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Turn off Always On Display automatically at night on your Galaxy phone

Turn off Always On Display automatically at night on your Galaxy phone

Samsung has pioneered Always On Display technology for mobile phones. Other brands have borrowed AOD in recent years, but Samsung arguably does it best, especially with the release of the Galaxy S24 series, which boasts an upgraded AOD. The Always On Display is a useful tool that allows Galaxy phone users to get information about […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 7 months ago
Magical Circle to Search feature is not exclusive to Galaxy S24 anymore

Magical Circle to Search feature is not exclusive to Galaxy S24 anymore

Samsung introduced several new AI-powered features with the Galaxy S24 series. One of those features is Circle to Search with Google. It is a Google-powered feature that searches for things that match any chosen image or for any object appearing on the screen. While that feature debuted on the Galaxy S24, it is no longer […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Samsung’s The Freestyle projector gets a new limited-time discount

Samsung’s The Freestyle projector gets a new limited-time discount

Samsung's clever portable projector, The Freestyle, is getting another temporary price cut. Admittedly, it's not as big of a discount as the one around the holiday shopping season late last year, but 13% off is nothing to sneeze at. Normally, you would find The Freestyle 2nd Gen on sale for $799. However, with this promotional […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 7 months ago
Apple could soon bring iPhone’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature to India

Apple could soon bring iPhone’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature to India

Apple offers Emergency SOS via satellite, a feature that allows people to connect with emergency services over their iPhones using satellite connectivity in areas without cellular or Wi-Fi networks, in 16 countries. Unfortunately, the world’s most populated country, India, isn’t on the list. New information suggests that the scenario might change soon. According to a […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Samsung could lease out its TV factory in Russia

Samsung could lease out its TV factory in Russia

Samsung has a TV manufacturing facility in Russia and is considering leasing it out to other companies. It is being reported by Reuters that the South Korean firm, which is the biggest TV brand in the world for close to two decades, had to stop operations at its TV and monitor manufacturing plant in 2022 […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
New version of CPU-Z for Windows works natively on ARM64

New version of CPU-Z for Windows works natively on ARM64

CPUID has released the CPU-Z application for the Windows ARM64 OS. For those of you who don’t know about Windows ARM64, it is a version of the Windows OS that’s made for the ARM64 architecture (for chipsets such as the Snapdragon X1 Elite). Windows, on the other hand, is made for x86 and x64 architectures. While […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Third-party apps can soon use full potential of Android phone cameras

Third-party apps can soon use full potential of Android phone cameras

Android has always been criticized for not offering the same rich experience as iOS when it comes to the quality of apps and the camera quality on third-party apps. Behind the scenes, Google and Samsung have been trying to solve those issues in their own ways. Samsung has been working with social media apps like […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
One UI 6.1 brings Custom Expert RAW camera widget to Galaxy S24

One UI 6.1 brings Custom Expert RAW camera widget to Galaxy S24

While it may seem minor, One UI 6.1 is a massive update over One UI 6.0. It debuted with the Galaxy S24 series and will be released to more high-end smartphones over the past few months. It brings several camera-related features, including Super HDR, improved Single Take, better slow-motion videos, and more. We have discovered […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Samsung could release Wear OS 5 update for Galaxy Watches this year

Samsung could release Wear OS 5 update for Galaxy Watches this year

Three years ago, Google and Samsung developed Wear OS 3 together and breathed new life into the Wear OS smartwatch segment. Since then, they've released the Wear OS 4 update, and they could be close to releasing a new Wear OS update. Apparently, the companies are already working on Wear OS 5, which could be […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Apple to open up iPhone’s NFC for third-party payments

Apple to open up iPhone’s NFC for third-party payments

The Apple iPhone 6 and newer iPhone models feature NFC. However, Apple only allows Apple Pay and Apple Wallet to access it for offering digital wallet and payment services. The company doesn’t allow third-party applications to access NFC for offering those services. In 2020, the European Commission opened an investigation into the matter and found […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Indians can get Galaxy S24 delivered to their homes in just 10 minutes

