Here's Now Brief running on Galaxy S23 Ultra

Now Bar and Now Brief were one of the most talked-about features of One UI 7.0. While Now Bar made it to all devices running One UI 7.0, Now Brief is only supported on the Galaxy S24 series and other high-end phones that launched after the Galaxy S24. While it is not officially supported on the Galaxy S23 series, you can run it by installing its APK file.

We installed it on our Galaxy S23 Ultra to see how it works.

Tipster @ya_sking12767 posted the APK file of Now Brief on X. This APK file can be installed on the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra. We installed it on our Galaxy S23 Ultra, and it showed up as an update to Personal Intelligence. Once the APK was installed, we could see the Now Brief widget in the Widgets section and added it to the home screen.

You can see how Now Brief looks on the Galaxy S23 series in the screenshots below.

After tapping the Now Brief widget, it displays all the related updates based on the time of the day. However, the Now Brief crashed frequently on our device, and the phone went back to the home screen. So, if you are planning to install it, be ready to face some crashes.

It shows that Now Brief can work on the Galaxy S23 series, but Samsung is artificially limiting it to its newer phones like the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and the Galaxy Z Fold 6. Maybe the company will bring it to older high-end phones with the upcoming One UI 8.0 update, but we can't be sure about it.

Now Brief shows personalized, curated content based on your phone usage. It brings data from your calendar entries, reminders, Samsung Health workouts, sleep patterns, Spotify music playlists, weather updates, and more. It can be accessed from the Now Brief widget and the Now Bar on the lock screen.