Samsung’s Music app now available through the Play Store

Samsung has unbundled yet another native app and listed it on the Google Play Store. Samsung’s Music app is now available from the Play Store in beta. This makes it easier for the company to roll out updates to individual apps without having to push new software updates. It’s like any other music app aside from the fact that it’s “optimized” for Samsung’s Android devices. The app supports playback...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Monochrome

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on five fantastic monochrome 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...

Samsung kicks off two for the price of one promotion on Fast Charge Wireless Charging Pad

If you’re intending to pick up a Fast Charge Wireless Charging Pad to go with your brand new Galaxy S7, now might be a good time to do so as Samsung has just kicked off a promotion which gets you two charging platforms for the price of one. This is great for those who commute to work as they can keep one charging pad at the office and the other at home. This deal isn’t only available for Galaxy S7 owners, though. If you posses one of the South Korean...

Samsung Gear S2 by de GRISOGONO is sculpted in gold and boasts over 100 diamonds

Samsung has teamed up with famous jewelry and watchmaker de GRISOGONO to create a limited edition model of the Gear S2. The Samsung Gear S2 by de GRISOGONO is sculpted in gold and boasts more than 100 diamonds. It’s unlike any other smartwatch on the market today as it features rose gold, more than 100 black and white diamonds and a bracelet studded with de GRISOGONO’s signature galuchat. Underneath...

Samsung preparing to release the Galaxy J3 (2016) in several European markets

Samsung is almost ready to release the Galaxy J3 (2016) in Italy, Spain, Germany and The Netherlands. More European countries are likely to follow. The Galaxy J3 (2016) is of course not a new device. In fact, it made its debut in China several months ago. More recently, evidence of a US release with AT&T surfaced, and now the device is popping up all over Europe, confirming its imminent arrival...

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S goes up for pre-order in the UK

Samsung’s Windows 10-powered Galaxy TabPro S tablet is now available for pre-order in the UK, the company has announced. Unveiled earlier this year, the Galaxy TabPro S is the first Windows tablet to come with a Super AMOLED display (a 12-inch unit) and is priced at £849. It’s available in black and orders will be delivered by March 17th, which is also the date when the tablet will go on general sale in the country. The TabPro S is powered...

Over 10 million pre-orders for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge placed in China

Samsung appears to have a hit on its hands with the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge. The new flagships are outselling their predecessors by quite a margin and from what we gather Samsung’s new flagships are performing very well in one of the most lucrative smartphone markets on the planet. Research conducted by our colleagues over at SamMobile China shows that the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge...

Samsung scales back R&D investment for the first time in 18 years

Samsung spends large amounts of money on research and development (or R&D), and even in the face of disappointing sales last year still invested more in R&D than ever before, coming in second globally for its spending with an R&D budget of $14.1 billion while also leading the pack in semiconductor spending (though still less than it spent in 2014; Samsung maintained third place from 2014 but didn’t grow). Samsung even added new R&D...

Galaxy S7 edge tip: put a file manager on your edge screen

A recently released third-party edge panel puts a file manager on the edge screen of the Galaxy S7 edge and last year’s Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+. There’s been plenty of debate about how useful the edge screen on Galaxy devices is. There’s never been much doubt about the beauty of a curved display, but as far as real functionality is concerned, opinions are split at best. With the...

Samsung promises exceptional after-sales service to Galaxy S7 owners in Slovakia

While Samsung is bundling the Gear VR for free with all Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge preorders to improve the uptake of its flagship devices, Samsung Slovakia is going one step ahead. It is promising some exceptional after-sales service offers to customers who purchase the Galaxy S7 or the Galaxy S7 edge. According to a press release that came out on the launch day of the Galaxy S7 in Slovakia, customers who purchase the Galaxy S7...

Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge tip: How to move apps to the SD card

One of the major features of Android 6.0 Marshmallow is adoptable storage, which formats and encrypts a microSD card to work as part of the internal storage. It basically lets you increase the size of the internal storage, and the biggest use of this feature is having more space for installing apps, which can only be done on the internal storage on Android. Samsung, unfortunately, hasn’t implemented...

[Poll] Is Samsung making a mistake by not acquiring Tidal?

It was first rumored last year that Samsung might be interested in acquiring Jay-Z’s music streaming service Tidal. The rap mogul was even spotted coming out of Samsung’s HQ in Silicon Valley and that just added more fuel to the fire. A couple of weeks ago it was reported that the company had restarted its talks with Tidal but Samsung soon came out with an official comment on the matter. The company confirmed that it was not interested in acquiring...

Samsung’s VR thriller series shows how virtual reality can add a new dimension to film

Samsung has been talking up the benefits of virtual reality lately. It brought us the story of how virtual reality training can help people overcome their fear of public speaking and heights. Now it’s proving that VR has a role to play in filmmaking as well. Samsung introduced a VR mystery-thriller called Gone at SXSW, the series is about a girl who goes missing and the subsequent search effort to find her. Since the film has been shot in 360...

Microsoft is planning to bring Minecraft to Samsung Gear VR

There’s a lot of buzz around virtual reality gaming, and the Oculus Rift and the Gear VR are some of the most popular virtual reality headsets right now. Now, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its popular game series Minecraft to both these VR headsets shortly. Considering that Samsung and Oculus have worked together on the Gear VR, it shouldn’t be surprising to see the game released for these VR headsets. Today, at a GDC 2016...