Samsung lock screen notifications gone on One UI 8.5? Fix

By Saadat Rafiq · 2 min read · 5 steps · Published 6 October 2026

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Lock screen and AOD

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Lock screen and AOD

   Settings, Lock screen and AOD. There is no Notifications row on this page on One UI 8.5. Scroll to the bottom and tap Lock screen notifications under Looking for something else?.

   Done

2. 

   Check Show notifications

   This switch decides whether notifications appear on the lock screen at all. It was on on ours.

   Done

3. 

   Check Show alerting notifications only

   The note under it says it: with this on, silent notifications are not shown on the lock screen. Switch it off if those are the ones you miss. It was off on ours.

   Done

4. 

   Decide about Hide content while locked

   Settings, Notifications. This option chooses whether the content of a notification is hidden while the phone is locked, which keeps message text and codes private.

   Done

5. 

   Know the other way in

   Samsung's own guide for One UI 7 gives the path Settings, Notifications, Lock screen notifications. On our One UI 8.5 phone the row on the Notifications page is called Lock screen, under Appearance.

   Done

About this guide

After the update, many people look for lock screen notifications where they used to be and do not find them. The settings still exist; the way in changed.

The screenshots are from a Samsung Galaxy A57 5G with One UI 8.5 and Android 16. Other Galaxy phones on One UI 8 use the same menus; on older One UI versions a few names and positions differ. We only looked at these screens on our phone and changed nothing.

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In short: Settings, Lock screen and AOD, Lock screen notifications (bottom link): Show notifications on, Show alerting notifications only off. Hide content: Settings, Notifications.