Interaction zones on the closed notch

The two edges of the closed notch open the Media or AI page directly, and the middle opens your default page.

When the closed notch is showing something on either side (album art, a visualizer, an AI agent), each side is a separate zone:

Left edge: the AI agent icon when an agent is running, otherwise the album art. Hover over it to open the AI page or the music page.
Right edge: the visualizer, which opens the music page. Click it to play or pause.
Middle: opens the page set in When the notch opens.

The interactive Interaction zones preview in Settings › General: the left edge, middle and right edge of the closed notch

Turn it on or off

Settings › General › Interaction zones › Edges open their own page (on by default). When it's off, hovering or clicking anywhere on the notch, including on the icons, opens the page set in When the notch opens.

The preview in Settings lets you try hovering over each zone.

Also in Notch

Open and close the notchOpen the notch by hovering, clicking, using a shortcut or swiping down. It closes on its own when you move the pointer away.
Notch pages and how to switch between themThe notch has Clipboard, Media and AI pages, plus pages you open from the toolbar and orbs. Switch pages with a swipe or Tab, and choose which page opens by default.
Customize the notch layoutDrag and drop to choose which buttons sit in the two orbs and on the toolbar, and which pages the notch has, in which order.
Drop files on the notch for quick actionsDrag an image, video, PDF or archive onto the notch to resize, convert, compress, remove the background, merge PDFs, unzip or AirDrop it.