One UI 8 Now Bar x Android 16 Live Updates Integration

One UI 7’s Now Bar is one of the most useful and eye-catching features, which shows live notifications of many live activities like Google Maps navigation, music, timers, and many more. As per new leaks, the company is ready to improve the experience of its One UI 8 Now Bar feature by merging Google’s upcoming live updates feature. Google will introduce the Live Updates feature with Android 16.

Recently, an X user leaked some images of One UI 8, which hints at the Now Bar and Live Update integration. One UI 8’s Now Bar will be more interesting and useful, as it may support WhatsApp-like third-party apps’ live notifications too. Below you can check the leaked screenshots of Samsung’s next major upgrade.

Along with these, another leaked screenshot from SammyGuru shows WhatsApp live notification support on Now Bar.

Google has been preparing the Live Update feature for its Pixel devices for a long time, and now it will soon be available with the Android 16 stable update. The Android 16 beta for Pixel is in the last phase, and any time the tech giant can release the stable version of Android 16.

Apart from this, rumors and leaks suggest that the One UI 8 beta program will be available soon this year. You can check the eligible Galaxy device list for One UI 8 and which countries may get the beta program.