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BREAKING: One UI 5 Watch announced for Galaxy Watches with new features!

Good news, Galaxy Watch users! Samsung has just announced the first details of the upcoming One UI 5 Watch update, which will be coming later this year to select Galaxy Watches – the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5, both of which run Wear OS 3 right now. One UI 5 Watch will likely […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

15 months in, Samsung Health is still missing from older Galaxy tablets

It's been fifteen months since Samsung Health became available for Galaxy tablets for the first time. Or, more specifically, it's been that long since Samsung Health debuted on the Galaxy Tab S8 series. Unfortunately, the company has yet to expand availability to older tablets, and I'm afraid it may never do so. Samsung will likely […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

SmartThings Find grew to a whopping 300 million devices worldwide

Samsung announced in September 2021 that its SmartThings Find service grew to 100 million “find nodes,” which are registered and opted-in devices that can help other Galaxy users find their misplaced phones, tablets, and wearables. Almost a year later, in July 2022, Samsung revealed that SmartThings Find reached 200 million nodes worldwide. And now, Samsung […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

What’s new in the Galaxy S23 May 2023 update?

The May 2023 security patch is already rolling out for the Galaxy S23 series, bringing over 70 fixes for security flaws that affect Android OS and One UI. But it might not be the end of the story for May, and Samsung might have bigger plans for the Galaxy S23 series this month. Although the […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung wins over AMD and Google through higher 4nm process yield

Samsung made strides to be in a position wherein it can secure major semiconductor clients. The company has reportedly improved its 4nm yield to the point where it almost matches the yield of its 5nm process, which led to a couple of big fabless companies entering new partnerships with the Korean tech giant. Samsung revealed […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Galaxy S23 Ultra shows Xiaomi, Oppo how image stabilization is done

Samsung's latest Galaxy S23 flagship phones keep proving that an ostentatious exterior design doesn't always translate to the best features and a superior user experience. A good case in point is the minimalist camera housing design of the Galaxy S23 Ultra next to the overblown camera bump on the Xiaomi 13 Ultra and the Oppo […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung Pay has one less rival to worry about

Samsung has one less rival to worry about in the mobile payment market, particularly in Korea. While Apple Pay is in, LG Pay is out. The latter service will be shutting down in Korea next month, six years after its debut. A new report citing Pulse News says LG Electronics decided it will end its […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung wants to bring 1,000 fans to the 2023 World DJ Festival, free drinks included

Samsung has joined the World DJ Festival (WDJF) for 2023 as a sponsor. And the company plans to invite 1,000 people to the event through an online contest soon to be held on Instagram. The 2023 World DJ Festival will take place at the Seoul Land theme park in Gwacheon between June 2 and June […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung teases great summer sale coming later this month

Samsung is preparing for a big upcoming sales event, and the company is now teasing some of the deals it will soon make available to bargain hunters. The Discover Samsung Summer Event, as the company calls it, will start in mid-May and end later this month. And in anticipation of its debut, Samsung shared a […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Galaxy S23 FE rumor will make camera lovers happy

More evidence is piling up in favor of the upcoming Galaxy S23 FE getting an upgraded primary camera. Samsung does seem to be working on a new Fan Edition device, and in the image sensor department, at the very least, this phone might turn out to be more similar to Samsung's high-end devices than previous […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Some Galaxy devices are saying goodbye to future updates

Nothing is eternal. Everything has a beginning and an end, and the same applies to firmware support for Samsung Galaxy devices. Sooner or later, the company has to pull the plug on older Galaxy phones and tablets and cease to update them. This scenario has now happened to a couple of Galaxy phones and tablets. […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung TV Plus gets exclusive Conan O’Brien channel next month

Samsung TV Plus is getting a new legendary TV channel next month, as the company has just announced a partnership with Conan O'Brien. Thanks to this collaboration, the Emmy Award-winning show “CONAN” is coming to Samsung's FAST (free ad-supported TV) platform in the USA in June. The Conan O'Brien TV channel on Samsung TV Plus […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Make Bixby say whatever you want it to say, because why not

Samsung's conversational virtual assistant, Bixby Voice, is (artificially) intelligent enough to answer various queries about the phone and the outside world. It can also be voice-controlled to perform tasks such as playing a song in Samsung Music, connecting Galaxy Buds to your mobile device, ringing your phone, and more, and it can do all this […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Samsung gives Bixby Voice a better ear for music on Galaxy Watches

Bixby Voice for Wear OS Galaxy Watches has received a new update. It's a pretty major release coming out of nowhere, and through this new update, Samsung not only changed some UI elements but also gave Bixby Voice a better ear for music. The new update pushes Bixby Voice on Wear OS to version 3.0.09.12. […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Google beats Samsung to the May 2023 update for Wear OS

By now, it's probably widely known that Samsung owns other Android brands and even Google in terms of firmware support for smartphones. But as far as Wear OS smartwatches are concerned, it looks like Google still has the upper hand on the Korean tech giant, and the Galaxy Watch 5 series is now lagging behind […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

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