (base price)

Read detailed Samsung Galaxy S25 review

Display 6.20-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Elite

Front Camera 12-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 12GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB

Battery Capacity 4000mAh

OS Android 15

Resolution 1080x2340 pixels

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