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Samsung Health Monitor will no longer work on older phones

Samsung is taking away an important feature from older phones. The company has announced that the Samsung Health Monitor app won't be supported on Galaxy phones running Android 11 (or older). Samsung Health Monitor won't be supported on Android 11 (or older) Samsung recently released an update (version 1.3.6.001) to the Samsung Health Monitor app […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Android’s Theft Detection feature starts rolling out

Every year, Google adds new privacy and security features to Android smartphones and tablets. It has started rolling out a new feature that is meant to reduce phone theft by locking a phone that has been snatched. This makes the phone unusable for the snatcher and increases the user's data privacy and security if it […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

As Samsung fans wait for Android 14, Android 11 continues to rule the market

Android 14 is the next major update coming to Google's mobile operating system, and some manufacturers have already released Android 14 in beta form for their customers. Samsung fans, including everyone here at SamMobile, are looking forward to Android 14 as well. By the end of 2023 Samsung will likely have released Android 14 worldwide […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
1 year ago

Samsung is largely to thank for Android 13’s faster adoption rate

According to the latest Android distribution chart released by Google, over 12% of phones and tablets are running Android 13. Comparing this with its predecessor, Android 12, which showed up in the distribution chart nearly a year after its release, enjoys only a 13.3% adoption rate. All in all, the Android 13 adoption rate has […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Only 5.2% of devices running Android 13 five months after launch

The first update to the Android distribution chart in 2023 gives us a peek at how quickly OEMs have delivered Android 13 to their devices. According to the official statistics from Google, the latest OS, Android 13, is running on only 5.2% of devices after five months of its launch. Android 12 and 12L, on […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Samsung monthly updates: May 2022 security patch fixes Weather, Galaxy Themes flaws

The May 2022 security patch rollout is in full swing. After releasing the May update for a handful of Galaxy smartphones and tablets, Samsung finally went on to publish the official changelog on its monthly tracker. As usual, the new security patch consists of Android OS fixes issued by Google and vulnerability fixes on Samsung's […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Surface Duo Android 11 update mess shows why Samsung is the foldable king

There's no denying that Samsung has kickstarted the foldable smartphone revolution. Its launch of the original Galaxy Fold was an incredibly brave move. Despite the device's stumble out of the gate, Samsung was able to prove that foldable smartphones could be more than a gimmick. With each passing year, it only got better. The Galaxy […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 years ago

Galaxy A52s may have a strange display bug… unrelated to the display

The Galaxy A52s 5G is one of Samsung's best value-for-money phones of 2021. It's nearly perfect for what it set out to achieve, but some users are now reporting an issue related to the phone's charging information screen. According to a few posts on the official Samsung Community forums, the problem is that the Galaxy […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Joker malware found in Android app with over 500k Play Store installs

The Joker malware was found in another popular Android app last week by security research firm Pradeo. Called “Color Message,” the app was removed by Google from the Play Store, but not before exceeding 500,000 installs. According to the research firm, Color Message appears to be connecting to Russian servers. The app accesses the user's […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Android 11 and One UI 3.1 update is finally live for Galaxy A21 in USA

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 […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Fairphone shows Samsung how you can support phones for much longer

Samsung is becoming more eco-conscious every year, or at least, its efforts in this area are becoming more visible to the consumers, for better or worse. For instance, these efforts led to the removal of the wall charger from the retail boxes of recent flagship models, but on the bright side, the retail packaging was […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Galaxy A02 finally gets the Android 11 update

The Galaxy A02 has finally started getting the Android 11 update. The new software is currently rolling out in Russia, but it could reach more markets over the next few weeks. The update also brings the September 2021 security patch that fixes more than 50 privacy and security-related vulnerabilities. Samsung has released the new software […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 years ago

This is my perfect Recent Apps screen idea that might never materialize

Over the years, we wrote several wishlists for One UI firmware updates, and lucky for us, some of the features that we wanted have become available in one form or another. In many cases, members of our community wished for similar software additions as us, which is always great but often unsurprising. Many of us […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

An Android 11 feature is coming to your Samsung phone… without Android 11

Google's permissions auto-reset feature is coming to all Galaxy devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above.

By Abhijeet Mishra
3 years ago

Android 11 is now live for the unlocked Galaxy A20 in the USA

A little over two months have passed since the Galaxy A20 first began its journey towards the realm of Android 11, and Samsung has kept pushing the update to more markets since. Now the unlocked Galaxy A20 is finally getting Android 11 and a new security patch in the USA. Android 11 and One UI […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

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