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TL;DR
- The most recent One UI 8 beta brings a clock widget for the lock display screen.
- Just like iOS’ depth impact for the clock, Samsung’s clock routinely wraps round faces in actual or animated photos.
- The clock will also be moved across the lock display screen, the place its textual content adjusts to the obtainable area.
In its newest One UI 8 beta construct for Galaxy S25, Samsung is testing fascinating new adjustments, together with an improved clock widget for the lock display screen. This new widget lastly brings iOS-like depth results for the clock, permitting the numerals to routinely regulate and wrap round any central objects within the lock display screen wallpaper.
For Samsung units working One UI 7 and older variations, this can’t be achieved naturally. As a substitute, you would wish to put in a Good Lock module referred to as Lockstar to get a depth impact on the lock display screen, whereas it nonetheless lacks perfection regardless of your perseverance.
The brand new widget in One UI 8 beta not solely quashes that limitation but additionally expands utility past routinely adjusting to the wallpaper. It may be moved round on the lock display screen, the place every quantity within the time dynamically resizes to occupy the open area in any image or wallpaper.
One UI beta tester, Topraks9plus, posted a number of photos and movies on X showcasing the brand new lock display screen widget, which, in accordance with them, has been added with a One UI 8 construct title ending with “BYFB” for the Galaxy S25 Extremely. Within the photos beneath, you’ll be able to see that the textual content from the clock reads in another way with adjustments within the widget’s placement.
Numerals within the clock shift form when the widget is moved throughout the lock display screen.
One other leaker, Ice Universe, corroborated this addition by sharing a video of the brand new dynamic clock in motion. As seen within the screengrabs from the video beneath, the textual content switches to a typical font measurement on the always-on show and goes again to wrap across the animated character within the wallpaper when the lock display screen is lively.
Lock display screen clock routinely adjustments form on the always-on show (left) vs when the display screen is turned on.
Along with the brand new lock display screen clock, Samsung has additionally added a number of helpful actions for its Now Temporary interface.
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