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Samsung’s ‘AI Subscription’ plan for phones, tablets is coming next month

Samsung has announced that it will start offering its AI subscription plan starting next month. However, it isn't the AI subscription that you think it is. After the company brought AI features to its phones and tablets, it was revealed that it could start charging for those features. And you might think this AI subscription […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 days ago

Samsung unveils its first Smart Monitor with OLED screen

With the new year kicking off, Samsung has begun launching refreshed variants of its products. Today, the company announced 2025 lineups of Smart Monitor, Odyssey OLED, and Viewfinity series monitors. We have already covered the new Odyssey OLED models, which boast a staggering, 500Hz refresh rate, here, and in this article, we are going to […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Samsung wants to establish itself as ‘undisputed leader in AI’ this year

Samsung has been equipping its devices with AI features over the past few years, but 2024 was the breakout year for the company in that regard. It launched its first ‘AI Phone,' the Galaxy S24, early last year, and it was visible that Samsung was ahead of its rivals, including Apple, in AI features and […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Galaxy Book 5 Pro will be launched in South Korea tomorrow

Samsung will launch the Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop in South Korea tomorrow. The high-end laptop was unveiled three weeks ago and went on pre-order on the same day. Now, it will be available for purchase and reach store shelves starting tomorrow. Galaxy Book 5 Pro comes in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes The Galaxy Book […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

SmartThings now has over 20 million users in Korea

Samsung SmartThings is one of the most popular Internet of Things (IoT) platforms around the globe, and now, it has reached a new milestone. Samsung has announced that the SmartThings platform now has over 20 million users in its home country, South Korea, a new milestone for the brand. In the press release, the company […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Is Samsung’s next biggest threat its own government?

Samsung Foundry's struggles with advanced nodes, particularly 3nm, are well documented. They've enabled TSMC to run away with orders from some of the largest companies in the world while Samsung Foundry loses cash and has to shut production lines due to a lack of demand. While the company has recently taken some major steps to […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung takes critical step towards strengthening its future

Despite being the world's biggest memory chip maker, Samsung has been left behind in the AI chip race by smaller rivals Micron and SK Hynix. It is still unable to supply HBM3E memory for Nvidia's flagship AI chips. However, the company has taken a critical step towards its future by ordering equipment to make HBM4 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Here’s when you could get your hands on Galaxy S25

We are less than a month away from the announcement of the Galaxy S25. A few days ago, it was leaked that Samsung could make the official announcement on January 22. But when can you actually get your hands on the phone? According to a new leak, the Galaxy S25 could reach your hands in […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Samsung’s flagship robot vacuum upholds high levels of privacy and security

Samsung has announced that Bespoke AI Steam, its flagship robot vacuum cleaner, has received the ‘Privacy by Design (PbD)' certification in South Korea. It is the first robot vacuum cleaner to get that certification in South Korea, which attests to its privacy measures. Bespoke AI Steam gets Privacy by Design (PbD) certification The Bespoke AI […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Samsung unveils Galaxy Book 5 Pro with AI and Intel’s Lunar Lake chip

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book 5 Pro laptop today in South Korea. The laptop comes in two sizes and uses Intel's Lunar Lake series chip for faster AI performance. The Galaxy Book 5 Pro joins the Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360 in Samsung's current laptop lineup. Galaxy Book 5 Pro comes to South Korea first […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 weeks ago

How a failed martial law may make the Galaxy S25 more expensive

If you had a solid 8 hours of sleep on December 3, 2024, you would have slept through the shock martial law that was imposed in South Korea between 22:27 – 04:30 KST. South Korea would have gone from democratic rule to military regime and back to democracy by the time you woke up. The […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 month ago

One UI 7 beta is finally here with lots of features!

After making everyone wait for months, Samsung has finally released the One UI 7.0 beta update. Based on Android 15, the new update is now live for the Galaxy S24 series (excluding FE) in Germany, South Korea, and the USA. India, Poland, and the UK will get it in a few days. The update brings a brand-new […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Galaxy Watch 4 starts getting stable One UI 6 Watch update

After releasing the stable One UI 6 Watch update to the Galaxy Watch 5 series and the Galaxy Watch 6 series, Samsung has started rolling out the update to the Galaxy Watch 4 series. That is Samsung's first set of smartwatches running Wear OS. Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic get stable One UI […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Which countries will get the One UI 7.0 beta first?

It's December. Unless Samsung plans to cancel the One UI 7.0 beta program or risk not having enough people interested because of how long it is taking to get here, the company pretty much has to launch the program this month. Rumors indicate the One UI 7.0 beta will debut sometime in the first two […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
1 month ago

Samsung launches AI subscription plan but it’s not what you think

Samsung has launched an AI Subscription Club plan in South Korea. However, you don't need to worry; it isn't a paid tier for Galaxy AI features on smartphones and tablets. It is a consumer program where they can rent AI-equipped Samsung appliances at a monthly fee. South Koreans can rent AI-equipped home appliances using Samsung's […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

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