Hello!

Starting with One UI 7 and now with One UI 8, most of the Status Bar icons that were visible when on the home screen like:

• Alarm
• Bluetooth earbuds connected
• NFC
• VoWiFi/VoLTE etc.

have been removed in One UI 8 (it was visible on One UI 6.1).

Earlier these icons were visible at a glance, but now we have to pull down the notification/quick settings panel to see the above icons. This adds an unnecessary extra step which is quite cumbersome.

Some scenarios which makes this change bad:

1. If I misplace my Bluetooth earbuds or I forget that I connected it with the phone, since the Bluetooth icon is not visible directly on the home screen status bar, I wont remember the phone is still connected to the earbuds.

2. Even in case of Alarms, I might forget the alarm has been set since it is not visible directly on the home screen status bar.

3. If I turn on NFC for making a payment, I might forget to turn it off and the NFC will stay on and I would not be able to remember that I forgot to turn it off since the NFC icon is not visible directly on the home screen status bar.

What is use of the "Status" Bar if not used to indicate status? Why is there a need to hide these icons and leave the space empty ? It seems like a downgrade from One UI 6.1.

I hope these icons are brought back on One UI 8 or at least we are give an option in the settings menu to enable/disable these icons on the status bar so that people who want it can enable it while others can keep them disabled.

I have attached some screenshots showing the change:

Thanks.