Samsung doubles smartwatch market share

If a new report published by the International Data Corporation (IDC) is anything to go by, it would appear that Samsung has dramatically increased its presence in the smartwatch industry. This is represented in its total market share which weighed in at just 7% this time last year, but has now more than doubled to 16%. Declining sales of the Apple Watch led to Apple’s total market share dropping from 72% to 47%; leaving room for Samsung to close...

Samsung updates its Gear Watch Designer Beta software with support for the Gear S

Samsung has released an update for its Gear Watch Designer Beta application for Mac and Windows. In addition to bundling the standard flurry of bug fixes and stability improvements we’ve come to expect from any new software version, the upgrade also brings developers the facility to create watch faces for the first-generation Gear S smartwatch. At present, the only devices supported by the standard Gear Watch Designer client are the Gear S2 and Gear...

Samsung takes the wraps off its official universal typeface

Following in the footsteps of Apple and Google, Samsung has today taken the wraps off its own universal typeface to represent its brand. The font, which has been named SamsungOne, is a family of scripts that covers a total of 26 writing systems, more than 400 languages, and over 25,000 glyphs. It has been optimised to work on a whole host of different devices, including smartphones, TVs, laptops, tablets, microwaves and ovens — so...

7-22-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S5, Galaxy Core Prime, Galaxy A5, and more

Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions every day, and you can find out which firmware updates were pushed out by the company over the...