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I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for weather apps. I like major apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, as well as smaller third-party ones like Hello Weather and Today Weather. Part of it’s due to living in Michigan and having so many different conditions to deal with throughout the year, and another part is because I’m just a nerd for trying new Android apps. Given all this, you can imagine my excitement when Google launched its new Pixel Weather app alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. We’ve seen phone brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and others create weather apps specific to their devices, but they’re often never very good — and usually less of a full “app” and more just a basic weather UI that sends you to The Weather Channel’s website if you want to see any real data.

I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for weather apps. I like major apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, as well as smaller third-party ones like Hello Weather and Today Weather. Part of it’s due to living in Michigan and having so many different conditions to deal with throughout the year, and another part is because I’m just a nerd for trying new Android apps. Given all this, you can imagine my excitement when Google launched its new Pixel Weather app alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. We’ve seen phone brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and others create weather apps specific to their devices, but they’re often never very good — and usually less of a full “app” and more just a basic weather UI that sends you to The Weather Channel’s website if you want to see any real data.

I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for weather apps. I like major apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, as well as smaller third-party ones like Hello Weather and Today Weather. Part of it’s due to living in Michigan and having so many different conditions to deal with throughout the year, and another part is because I’m just a nerd for trying new Android apps. Given all this, you can imagine my excitement when Google launched its new Pixel Weather app alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. We’ve seen phone brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and others create weather apps specific to their devices, but they’re often never very good — and usually less of a full “app” and more just a basic weather UI that sends you to The Weather Channel’s website if you want to see any real data.

I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for weather apps. I like major apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, as well as smaller third-party ones like Hello Weather and Today Weather. Part of it’s due to living in Michigan and having so many different conditions to deal with throughout the year, and another part is because I’m just a nerd for trying new Android apps. Given all this, you can imagine my excitement when Google launched its new Pixel Weather app alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. We’ve seen phone brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and others create weather apps specific to their devices, but they’re often never very good — and usually less of a full “app” and more just a basic weather UI that sends you to The Weather Channel’s website if you want to see any real data.

I have a confession to make: I’m a sucker for weather apps. I like major apps like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, as well as smaller third-party ones like Hello Weather and Today Weather. Part of it’s due to living in Michigan and having so many different conditions to deal with throughout the year, and another part is because I’m just a nerd for trying new Android apps. Given all this, you can imagine my excitement when Google launched its new Pixel Weather app alongside the Pixel 9 series last year. We’ve seen phone brands like Samsung, OnePlus, and others create weather apps specific to their devices, but they’re often never very good — and usually less of a full “app” and more just a basic weather UI that sends you to The Weather Channel’s website if you want to see any real data.

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The latest builds of One UI 7 have added Live Notifications for media apps that display an ongoing notification for playback control. This extends to apps like Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music when playing content locally or casting and to apps like Netflix when casting. The One UI 7 hype is real, as Samsung finally gets around to updating its devices to Android 15, months after the platform update was released and others got on board. As people get their hands on the update, they are spotting features that haven’t been clearly mentioned as part of the official changelog. As it turns out, One UI 7 is implementing a live notification for any app that puts media controls in the notification shade. My colleague Zac Kew-Denniss spotted that newer One UI 7 builds (i.e., those with the April 2025 security patch) can display a live notification for any app that puts out an ongoing media playback control in the notification shade.

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The latest builds of One UI 7 have added Live Notifications for media apps that display an ongoing notification for playback control. This extends to apps like Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music when playing content locally or casting and to apps like Netflix when casting. The One UI 7 hype is real, as Samsung finally gets around to updating its devices to Android 15, months after the platform update was released and others got on board. As people get their hands on the update, they are spotting features that haven’t been clearly mentioned as part of the official changelog. As it turns out, One UI 7 is implementing a live notification for any app that puts media controls in the notification shade. My colleague Zac Kew-Denniss spotted that newer One UI 7 builds (i.e., those with the April 2025 security patch) can display a live notification for any app that puts out an ongoing media playback control in the notification shade.

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The latest builds of One UI 7 have added Live Notifications for media apps that display an ongoing notification for playback control. This extends to apps like Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music when playing content locally or casting and to apps like Netflix when casting. The One UI 7 hype is real, as Samsung finally gets around to updating its devices to Android 15, months after the platform update was released and others got on board. As people get their hands on the update, they are spotting features that haven’t been clearly mentioned as part of the official changelog. As it turns out, One UI 7 is implementing a live notification for any app that puts media controls in the notification shade. My colleague Zac Kew-Denniss spotted that newer One UI 7 builds (i.e., those with the April 2025 security patch) can display a live notification for any app that puts out an ongoing media playback control in the notification shade.

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The latest builds of One UI 7 have added Live Notifications for media apps that display an ongoing notification for playback control. This extends to apps like Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music when playing content locally or casting and to apps like Netflix when casting. The One UI 7 hype is real, as Samsung finally gets around to updating its devices to Android 15, months after the platform update was released and others got on board. As people get their hands on the update, they are spotting features that haven’t been clearly mentioned as part of the official changelog. As it turns out, One UI 7 is implementing a live notification for any app that puts media controls in the notification shade. My colleague Zac Kew-Denniss spotted that newer One UI 7 builds (i.e., those with the April 2025 security patch) can display a live notification for any app that puts out an ongoing media playback control in the notification shade.

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The latest builds of One UI 7 have added Live Notifications for media apps that display an ongoing notification for playback control. This extends to apps like Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music when playing content locally or casting and to apps like Netflix when casting. The One UI 7 hype is real, as Samsung finally gets around to updating its devices to Android 15, months after the platform update was released and others got on board. As people get their hands on the update, they are spotting features that haven’t been clearly mentioned as part of the official changelog. As it turns out, One UI 7 is implementing a live notification for any app that puts media controls in the notification shade. My colleague Zac Kew-Denniss spotted that newer One UI 7 builds (i.e., those with the April 2025 security patch) can display a live notification for any app that puts out an ongoing media playback control in the notification shade.