Now, there are two genuinely useful features in the new software update for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7: Google Finance support for Now Bar and the long-complained-about development to enable putting widgets on the home screen while using Samsung DeX.
The rollout is gradual, and the update comes with the security patch level of September 2025.
Early changelogs refer to firmware builds F966NKSU4AYI1 for the Fold 7 and F766NKSU4AYI1 for the Flip 7. Samsung tends to do things in stages by region, and I assure you Tango will stretch out to more countries.
What’s actually new
Google Finance integration is now available for Now Bar, first of all. And those of you following equities on Google Finance watchlist, Now Bar will display changes of interest at the close of trading. It’s intended as a quick-glance nudge rather than a fully featured portfolio tool, providing you a timely heads-up without foraging around in an app.
Second, Samsung DeX—Samsung’s desktop-like environment for big displays—now supports putting widgets directly on the DeX home screen. This fills in a long-time gap for power users who need minimal glanceable information while at work docked. Think calendar, weather, reminders, battery stats, or to-do list pinned directly adjacent to your app shortcuts.
Why DeX widgets are important on foldables
On a foldable, DeX becomes not just a mirror of a phone — which you can do on the device’s screen — but a work processor on a monitor, even a foldable’s inner display. Widgets provide context you don’t need to click for — meeting start times, a countdown to your next flight, a swift glance at your CPU temperature (if apps are busy; you’re stress-testing). For multitaskers who reside in split-screen layouts, it means you make fewer app launches, which can translate to real time savings.
Samsung has been steadily tweaking DeX for years, but it was missing widget support that really made the desktop feel like it was yours. The move brings the company’s desktop mode a step closer to being a full hybrid of phone convenience and PC-style glanceability, by letting Android widgets appear on the DeX canvas.
Google Finance on Now Bar: What to expect
The new Finance tie-in is based on your Google account watchlist. Now Bar now highlights the change, at market close, for a stock you follow any time there is a big move. If a big-cap name is swinging a few percentage points, or a small-cap has some hype that could lead to some unusual momentum, or just a trade idea; we’ll send that in a quick alert to save you from having to dig through the name for news.
It’s a minimalist approach that suits Fold and Flip users, who want signal, not noise. If you want to do deeper analysis — charts, news, fundamentals — you will still jump into your brokerage or finance app. But as a daily pulse check, it’s a smart addition that marries with the devices’ always-on, at-a-glance quality.
Where it’s available and how to update
The update is now live in South Korea at launch and will extend to additional markets after the initial launch phase. Features can be rolled out in terms of waves and they might differ depending on carriers or regions as is seen in Samsung firmware launches.
To do it manually: Open Settings, tap Software update, and then tap Download and install. If the update is not currently available, you’ll want to monitor Samsung’s community forums and regional notices—staged rollouts can take days or even a few weeks to spread out.
The larger picture for Samsung’s foldables
These are small changes but revealing. The widgets being thrown into DeX reinforce the Fold 7 and Flip 7’s pitch as reliable travel-friendly work machines, while the Finance integration is a deeper, more practical hook into Google’s services. Analysts at IDC and Counterpoint Research have reported steady, double-digit growth for foldables, and incremental software wins like these are the kind of things that keep existing users invested.
If you use DeX for presentations, document work or remote access, there's enough in a widget upgrade alone that it's worth snagging as soon as it hits your region.
And if you follow markets, the new Now Bar behavior is a convenient safety net — one that feeds you the biggest moves of the day without requiring you to keep an eye on the game all day.