Indians can get Galaxy S24 delivered to their homes in just 10 minutes

The Galaxy S24 series has been a massive hit and is expected to outsell the Galaxy S23 series launched last year. The new AI-powered smartphones from Samsung have already broken pre-order records in India and South Korea. The Galaxy S24 is now shipping to customers in India. Now, buyers in India can get the Galaxy […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Galaxy S24 Ultra earns near perfect repairability score in first teardown

Galaxy S24 Ultra earns near perfect repairability score in first teardown

Despite the increasing complexity of its flagship smartphones, Samsung has been trying to make its devices easier to repair (part of the reason for this may be new EU regulations). The first teardown video for the Galaxy S24 Ultra has gone live on the YouTube channel PBKreviews, and like its predecessor, the S24 Ultra earned […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 7 months ago
Netflix says that engagement with games tripled in 2023

Netflix says that engagement with games tripled in 2023

In the earnings report for Q4 2023, Netflix revealed that engagement with games on the platform tripled last year. The company says that, despite the growth, games are still small on the platform compared to movies and series, but it is still happy with the achievement. According to Netflix, the Grand Theft Auto trilogy, which […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago
Netflix will soon remove its cheapest ad-free subscription plan

Netflix will soon remove its cheapest ad-free subscription plan

Netflix is doing away with one of its ad-free subscription plans. The company announced in an earnings report that the Basic ad-free subscription will no longer be available in some countries. From the second quarter of 2024, Netflix will remove the $11.99 ad-free Basic plan starting with Canada and the UK. Other countries will follow […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 7 months ago
Galaxy Tab A9+ buyers can now get a $50 accessory for free

Galaxy Tab A9+ buyers can now get a $50 accessory for free

Samsung quietly released the Galaxy Tab A9+ budget tablet in the USA last week. Fast forward to today, and Samsung has a first offer in store for new Galaxy Tab A9+ buyers. It's too early to get a discount on the Galaxy Tab A9+ without a trade-in, but if you buy the tablet now, Samsung […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 7 months ago
Customize lock screen app shortcuts in Samsung One UI

Customize lock screen app shortcuts in Samsung One UI

The rumored lock screen shortcuts to Instagram and Snapchat camera modes don't seem to be a part of the One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy S24 series. Regardless of how that story may or may not develop, the option to customize the two lock screen app shortcuts for easy access has been available in […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 7 months ago
Galaxy S23/S23+ vs S24/S24+: So many new good things

Galaxy S23/S23+ vs S24/S24+: So many new good things

Samsung's yearly upgrade for the Galaxy S series is official. The tech giant announced the Galaxy S24 series at Unpacked in San Jose, and with official information in tow and some hands-on time under our belt, we can now compare the 2024 flagship with the Galaxy S23 released a year ago. As is tradition by […]

  • By Mihai Matei
  • 7 months ago
Galaxy S24 pre-orders in Korea on track to break records

Galaxy S24 pre-orders in Korea on track to break records

The Galaxy S24 series is turning out to be quite the hit in some markets. We recently heard that the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra broke all pre-booking records in India, and Korean media is now reporting that pre-orders of the new flagship in the first week have reached almost 1.2 million in Samsung's […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 7 months ago
Charging people to use Galaxy AI is the dumbest idea ever

Charging people to use Galaxy AI is the dumbest idea ever

It felt like Samsung's Unpacked event last week wasn't as much for introducing the Galaxy S24 series as it was for introducing Galaxy AI. All of the media messaging prior to the event had been hyping up the new artificial intelligence features that the lineup brings to the table. Samsung made no secret of the […]

  • By Daniel van Dorp
  • 7 months ago
Pixel 9 Pro leak shows a flatter design like iPhone 15, Galaxy S24

Pixel 9 Pro leak shows a flatter design like iPhone 15, Galaxy S24

Google released the Pixel 8 series in October 2023, which means that it is still new and the company might have started the development of the next lineup of flagship smartphones, the Pixel 9 series, only recently. At this point, we don’t expect to see leaks regarding the design of the smartphones in the lineup. […]

  • By Abid Iqbal Shaik
  • 7 months ago