The update ruined the now bar

[Nodnarb88]

This new now bar sucks. It use to be that my music or podcast apps would be centered and large enough to use it from the lock screen. Now it's a tiny bar at the bottom with tiny buttons that are now harder to push. The writing is tiny and harder to read. This update just keeps getting worse the more I use my phone. Samsung better fix this disaster. Who ever approved this revamp needs to lose there job cause there's no way people said they liked these changes.

[useriUSIGAX1Oh]

We know.. It's just a legit Neanderthal thing to make you do 2 more things for one. You have to swipe it out again to use the fingerprint sensor. The only other option is to have it auto unlock with your face. Then it skips the Lock Screen at that point and doesn't even give you time to use the lockscreen's music/Spotify controller at that point. It's idiotic. Even reading about Samsung "accidentally" releasing a version on the s23 series, that kept crashing people's phones.. 🤣 🤦 ☠️ Due to the s23 not having a "fast, or strong enough" processor. Like.. They're all a bunch of idiots. They got bought out long ago, and have been downgrading ever since. 😔🤦☠️👌🥹👍🙏 Peace be with you. 👌

[Tichy]

How is this solution not an utter downgrade from how things worked before?

[userG5mx8RuKOD]

So... they added a tap to something that already worked great. Still sucks.

[userjTcOXbpiYe]

Call me crazy but I think a lot of us appreciate the bigger album artwork on display

[Elco5824]

Yea but for a quick change on the fly why mess with what worked and everyone was ust to I'll say it we all change songs while driving it's now a pain if u don't have steering wheel controls 

[userYm6wSNVTU6]

You're crazy for not acknowledging they could've left it where it was and still allowed you to tap to get the bigger album art

[userKuC2x3yo8M]

The great thing about android is the customization. We should be given the option to have the media player in the notification bar like it was or the now bar. I have small hands and personally the now bar is too low on my AOD for my thumb to easily control and too high in my status bar for my thumb to reach the top left corner. The placement is also too low when my phone is in a desk cell phone stand making it difficult to tap the area. It also reduces valuable status bar real estate. Overall we should have the option to play media in the most convenient way for our personal use. I constantly listen to audiobooks and I need to be able to quickly rewind something I may have missed. I have accidently scrolled too far in my book several times because I missed tapping the correct button to rewind on the expanded mode. Now Bar is a huge downgrade for me. Give us freedom!

[RobXbalboa]

Agreed. Never used it yet.

[userREEvk9nSuc]

Agreed. This sucks and people telling us to just take extra steps to have the same functionality are entirely missing the point.

[userDwnZc6DGYi]

When is the fix coming or how can we install something else? Was great before latest update.