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Welcome back to Themes Thursday! Samsung has released a whopping 127 themes for its Galaxy smartphones this week, and we've shortlisted six themes that you might like. The [Kendi] Material UI has a Material design wallpaper with squircle icons. [V] Candy Pop, Diamond Light, and Summer themes have minimalistic circular icons. The [Walk On Mars] Walk […]
In addition to the new Samsung Focus app, Samsung is also working on bringing new functionality to the S Note app with the Galaxy Note 6. Well, we're not sure if the new functionality will arrive with the Note 6 or as a separate update – the latter is possible as S Note is now […]
The Gear VR was initially offered for free along with pre-orders of the Galaxy S7 and the S7 edge. But this was just a limited period promotion, which meant that customers had to shell out its full value shortly after the promo period ended. Samsung Germany has now started a new promotion in order to push more […]
The early reveal of Android N excited many, but for users of Samsung's flagship smartphones, it was almost a slap in the face as Google gave us a preview of the next iteration of Android while Samsung still hadn't pushed out Marshmallow to its flagships in many regions. But the company has slowly and surely increased […]
Samsung will soon launch its new C series of smartphones. Much has already been reported about the Galaxy C5 and the Galaxy C7 so we already know quite a bit about these handsets. Pictures of the Galaxy C5 have been leaked multiple times and today we're seeing the images that were submitted to a regulatory body […]
One of the biggest music festivals in the world will take place in Lisbon, Portugal later this month. Tens of thousands of people will come from all over the world to attend the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon. Samsung is going to set up a Galaxy Adventure Park at the event to provide attendees […]
According to a new report published by Reuters, Samsung is in the final stages of preparing to announce a new payment partnership with China's second-largest online marketplace, Alibaba. The disclosure will take place on Friday, May 20, and the South Korean firm is believed to reveal that it's introducing out of the box support for the e-commerce company's […]
Samsung has released a new video today to showcase a shared vision with 20th Century Fox that it has to further improve the consumer viewing experience and the broader TV industry. The video highlights Samsung's longstanding partnership with the leading film studio and it emphasizes the importance of TV in the larger content ecosystem of […]
Google announced a new virtual reality platform called Daydream at its annual developers conference today. Daydream will work with the next generation of Android smartphones powered by Android N. The platform includes reference designs for a VR headset and controller which manufacturers can use to build their own headsets and while it didn't confirm the […]
Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on ten 3D backgrounds. All images are available in a QHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following images float your […]
Last week an internal T-Mobile document was leaked online hinting at a possible arrival of the Galaxy J7 (2016) at Magenta. The document mentioned that T-Mobile could make the announcement on May 18 and that is precisely what has happened today. The Galaxy J7 (2016) is now available from T-Mobile. It can be purchased from Magenta […]
Samsung has just started rolling out a rather hefty update for its mobile payment platform, Samsung Pay, via the Play Store. The upgrade introduces compatibility for 38 new banks and credit unions in the United States, in addition to bringing a dedicated membership/loyalty cards section to the application. The full list of newly-supported banks can […]
Samsung's recent flagship smartphones feature a heart rate sensor on the back. Some might find it very useful while some might think of it as just a novelty. When I got my Galaxy S6 edge I only used the heart rate sensor a few times, often to just show people that my phone could measure my […]
Within its first month of being active in South Korea, it was revealed that Samsung Pay had been used to process over $30 million in accumulated transaction volume. Now, eight months later, Samsung has announced that its mobile payment platform has processed over $850 million worth of sales in the region alone. You may recall […]
Following a successful rollout for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note 5, Samsung has today started pushing out this month's Security Maintenance Release (SMR) — LM47X.A510FXXS2APD2 — for the unlocked variant of the Galaxy A5 (2016) in Europe. As outlined by Samsung in a post over on its Security Blog, […]
Not too long ago we reported that Samsung is developing a new Galaxy C series of smartphones and that the Galaxy C5 and the Galaxy C7 are going to be the first two handsets in this new lineup. Much has been leaked and rumored about both handsets since. We did report that Samsung will launch these smartphones […]
The Galaxy S7 Active is sort of an open secret right now, Samsung may not have officially acknowledged the existence of this device but there's plenty of evidence to show that it's going to be announced soon. A press render of the handset was leaked online yesterday which revealed that the Galaxy S7 Active will be offered […]
The Galaxy Tab A has become the latest Samsung device to make the jump to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The new version of the OS (Android 6.0.1 to be exact) is rolling out to the 9.7-inch Wi-Fi variant (SM-T550) of the tablet in France, with build number T550XXU1BPE1. Expect to see all the under-the-hood features of Marshmallow, […]
It was only a few months ago that the Samsung Group announced its intention to pursue other avenues for growth, the company also announced that it was setting up a new team for the advancement of its automotive business. While that part of the company continues to forge partnerships to create the car of the […]
We've known for a while now that Samsung has been working tirelessly to kickstart production of its much-anticipated mirror displays, and today marks the day that the panels have been installed in their very first retail environment. The lucky store to receive the 55-inch screens is the LEEKAJA HAIRBIS hair salon located in Seoul, Korea. […]