{"id":169329,"date":"2025-09-20T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T08:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/169329\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T08:24:15","slug":"one-ui-8-transforms-galaxy-z-fold-7-and-flip-7-into-powerful-pocket-workstations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/169329\/","title":{"rendered":"One UI 8 transforms Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 into powerful pocket workstations"},"content":{"rendered":"

What you need to knowThe Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 now feel closer to full desktop workstations thanks to major DeX and Now Bar enhancements.The update adds home screen widgets, a one-tap full-screen button for apps, and the option to pin apps to the taskbar.You can also get Google Finance stock alerts without unlocking your phone, plus next\/previous buttons for smoother read-aloud navigation.<\/p>\n

Samsung has pushed a major One UI 8<\/a> update to the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, bringing notable upgrades to DeX and the Now Bar that aim to turn these foldable phones into full-scale workstations.<\/p>\n

A week after its Korean debut<\/a>, Samsung’s supercharged DeX experience is now landing in the U.S. The upgrades, as noted by Android Authority<\/a>, push the feature closer than ever to a full desktop environment.<\/p>\n

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The big new perk is home screen widgets in DeX mode<\/a>, which is a long-requested feature for users of Samsung’s foldable phones<\/a>. Just like on your phone, you can finally pin widgets to your desktop.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, Samsung has improved app handling in DeX with a new one-tap full-screen button on every app window, so you don\u2019t have to dig through menus anymore. You can also pin any app to the DeX taskbar for quick access.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, Samsung tucked new keyboard and mouse options under Settings > Connected Devices > Samsung DeX. This change lets you fine-tune keyboard and mouse behavior on external displays, including when the on-screen keyboard pops up.<\/p>\n

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\"Samsung(Image credit: Android Authority)\"Samsung(Image credit: Android Authority)\"Samsung(Image credit: Android Authority)\"Samsung(Image credit: Android Authority)\"Samsung(Image credit: Android Authority)DeX is back on track<\/p>\n

This update is one of the biggest leaps DeX has seen in a long time. After moving to Google\u2019s Android Desktop Mode<\/a> and frustrating power users who thought it was a downgrade, Samsung has now fixed those issues by adding several long-requested upgrades.<\/p>\n

Alongside the DeX upgrades, the update adds fresh tricks to the Now Bar. Now, you can pull end-of-day stock alerts directly from Google Finance without ever unlocking your phone. The Now Brief panel also gets a boost with new \u201cnext\u201d and \u201cprevious\u201d buttons next to play\/pause.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n

DeX still isn\u2019t a perfect match for the classic version, but it\u2019s closing in fast. With Google now actively improving Android Desktop Mode, those upgrades will roll into DeX too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to knowThe Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 now feel closer to full desktop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-169329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}