diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/home/status_bar_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/home/status_bar_widget.dart
index df3efa0c1d..1eddcb1337 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/home/status_bar_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/home/status_bar_widget.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'package:photos/events/sync_status_update_event.dart';
 import "package:photos/generated/l10n.dart";
 import "package:photos/service_locator.dart";
 import 'package:photos/services/sync_service.dart';
+import "package:photos/services/user_remote_flag_service.dart";
 import "package:photos/theme/ente_theme.dart";
 import 'package:photos/theme/text_style.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/account/verify_recovery_page.dart';
@@ -17,12 +18,13 @@ import 'package:photos/ui/components/home_header_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/components/notification_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/home/header_error_widget.dart';
 import "package:photos/ui/settings/backup/backup_status_screen.dart";
+import "package:photos/ui/settings/ml/enable_ml_consent.dart";
 import 'package:photos/utils/navigation_util.dart';
 
 const double kContainerHeight = 36;
 
 class StatusBarWidget extends StatefulWidget {
-  const StatusBarWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
+  const StatusBarWidget({super.key});
 
   @override
   State<StatusBarWidget> createState() => _StatusBarWidgetState();
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ class _StatusBarWidgetState extends State<StatusBarWidget> {
   late StreamSubscription<NotificationEvent> _notificationSubscription;
   bool _showStatus = false;
   bool _showErrorBanner = false;
+  final bool _showMlBanner = !userRemoteFlagService
+          .getCachedBoolValue(UserRemoteFlagService.mlEnabled) &&
+      !localSettings.hasSeenMLEnablingBanner;
   Error? _syncError;
 
   @override
@@ -112,8 +117,29 @@ class _StatusBarWidgetState extends State<StatusBarWidget> {
         _showErrorBanner
             ? HeaderErrorWidget(error: _syncError)
             : const SizedBox.shrink(),
+        _showMlBanner && !_showErrorBanner
+            ? Padding(
+                padding:
+                    const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 2.0, vertical: 12),
+                child: NotificationWidget(
+                  startIcon: Icons.offline_bolt,
+                  actionIcon: Icons.arrow_forward,
+                  text:
+                      "Enable machine learning for magic search and face recognition",
+                  type: NotificationType.greenBanner,
+                  onTap: () async => {
+                    await routeToPage(
+                      context,
+                      const EnableMachineLearningConsent(),
+                      forceCustomPageRoute: true,
+                    ),
+                  },
+                ),
+              )
+            : const SizedBox.shrink(),
         userRemoteFlagService.shouldShowRecoveryVerification() &&
-                !_showErrorBanner
+                !_showErrorBanner &&
+                !_showMlBanner
             ? Padding(
                 padding:
                     const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 16.0, vertical: 12),
@@ -138,7 +164,7 @@ class _StatusBarWidgetState extends State<StatusBarWidget> {
 }
 
 class SyncStatusWidget extends StatefulWidget {
-  const SyncStatusWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
+  const SyncStatusWidget({super.key});
 
   @override
   State<SyncStatusWidget> createState() => _SyncStatusWidgetState();
@@ -195,7 +221,7 @@ class RefreshIndicatorWidget extends StatelessWidget {
 
   final SyncStatusUpdate? event;
 
-  const RefreshIndicatorWidget(this.event, {Key? key}) : super(key: key);
+  const RefreshIndicatorWidget(this.event, {super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -275,7 +301,7 @@ class RefreshIndicatorWidget extends StatelessWidget {
 }
 
 class SyncStatusCompletedWidget extends StatelessWidget {
-  const SyncStatusCompletedWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
+  const SyncStatusCompletedWidget({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/settings/ml/enable_ml_consent.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/settings/ml/enable_ml_consent.dart
index 66ee553c81..ea11e132aa 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/settings/ml/enable_ml_consent.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/settings/ml/enable_ml_consent.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import "package:flutter/material.dart";
+import "package:photos/core/event_bus.dart";
+import "package:photos/events/notification_event.dart";
 import "package:photos/generated/l10n.dart";
 import "package:photos/service_locator.dart";
 import "package:photos/services/user_remote_flag_service.dart";
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ class _EnableMachineLearningConsentState
                       buttonType: ButtonType.secondary,
                       labelText: S.of(context).cancel,
                       onTap: () async {
+                        await localSettings.setHasSeenMLEnablingBanner();
+                        Bus.instance.fire(NotificationEvent());
                         Navigator.of(context).pop();
                       },
                     ),
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart
index e293375653..78923805f4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/local_settings.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class LocalSettings {
   static const kCollectionSortPref = "collection_sort_pref";
   static const kPhotoGridSize = "photo_grid_size";
   static const _kisMLLocalIndexingEnabled = "ls.ml_local_indexing";
+  static const _kHasSeenMLEnablingBanner = "ls.has_seen_ml_enabling_banner";
   static const kRateUsShownCount = "rate_us_shown_count";
   static const kEnableMultiplePart = "ls.enable_multiple_part";
   static const kRateUsPromptThreshold = 2;
@@ -75,6 +76,12 @@ class LocalSettings {
     return isMLLocalIndexingEnabled;
   }
 
+  bool get hasSeenMLEnablingBanner =>
+      _prefs.getBool(_kHasSeenMLEnablingBanner) ?? false;
+  Future<void> setHasSeenMLEnablingBanner() async {
+    await _prefs.setBool(_kHasSeenMLEnablingBanner, true);
+  }
+
   //#region todo:(NG) remove this section, only needed for internal testing to see
   // if the OS stops the app during indexing
   bool get remoteFetchEnabled => _prefs.getBool("remoteFetchEnabled") ?? true;