Here’s how Samsung’s One UI 7 update copies iOS [Gallery] [Video]

Samsung’s One UI 7 update is huge and, for the most part, pretty good, but there’s some clear influence throughout as Samsung has seemingly been trying to replicate a bunch of features and design traits from iOS. Here’s a list of all of the ways Samsung’s Android 15 update tries to copy iOS.

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‘Now Bar’ and ‘Live Notifications’

One of the very obvious ways that Samsung’s One UI 7 update is mimicking iOS is in the update’s new Dynamic Island clones, and there are two of them.

On the lockscreen, there’s the “Now Bar,” which shows ongoing tasks such as stopwatches, timers, music, and more. Meanwhile, “Live Notifications” inside can also show ongoing tasks in the status bar, with a tap revealing additional controls. When music is playing, the UI similarities …