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Samsung’s One UI 8.5 lock screen enhancements include temporary background blur for more visible notifications and cartoonish clock designs avoiding iOS 26 aesthetics

September 29, 2025 //  by Finnovate

One UI 8.5 is making a couple of tweaks to its lock screen, one of which should improve the readability of your incoming notifications. In Samsung’s next update, your list of unread notifications should utilize a new blur effect, doing a better job to display text on a busy wallpaper. As it stands, lock screen notifications on One UI 8 are, in my view, relatively hard to read without a fairly basic — or pre-blurred — wallpaper choice. This should be a massive improvement, though it’s unclear if this is the new default for everyone, or if you’ll be able to select from a list of notification styles. One UI 8.5 also appears to introduce a handful of new clock styles. Samsung fans, rest easy — none of the ones in this leak appear to replicate the ultra-tall look seen in iOS 26, with the company sticking to its usual aesthetic instead. Both of the new options are fairly cartoonish in nature, utilizing curves and gradients to bring a bit of pizzazz to the lock screen. One of the two also includes a vertical orientation option.

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