Samsung Teases AI Summary and Other Capabilities of Now Bar in One UI 7

Samsung introduced One UI 7 — its Android 15-based working system (OS) — at SDC 2024 in October. Its beta was rolled out in Germany, India and different choose areas earlier this month. One of the highlights of the replace is a brand new notification system known as Now Bar which is claimed to reinforce personalisation by giving direct entry to on a regular basis and most-used actions on the display. The firm has now detailed among the options it’s going to deliver, together with a summarisation function powered by synthetic intelligence (AI) and a privacy-focused addition for cross-app private knowledge safety.

Now Bar in One UI 7

Samsung detailed the Now Bar options in a newsroom post. As per the South Korean know-how conglomerate, it’s going to leverage Galaxy AI — the suite of AI options for its units. It is the corporate’s personal tackle Apple’s Dynamic Island. But whereas the previous seems on the prime of the display, Now Bar shall be positioned on the backside.

It will maintain Samsung customers knowledgeable of their sleep cycle, present climate forecasts, ship reminders for duties akin to catching a flight, curate a playlist for journey, and even ship forex conversions — all offered as a morning temporary. It can entry knowledge throughout apps and ship a abstract for simple studying.

The firm claims Now Bar can act as an entry level for the “most comprehensively insightful experiences ever on Galaxy.” It provides an instance of a person travelling from South Korea to California. With Galaxy AI, the handset will provide to create a folder of the important apps throughout journey for fast entry. Further, it’s going to additionally present a reminder of when to go away for the airport, and curate a journey playlist for the lengthy flight.

With One UI 7, Samsung additionally introduces the Personal Data Engine. It is an on-device privateness measure which is claimed to ship cross-app private knowledge safety. The personalised knowledge is saved in a safe house which is protected by an encryption key managed by Samsung’s Knox Vault. The firm has additionally enabled post-quantum cryptography as a safeguard towards quantum computing threats.