09-06-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S5, Galaxy Grand Prime, Galaxy S7, 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 These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs.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...

Samsung tells the Gear S3′s design story in new video

Samsung’s latest smartwatch is a story of refinement. The company has made a lot of tweaks to the Gear S2 which is already one of the best smartwatches it has ever made and transformed it into something even better with the Gear S3. Samsung took inspiration from classic analog Swiss timepieces to create what it calls a “timeless watch,” and the latest video that it has released walks us through the design story of the Gear S3. The Gear S3 frontier...

Alcatel’s standalone VR headset is powered by Samsung’s Exynos chipset

Samsung offers one of the best mobile VR headsets in the market right now with its Gear VR series. Now, the company has started offering its chipsets to other virtual reality headset manufacturers. The latest in the line is the Alcatel Vision, a standalone VR headset, which is powered by the Exynos 7420 octa-core SoC from Samsung. The Exynos 7420 chipset, which uses Mali-T760 GPU, was...

Oculus warns against using the Gear VR with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung is getting all the unwanted attention after multiple reports of Galaxy Note 7 units getting exploded due to faulty batteries. Now, Oculus has warned Gear VR users against using the Galaxy Note 7 until Samsung replaces their units with the new ones. The company has also sent an email to Gear VR users with the same warning. Samsung makes Gear VR headsets in collaboration with Facebook-backed...

Batteries from Samsung SDI won’t be used in the Galaxy Note 7 temporarily

After the Galaxy Note 7 battery fiasco, Samsung Electronics has decided to temporarily stop using batteries from Samsung SDI in the Galaxy Note 7. This news comes straight out of the company’s homeland South Korea. Various analysts predict that the Galaxy Note 7 recall could cost Samsung as much as $1 billion. Samsung SDI provides around 70 percent of batteries used in the Galaxy Note 7. The rest of them are supplied by Chinese battery manufacturer...

Design patent shows Samsung is working on a smart ring

An application for a design patent reveals that Samsung is not only working on a smart ring, but that development is already well underway. The patent application, filed in December of last year with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, shows a ring design with a volume rocker, buttons for answering a call, and possibly some kind of card slot. In the ring itself there seems to be one...

Here’s the most interesting Samsung news from last week

Samsung was very busy last week. Not only did it take the wraps off the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier, but it announced its recall program for the faulty Galaxy Note 7. Understandably, not all Samsung fans have the time to keep up to date with all the news that breaks in a week, but, fortunately, we’re on hand to help as we’ve created a magazine consisting of all the top stories we reported over the course of the past seven...