That annoying Samsung nav bar bug won’t be fixed until you get One UI 9.0

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TL;DRGalaxy users are encountering a problem where the navigation bar will only hide when the notification panel is pulled down.Samsung has acknowledged that there is a bug with NavStar’s hide button functionThe company confirms that the issue has been fixed in One UI 9.0.Although One UI 9.0 is available on Samsung’s latest foldables out of the box, the company’s older phones are still waiting on the stable rollout. The update is set to bring a variety of changes, such as an anti-distraction tool, granular audio hardening controls, and more. On top of that, it appears the update will also contain a fix for an annoying problem that was introduced in One UI 8.5.After releasing One UI 8.5, some Galaxy owners noticed a problem with their navigation bar. Specifically, the navigation bar only disappears when the user pulls down the notification panel. Unsurprisingly, this is a problem that caused a great deal of frustration to those affected.