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The global semiconductor shortage has hit the smartphone market hard in the third quarter of the year, reveals a preliminary market report from Canalys. Worldwide smartphone shipments dropped 6% year-on-year, but not much has changed for Samsung regarding market share. In the 3rd quarter of the year, Samsung held a global smartphone market share of […]
Samsung seemingly discontinued the Galaxy Buds+ a couple of months ago. Although the Cosmic Black variant continues to be listed on Samsung's website in the USA, it's no longer in stock, and it hasn't been for a while now. However, if you are looking to buy a pair of wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds+ can […]
Samsung is no stranger to the world of eSports. The company managed its own team for a few years, and it continues sponsoring various other eSports teams and events every year. Samsung recently found another eSports partner in the Team Gullit FIFA academy, whose jerseys will now have a sponsor for the first time. The […]
Samsung will host Galaxy Unpacked 2 on October 20. Although the company hasn't outright specified what we'll be seeing on stage next week, Samsung did publish a Galaxy Unpacked 2 teaser video earlier today. It suggests that the event will be focused on foldable devices and the idea of personalizing one's smartphone with a much […]
Google and Samsung seem to have formed a tighter partnership than before. The two companies worked together on developing the latest version of Wear OS for smartwatches, and more recently, Google took it upon itself to promote the latest Samsung foldable phones. Earlier this month, Google posted a trio of ads for the Galaxy Z […]
This week at SamMobile TV, we'll take you on a tour of the latest and most exciting news in the world of Samsung. Lots can happen in a week, and sure enough, our latest Weekly Round-Up episode touches on things like the upcoming Unpacked 2 event scheduled for October 20th, as well as the mysterious […]
The Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic run Wear OS instead of Samsung's in-house Tizen OS, and that brings with it a number of advantages (and a few disadvantages, such as poorer battery life). As we play around with our Watch 4/Watch 4 Classic we keep running across new stuff that wasn't present on […]
WhatsApp will now show an option of generating a 64-digit encryption key for backups made to Google Drive.
Supplying components to other companies is a big part of Samsung's business. As far as mobile OLED panels are concerned, there's no one that can match Samsung's quality and production capacity. So it's no surprise to see that even Apple sources the OLED panels for its iPhones from Samsung. The two companies are otherwise tough […]
Samsung released the October 2021 security update to the carrier-locked and unlocked Galaxy S21 series smartphones in the US yesterday. The company had also started rolling out the new security patch to the unlocked units of the Galaxy S20 series. Now, the carrier-locked Galaxy S20 phones have started getting the latest update. The carrier-locked versions […]
The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic are the best Wear OS smartwatches on the market right now. They run the latest Wear OS version developed in collaboration with Samsung, and they're powered by a new chipset that was created specifically for wearable devices. The Galaxy Watch 4 series also refreshes the design […]
Last week, SamMobile exclusively reported that the Galaxy S21 FE will likely get released in January 2021. Since then, a few reports emerged via Twitter to suggest otherwise. They hinted at a much earlier launch for the next-gen Fan Edition device, and now, after a bit of back and forth, leakers are doing another 180-degree […]
Samsung's latest additions to its mid-range Galaxy smartphone lineup are slowly becoming available in more markets. After launching in Russia last week, Samsung announced the availability details for both the Galaxy M22 and Galaxy M52 5G in Spain. The two mid-range phones will enter a pre-order period from next week, and early adopters will benefit […]
Samsung Australia announced that it's trialing the Vital Monitoring System (VMS) solution from re-open.com on the Galaxy Watch 4 series. VMS is part of the re-open.com cloud-based platform created by Deakin University, NTRI, and SaniteX Global to support the world as it recovers from COVID-19. More specifically, VMS (Vital Monitoring System) is a system designed […]
Samsung recently made some UI changes to its Health platform, and many Galaxy smartwatch users don't seem too happy with the outcome. In short, the Continuous Heart Rate graph in Samsung Health is gone. It was replaced by a new type of graph that averages the user's heart rate into time bars. The advantage to […]
Countless Samsung customers are either looking forward to Android 12 and One UI 4.0 or are already testing the beta firmware on their Galaxy S21s. But while all this is happening, a few other, not-so-known Galaxy phones are still waiting for Android 11 and One UI 3.1 to arrive. One such phone is the Galaxy […]
Samsung had launched the Galaxy A52s 5G in Europe in August. A few weeks later, the smartphone was launched in India. Back then, the South Korean firm had launched only three color variants of the Galaxy A52s 5G in India: Awesome Black, Awesome Violet, and Awesome White. Now, the company has launched it in one more […]
Samsung has released the Android 12-based One UI 4.0 beta update to the Galaxy S21 series in select markets, including Germany, India, Poland, South Korea, the UK, and the US. Along with all the features included in the stock Android 12 codebase, One UI 4.0 brings some additional features, including a new widget picker and […]
Samsung has released its latest security update to the three-year-old Galaxy A9 (2018). The mid-range smartphone, which debuted with Android 8.0 Oreo, has been consistently getting security updates once every three months. The Galaxy A9 (2018) has started getting a new software update in South Korea. It comes with firmware version A920NKSU5CUI1 and includes the […]
Samsung has finally released the October 2021 security update to the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S21 series in the US. As of now, the carrier-locked variants of the Galaxy S20 are getting the update. In the case of the Galaxy S21 series, both locked and unlocked units are also getting the update in the US. […]