Please add Music Pill in the notification area

[07thking]

Samsung please please please 🙏 give us the music pill in the notification area on the S25 Ultra. Pretty please. 

[Robin621k]

It has been added to S24U in Beta 5. I think it will eventually be added to the S25 series too, based on customer feedback.

[07thking]

Thanks mate. I just love it on the ZFold 6 its a must have 🙏

[Tom6068]

For that feature to be added to the S25 "eventually" as it already has the UI 7, would be a serious issue, or for any aspect of UI 7 having fewer featuress for S25 until later dates.

Besides the few issues needing to be addressed by at least when the final release is updated for the limited few previously released device series, nothing added to those devices should take precedence over the latest Samsung model.

[Robin621k]

I don't think Samsung realized the amount of pushback they would get by having media player only on the Quick Panel. When I was on the Ui7 Beta on my S24U, the complaints were loud, and many. When Samsung released the Beta for the Fold 7 not only was the media player added to the notification shade, but it was also added to the status bar along with Google Scores, you are able to toggle between the 2. This came to the S24U in Beta 5. It is probably why it took so long for Beta 5 to be released.
I was on Beta 4 on my S24u back in January before I withdrew from the Beta to rollback before my trade-in.

Personally, I don't want it on my notification panel to distracting, I just want notifications. A double swipe gets me to the media player if I need to use it. I usually access it from my Now Bar on my Lockscreen or AOD.
I don't even want it on my Status Bar, I have most things turned off on my status bar.

[notforhire]

I don't think Samsung realized a whole bunch of things with their grand redesign of One UI.

[Tom6068]

Cool. As far as not wanting it on the notification panel, that should be optional. I get software creations to be sold as features for operating systems on smartphones not being made democratically, but if adding features back but leaving them out on the latest model would be a near game changer for me.

The 23 and 24 were just not compelling enough to warrant upgrading from 22 and even going from the 21 to the 22 was a minor jump. Many reviewers complaints over the last two years, and especially with S25 ultra, is Samsung keeping essentially much of the same hardware, except for the 8 Gen series iterations, have been unremarkable at best with software changes trying to improve on them, especially the camera system. They just can't keep rehabilitating virtually the same hardware with software upgrades as any real or substantive changes for the money.

Samsung has a huge market and probably feels that market is dependable, so don't make any big changes. I for one have mostly, but not overwhelmingly been pretty much a Samsung user going back to the S5 series, with an LG, Oneplus in between. But a few brands have caught up in software and Google still makes the best camera software and hardware combo going. Samsung's selling point is great quality build, design incredible customization. But those mean nothing if some of hardware changes is basic increments to not at all with software changes.

I'm not into brand loyalty, just a device even at premium money offers a good purchase I feel is worth. At this point, Samsung will have to offer substantially better hardware with better software for the money, especially in the camera system where even the Oneplus 13 rivals the S25 ultra for $300 less. I wish the US would lift that ridiculous ban on Chinese phones as would have def opted this year for the X200. (end rant 😊}

[Robin621k]

Prior to the Samsung the keynote announcement of the S25 series, I already knew the biggest upgrade would be the Qualcomm Snapdragon X80 5G-RF modem, this was the MAIN reason for me to upgrade. It has been a game changer for me in my apartment . It was. awful. I went from 30 to 800