What’s New With Nougat Part 10: Calendar app gets new, improved interface

Samsung released a new beta for Android 7.0 Nougat on the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, and our latest part in our What’s New With Nougat puts the focus on Samsung’s calendar app. The company’s calendar app has received a major UI overhaul in Nougat – the calendar’s interface now matches the rest of Samsung’s new UX and looks much better than the version that runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and older...

Daily Deal: Grab Samsung’s Fast Wireless Charger for just $29.99 from Amazon

Most recently released high-end smartphones from Samsung support wireless charging, and the whole wireless charging setup looks quite neat. You can now grab Samsung’s Fast Wireless Charger for just $29.99 from Amazon in the US. It can also be shipped to many other countries around the world. This Fast Wireless Charger from Samsung usually sells for $41.99, so you would be saving around 29% (or $12) on its original price. It can wirelessly charge...

My Money Transfer app released for the Samsung Z1 and Z3

Samsung’s third Tizen smartphone, the Z2, launched with many new features. One of these was a payment service for Indian folks called My Money Transfer, which lets users send money to others without the need for an internet connection, and Samsung is bringing the service to its other Tizen phones. My Money Transfer is now available for download on the Samsung Z1 and Z3 from the Tizen Store. My Money...

Galaxy S7 edge has the lowest SAR value among the top 10 popular smartphones

The Galaxy Note 7 may have met with an untimely demise, but the Galaxy S7 edge is still holding its own and is one of the best smartphones out there. According to a new report, the Galaxy S7 edge has the lowest electromagnetic radiation amongst the ten most popular smartphones around the world. The SAR (specific absorption rate) value of a cellular device indicates the amount of radiation absorbed into the human body. The lower the SAR value, the...

Samsung grabs a record market share in the mobile DRAM segment

Samsung is betting big on its semiconductor products, and the company has managed to grab a record high market share in the mobile DRAM market during Q3, 2016. According to the recent data by DRAM market tracker DRAMeXchange, Samsung’s share of the global mobile DRAM market rose to 64.5%, up from 61.5% during last quarter. The South Korean semiconductor giant’s mobile DRAM sales increased by 22.4% from last quarter to US$2.96...

Galaxy S8′s AI assistant can process payments, might come in male and female variants

In 2017, Samsung will launch the Galaxy S8 with its own AI assistant that can process payments. Also, new trademark applications point to male and female versions of this voice controlled assistant, named Bixby and Kestra. A few weeks ago, after the news of Samsung’s acquisition of AI maker Viv Labs, it was discovered that the Galaxy S8 might come with its own artificial intelligence software,...

Samsung rolls out another Android 7.0 Nougat beta update for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Samsung is rolling out a new version of the Android 7.0 Nougat beta for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in the UK today, making it the third update to hit the devices in the last three weeks. Samsung seems to be taking customer feedback to heart as it has implemented a few changes to how things worked in the previous Nougat firmware. For example, the new beta brings the ability for us to choose the...