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<\/p>\nA network speed indicator in the status bar is a feature that Galaxy fans have been asking Samsung for over many years. Chinese manufacturers have offered it on their phones for a long time, and its absence on Galaxy devices always stood out a little.\n<\/p>\n
Until now, there were two ways to get a live network speed readout on a Galaxy phone. You could install a third-party app from the Play Store, or enable a hidden firmware flag if your device was rooted.\n<\/p>\n
Samsung has added a real-time network speed indicator to the status bar through QuickStar, one of the modules in its Good Lock customization app. Because it lives inside Good Lock rather than One UI’s settings, it isn’t a true native feature. Still, it’s the most official network speed indicator Galaxy users have had so far.\n<\/p>\n
\nWhat the network speed indicator shows in the status bar\n<\/p>\n
Once you turn it on, the indicator sits on the right side of the status bar and shows your live download and upload speeds as K\/s (kilobytes per second) or M\/s (megabytes per second). In our testing, it’s fairly accurate as well. It works on both Wi-Fi and mobile data, so you will see your connection’s speed no matter how you’re connected.\n<\/p>\n
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Abhijeet Mishra \/ SamMobile\n <\/p>\n
Network speed indicator in the status bar \u2013 Source: Abhijeet Mishra \/ SamMobile\n <\/p>\n
One thing to keep in mind is that this only shows speed, not signal strength. But it doesn’t really need to. The mobile data and Wi-Fi icons in your status bar already tell you how strong your connection is. The speed indicator is just handy for working out whether a stalled download or a stuttering video is your connection’s fault or the app itself.\n<\/p>\n
\nWhich phones and One UI versions support it?\n<\/p>\n
At the time of writing (June 11, 2026), you’ll need One UI 9<\/a>, which is based on Android 17. One UI 9 is currently in beta and only available for the Galaxy S26 series in six markets<\/a> (Germany, India, South Korea, Poland, the UK, and the US).\n<\/p>\n Eventually, it will become available on more Galaxy devices as Samsung releases One UI 9 to more devices. However, it’s unclear if Samsung will bring the network speed indicator to older One UI versions, or whether it could become a native feature in One UI at some point.\n<\/p>\n \nHow to enable the network speed indicator\n<\/p>\n There’s one catch before you begin: the version of QuickStar that includes this option isn’t available directly from the Galaxy Store at the time of writing, so you will need to install it manually. That’s normal at this stage. Good Lock and its modules typically don’t get full support for a new One UI version until around or after the stable release.\n<\/p>\n \nMake sure your Galaxy S26 is running the One UI 9 beta.\n<\/p>\n Install Good Lock from the Galaxy Store<\/a> or the Play Store<\/a> if you don’t have it already.<\/p>\n Depending on when you’re reading this, QuickStar may not be available through the Good Lock app. If it isn’t, download QuickStar version 11.0.03.15<\/a> to your phone (alternate link<\/a>) and install it manually using a file manager app like My Files.<\/p>\n \nOpen Good Lock and open QuickStar from the Plugins section.\n<\/p>\n \nSwitch the toggle at the top of the screen to ON so you can access QuickStar’s features, then tap Visibility of indicator icons.\n<\/p>\n \nToggle on the Network Speed option.\n<\/p>\n That’s all there is to it. The network speed indicator appears in the status bar immediately, and you can disable it at any time from the same menu.\n<\/p>\n Abhijeet Mishra\n <\/p>\n Enabling network speed indicator through QuickStar \u2013 Source: Abhijeet Mishra\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A network speed indicator in the status bar is a feature that Galaxy fans have been asking Samsung…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[49327,122880,114808,73820,16307,217257,201120,74],"class_list":["post-698797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-android-17","tag-galaxy-s26","tag-galaxy-s26-plus","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra","tag-good-lock","tag-one-ui-9-0","tag-quickstar","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698797","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=698797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"enabling](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Network-speed-indicator-QuickStar-1920x1386.jpg\")
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