OnePlus and OPPO look set to take on one of Samsung’s most useful lock screen features.
Leaked images shared by OnePlus Club on Twitter suggest that OnePlus and OPPO are developing a lock screen widget that mirrors Samsung’s Now Bar, placing a persistent information strip at the bottom of the display that can surface media playback controls and active call details.
Samsung introduced the Now Bar as part of its One UI software overhaul, and the feature has since become one of the more practically useful additions to its flagship phones, pulling in sports scores, timers, health data, navigation prompts, and Do Not Disturb status.
The OnePlus and OPPO equivalent is referred to in the leak as Lockscreen Island, though it remains unclear whether that name reflects the final branding or is simply an internal working title used during development.
Based on the leaked images, the widget occupies a similar position to Samsung’s Now Bar at the base of the lock screen, and while the screenshots only confirm media playback and call information as visible content types, the format strongly suggests additional data sources will be supported in the final implementation.
A separate detail from the same leak indicates that a redesigned lock screen media player UI is also in development for both brands, pointing to a broader refresh of how OnePlus and OPPO handle at-a-glance information on the lock screen rather than a single isolated feature addition.
Both OnePlus and OPPO run variants of ColorOS as their underlying software platform, and shared development between the two brands on interface features is consistent with past pattern, given that OnePlus has increasingly aligned its OxygenOS updates with OPPO’s software roadmap in recent years.
No release timeline for Lockscreen Island or the updated media player UI has been confirmed at this stage.
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