Samsung pushes out August security update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in the United States

Following its rollout for the Galaxy Note 4 in Europe yesterday, Samsung has today started distributing this month’s security update to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge located in the United States. As noted in the official changelog, this upgrade is primarily aimed at addressing an issue that results in malware being installed on a handset if the SideSync application is activated before completing the Setup...

Samsung Cloud Together is a great new app to access cloud storage and lock sensitive images from one dashboard [APK]

We reported about a month ago that Samsung Cloud Together was in the pipeline and that this app might have something to do with cloud storage services. Samsung Cloud Together is now available for download and it works as advertised. It provides one dashboard to manage popular cloud storage services which include Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive and Dropbox, all of them are integrated with Cloud Together...

Galaxy S7 and S7 edge get update in India with Samsung Cloud, new gallery, and more

Samsung recently brought two new features from the Galaxy Note 7 to the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge through an update in Italy, and the company is now pushing out the same update to consumers in India. Both devices are getting an over-the-air update sized at around 150 MB; the update brings the Samsung Cloud service and also the new gallery that features face and object recognition. The update also...

Samsung Pay is one-year old today with nearly 100 million transactions processed

It has been a full year since Samsung Pay was launched and it still happens to be the most widely accepted mobile payment service in all of the markets that it’s available in right now. The company today revealed that Samsung Pay has processed nearly 100 million transactions in its first year alone which goes to show that the future is bright for this mobile payments service. “Our ambition to reach...

Samsung to provide 4×4 MIMO to telecommunication businesses in Q4 2016

Now that LTE is widespread in most of the developed markets, it’s now time for the next phase of evolution. 4×4 MIMO technology doubles the download and upload speeds, and it can be applied to existing LTE networks. A gigabyte worth of data can be downloaded in just 8 seconds using this technology. Now, Samsung is ready to provide 4×4 MIMO base station software. According to a recent report from ETNews, Samsung will start providing 4×4 MIMO base...

Samsung details thirteen changes it has made in Tizen 2.4.0.4

The last major update that Samsung pushed out for the Tizen operating system (OS) was Version 2.4, which started rolling out for the Samsung Z1 back in January. Since then, a handful of minor stability updates have been distributed, but we haven’t seen a release that brings any new functionality to the OS. However, it looks like that’s all about to change as the South Korean company has taken to its...

Samsung Z2 (Tizen) hands-on

The Samsung Z2 went official today, and at the announcement event, we were able to play around a bit with the Korean giant’s latest Tizen smartphone. If you didn’t already surmise from the phone’s price tag and specs, the Z2 isn’t supposed to attract seasoned smartphone users. Instead, Samsung is once again looking at feature phone users – of which more than 550 million exist in India – for selling...

Galaxy Note 7 vs iPhone 6S speed test video doesn’t accurately reflect real-world performance

A video is making the rounds online showing a speed test between the iPhone 6S and the Galaxy Note 7. Samsung’s latest flagship is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM whereas the iPhone 6S has a year-old processor and only 2GB of RAM. On paper, it should not be able to match the Galaxy Note 7 but the video shows that the Note 7 gets obliterated by the iPhone in this speed test. However, the video is not exactly an accurate...

Samsung will open its semiconductor foundry for small and medium companies

Samsung has its own semiconductor chip manufacturing facilities, and it is changing the way it does business. The company will reportedly stop mass producing fewer products and start producing a variety of goods on a small scale. Apparently, this will reduce the company’s reliance on Apple and Qualcomm, which are its major clients. Samsung has now decided to open its foundry to other small and medium businesses in the China, South...

$185,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs as part of Samsung’s new ‘Tizen App Challenge’

Samsung has today kicked off a new competition which is specifically aimed at developers who have created a game using Unity that has attracted more than 10,000 installations via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. There’s a total of $185,000 up for grabs as part of this challenge. However, it won’t all go to one winner. Instead, it will divided between fifty people with three...

Samsung Z2 officially announced in India as the third Tizen smartphone

Samsung has finally made the Z2, the third commercial Tizen handset, official, at an event in New Delhi, India today. Like the Z1 and Z3, the Z2 is a low-end device that is targeted at those looking for a smartphone on a budget and those shifting from a feature phone to a smartphone for the first time. Its specs are better than the Z1′s but not the Z3, and the Z2 is the first Tizen phone to support...

Virtual Reality Box Headset available for 36 percent off from the SamMobile Shop

There are plenty of VR viewers and headsets available for those who want a taste of virtual reality and we’re offering one at a great discount via the SamMobile Shop. The Virtual Reality Box Headset is a simple virtual reality viewer that’s available for a limited time at a 36 percent discount from the SamMobile Shop. It works just like any other VR viewer. Slide your smartphone in the box and...