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Prevent your Samsung TV from starting up in TV Plus
Samsung TV Plus is a fantastic free service available for Samsung smart TV customers in select markets. It's an ad-based platform with free access to hundreds of TV channels. Nevertheless, as great as it is for some users, the way Samsung has set up its TVs to show the Plus platforms every time they power […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 11 months ago
Bixby Text Call is now officially available for select Galaxy devices in India
Samsung's Bixby Text Call feature is now officially available in India. With this feature, Galaxy device users can answer phone calls and communicate through text messages transcribed to voice by the Bixby AI. At the moment, Bixby Text Call is available for select Samsung devices: Galaxy Z Fold, Fold 2, Fold 3, Fold 4, Fold […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 11 months ago
Samsung Camera Assistant Week: Camera app’s best companion
Lately, you may have encountered the term “Camera Assistant” increasingly often. What is it? In short, it's a Samsung app that can enhance your mobile camera experience. Exactly how it does that we'll explain throughout the week as we dive deeper into many of the Camera Assistant features. Today, we'll give you a more general […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 11 months ago
Toy Story-inspired Galaxy Buds FE cases are available today
Samsung has partnered with Disney and Pixar to release two Toy Story-inspired case designs for its first Fan Edition wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds FE. The Lotso and Hamm cases for the Galaxy Buds FE are now available in Korea, and the company says it plans to release even more unique designs through various brand […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 11 months ago
Elon Musk launches new GenAI chatbot xAI Grok to rival ChatGPT
xAI, a startup founded by Elon Musk that’s working on building artificial intelligence (AI), has released Grok, a chatbot powered by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). According to the company, Grok is “modelled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and it is “intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask!” […]
- By Abid Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
Pixel 8 Pro uses Samsung’s new 50MP ISOCELL GNK camera sensor
A couple of days ago, Samsung unveiled its new 50MP ISOCELL camera sensor. It brings improved autofocus performance and better HDR support compared to previous sensors in the lineup. It is called the ISOCELL GNK, and it is the successor to the ISOCELL GN1 that was launched three years ago. It is now being reported […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
Like Apple and other brands, Samsung sells fewer tablets in Q3 2023
Samsung has completed the launch of its entire tablet lineup for 2023, including the Galaxy Tab A9, Galaxy Tab S9 FE, and the Galaxy Tab S9 series. While the South Korean firm has improved its entire lineup, it didn't see any of those improvements translate into better sales. In fact, its tablet shipments fell as […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
WhatsApp’s email verification feature gets enabled for some beta users
One of the world's most popular and used messaging apps, WhatsApp, is all set to get a new security feature in the form of email verification. Notably, the feature isn't available to the general public, but according to a new report, it is now enabled for some WhatsApp beta users. The WhatsApp email verification feature […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 11 months ago
Three more Galaxy phones get November 2023 security update
Samsung has released the November 2023 security update to three affordable Galaxy smartphones. The new security update is now available to the Galaxy A03s, Galaxy A21s, and the Galaxy M01. Although the devices have started getting the new update, not every country will get the update at the same time as it is a phased […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
Google Meet update brings direct calls for enterprise users
Google replaced Duo with Google Meet last year, and since then, the video calling app has been gaining features as time passes. With a new update, Google Meet now allows enterprise users to make direct calls without the need to send a link. Notably, the ability to make direct calls was only available for personal […]
- By Sagar Naresh
- 11 months ago
Samsung expects Galaxy S24 to sell 10% more than Galaxy S23
After the popular Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S10, Samsung didn't have smash hits for a few years. However, it picked up pace with the Galaxy S23 series, thanks to their balanced performance. Now, the South Korean firm is expecting its next-generation flagship phone, the Galaxy S24, to sell even better than the Galaxy S23. Galaxy […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
X wants to sell you your favorite handle for over $50,000
Have you had your eye on an old Twitter/X @ handle that someone else picked up? It would be particularly painful if they're not using it and are effectively squatting on the handle. Turns out, Elon Musk's X now wants to give you a way to buy such handles. A new report highlights that X […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 11 months ago
Samsung’s new 50MP ISOCELL GNK camera boasts improvements
Samsung has unveiled a new image sensor today called the ISOCELL GNK. This 50-megapixel camera sensor will expand the photography and videography capabilities of many Samsung and indeed non-Samsung devices, as the company is one of the leading suppliers of image sensors in the market. The new sensor boasts some impressive improvements over its predecessor, […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 11 months ago
First Elon Musk xAI model launches for some users today
There have been rumors for some months now that Elon Musk has a new AI or Artificial Intelligence venture in the pipeline. It was confirmed recently that this venture will be called xAI. No surprises there, as even Twitter has been rebranded to X after Musk bought the company and took it private. Elon Musk […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 11 months ago
Samsung’s home country is the world’s most lucrative smartphone market
Samsung has been the world's biggest smartphone brand for years now in terms of number of smartphones it sells every year. However, it is Apple that makes the most profit and sells the costliest smartphones on average. But what about which countries buy the costliest smartphones? Well, a new report from market analysis firm TechInsights […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
Grungy Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 Maison Margiela edition revealed
It appears that Samsung is renewing its collaboration with fashion brand Maison Margiela for the Galaxy Z Flip 5. The two collaborated on a special Galaxy Z Flip 4 Maison Margiela edition last year. They're now coming together for a similarly branded special edition of Samsung's latest clamshell foldable smartphone. Nothing changes on the inside. […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 11 months ago
Google Assistant’s lists and notes will be replaced by Google Keep
Google's software ecosystem has been quite messy, but the company has been trying to simplify things over the past couple of years. It shut down Google Play Music in favor of YouTube Music, and it is closing Google Podcasts and bringing podcasts to YouTube Music so that it becomes the place to go for all […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
Max will stop 4K streaming to legacy ad-free subscribers next month
In May this year, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) transformed HBO Max into Max in the US. Back then, the company said that people who had subscribed to HBO Max’s ad-free plan (which was priced at $15.99/month) would be able to enjoy streaming videos at 4K resolution on Max for the next six months without upgrading […]
- By Abid Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
A major change could come to Android phones in the coming years
All smartphones sold these days use processors that are based on ARM's ISA (Instruction Set Architecture). Arm Holdings is a British firm that developed this power-efficient architecture back in 1983, and it has been dominating the mobile device space for a few decades. Every brand, from Apple to Samsung to Xiaomi, uses processors based on […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 11 months ago
Goodbye Samsung Bespoke Studio, we hardly knew thee
Samsung's Bespoke Studio for mobile devices is virtually gone. Well, almost. Some remnants of its existence remain at the Samsung online shop, and the Bespoke Design Studio for refrigerators is as fully-functional and alive as ever. But gone are the days when you could customize a Galaxy Watch or foldable Galaxy Z Flip through the […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 11 months ago
