Abid Shaik

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March 2024 security update for Galaxy S20 FE 5G now available

A couple of days ago, Samsung released the March 2024 security patch for the Galaxy S20 series smartphones. However, the company hadn’t made it available for the distant cousin of those devices, the Galaxy S20 FE. Fortunately, that’s changing today. Samsung has started rolling out the latest security update to the international variant of the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Samsung announces Holi Sale in India with great offers on many products

Samsung has announced the Holi Sale in India on the occasion of Holi. The sale will be live from 15 March 2024 to 26 March 2024. During this sale, the company is offering heavy discounts, exchange benefits, bank offers, and free goodies on many product categories, including smartphones, tablets, wearables, laptops, TVs, and home appliances. […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

SmartThings app update brings new features but breaks themed icon support

Samsung has released an update to the SmartThings app for Android. It bumps the app’s version to 1.8.13.22 and brings three new features: A new app icon, a 3D map of your house showing all your smart home devices on it, and an indicator on your smart home products if there’s a firmware update available […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Galaxy F14 5G gets February 2024 security update in India

Samsung has started rolling out the February 2024 security patch, which fixes 72 security issues, to the international variant of the Galaxy F14 5G (SM-E146B) in India. The update size is 197.70MB and the firmware has the build number E146BXXS3BXB1. Your Galaxy F14 5G should automatically notify you about the latest software update but if […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

X (Twitter) to soon get passkeys support on Android

In January this year, X (formerly Twitter) added support for passkeys to the X app for iOS. Now, the company is working on bringing support for passkeys to the X app for Android. According to AssembleDebug on TheSpAndroid, the latest beta version of the X app for Android (version 10.32.0) contains strings of codes mentioning […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

You can soon pin more chats in WhatsApp

WhatsApp allows you to pin a chat, which fixes the conversation to the top of the list even if there are no new messages in it and even if there are new messages in other, non-pinned chats. Currently, the platform allows you to pin up to three chats. While that number should be enough for […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

YouTube gets more interactive on TVs with new update

Google has announced that it is updating the YouTube app for TV platforms with a redesigned layout for accessing interactive content and information related to a video for offering a better user experience. Currently, when you click on the title of a video, YouTube brings up a card showing the likes and views counts, upload […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

You can now watch music videos on Spotify

Spotify has announced that it is rolling out music videos on the platform in beta. That’s right. You can now watch music videos on Spotify. Spotify is rolling out the feature to its apps for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, and TV platforms. There’s no mention of the web in the blog post. The ability to […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Creating entries in Google Calendar gets even easier

Google Calendar for Android lets you create an event, task, or an out-of-office entry (the last option is available only for Google Workspace accounts). To add those entries, you have to click on the plus icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen, which will bring up three options: Event, Task, and Out of office. […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Android 15 could offer two new keyboard features

Last week, Google released Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2. It brings many new features, and among them, there are two accessibility features related to the physical keyboard, sticky keys, and bounce keys (via Mishaal Rahman). When you enable sticky keys and press a modifier button, such as Alt, Ctrl, and Shift, the feature will keep […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Samsung may use SK Hynix’s method to manufacture HBM3 chips

According to a new report from Reuters, Samsung Electronics will soon start using the same technology as SK Hynix does to manufacture HBM3 chips. Samsung uses the non-conductive film (NCF) method to stack layers of chips in high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips. Reportedly, this method works well for chips with a lower number of layers […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Samsung SDI could start mass producing 46xx batteries next year

In May 2022, Samsung SDI revealed that the company was developing cylindrical batteries with a 46mm diameter and that it would finalize the design of those batteries by 2023. Now, the CEO of Samsung SDI, Yoon Ho Choi, has announced that the company will make the batteries with 46mm diameter ready for mass production by […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Google Wallet can now fetch tickets from your Gmail

Google has announced that Google Wallet will now automatically fetch boarding passes and movie tickets from emails on Gmail. According to the company, the new feature “is live for some global movie chains and airlines” and it is “working to expand this.” Up until now, there were two ways to add a ticket to Google […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Galaxy S23 fingerprint sensor not working properly with screen protector? Here’s a fix

If your Galaxy S23 is taking too long to recognize your fingerprint or not detecting your fingerprint at all after installing a screen protector, you aren’t alone. After upgrading to a Galaxy S23, the first thing I did after getting the phone was apply a screen protector and put the phone in a case (it’s […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Galaxy S23 March 2024 security update is live in India

Last week, Samsung started rolling out the March 2023 security patch to the Galaxy S23 series smartphones. First, the company made the update available for the carrier-locked variants of the phone for the US, and then, it released the new firmware for carrier-unlocked versions of those devices for the region. Now, Samsung has started rolling […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

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