T-Mobile Galaxy Note 5 Android 7.0 update coming soon

It has been a while since the Galaxy Note 5 started receiving the Android 7.0 Nougat update. Even major carriers in the United States have rolled it out. T-Mobile’s rivals AT&T, Sprint and Verizon have all released Nougat for the Galaxy Note 5.

T-Mobile subscribers have no reason to be concerned. The carrier has now confirmed that it will soon release the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Galaxy Note 5.

T-Mobile’s @AskDes confirmed via Twitter that the carrier has received approval of the Android 7.0 Nougat software update for the Galaxy Note 5. He also mentioned that the carrier’s customers should start seeing it on their devices early next week.

Magenta subscribers will surely be happy that they will finally be able to get a taste of the latest and greatest version of Android not too long after all of T-Mobile’s rivals in the United States have already released it for their customers.

Check out the video embedded down below to find out all that’s new with Nougat for the Galaxy Note 5.

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Rogers to start rolling out Nougat update for Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge next month

Canadian carrier Rogers has announced that it will start distributing the long-awaited Nougat update for its variant of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge on Monday, May 1. This news comes more than two months after the upgrade started making the rounds for the factory unlocked model of the handsets.

 

In addition to a multitude of bug fixes, speed optimizations and stability improvements, the upgrade is expected to bundle all of the stock features baked into Android 7.0, including a drastically revamped user interface. For more details on what’s new, be sure to check out the video below.

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Galaxy S8 iris scanner may soon be used for financial transactions

The Galaxy S8′s iris scanner might soon be used for much more than just controlling access to the device. According to a new report out of South Korea, credit card companies in the country are looking to utilize the iris scanner to enable safer financial transactions on the mobile device.

Samsung Card Co. is reportedly looking to start using the iris scanner through its mobile app so that its customers can authenticate financial transactions by using the iris scanner on their Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+.

These companies also wanted to use the iris scanner for authenticating financial transactions when the technology first debuted with the Galaxy Note 7 last year. However, they were only able to use it for logging customers into their accounts and not for verifying transactions. The Galaxy Note 7 didn’t stick around long enough for them to do that.

Other major financial institutions in South Korea such as Shinhan, Hana and Woori are also expected to use the iris scanner for verifying transactions in the near future.

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Samsung’s 2017 QLED TV receives highest rating ever from German tech magazine

Samsung is celebrating the fact that Video Magazin, Germany’s renowned consumer electronics magazine, has recently rated its 2017 QLED TV as the best on the market. The magazine particularly liked the QLED TV’s “less is more” lifestyle-centric features and found them to be innovative.

Samsung went back to the drawing board, so to speak, to come up with the 2017 QLED TV. It worked hard on optimizing the TV’s picture quality as well as on improving its form and components to simplify use.

After a series of comprehensive lab tests, the magazine awarded Samsung’s 65-inch Q9F a rating of 920 on a 1,005-point scale which is the highest score it has ever granted. The QLED TV received this rating for its advanced specifications, smart features and great design.

This is also the first product reviewed by Video Magazin that has received high marks in all three evaluation categories. Aside from Innovation, the 2017 QLED TV also received a high score in the Reference category for its innovative cable solution, luminosity and signal processing. It scored high marks in the Highlight category as well for its deep blacks, brightness, wide viewing angles and the ability to achieve 100 percent color volume.

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Sennheiser partners with Samsung to make smart headsets for Android devices

German audio technology brand Sennheiser has announced that it has partnered with Samsung to make smart headsets for Android smartphones and tablets. These headsets would feature the company’s proprietary AMBEO 3D audio technology that makes games and movies sound more realistic. The company already makes AMBEO headsets with Lightning connectors for iPhones.

The company’s CEO Andreas Sennheiser told The Korea Herald, “We are working with Samsung on the AMBEO smart headset to make it available for Android devices because a dominant layer of the smartphone market is Android-based phones. We are working (with) Samsung because we need credibility, and we are doing this technology collaboration for compatibility.”

Sennheiser has been operating in Korea for 30 years now, but audio firm opened a subsidiary in the country just two years ago. The company’s CEO said that Korean consumers are very tech-savvy, and the country is an important test bed for its new technologies. Andreas Sennheiser said that the country’s gaming industry is highly attractive and he sees significant opportunities there.

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Galaxy S8 reddish tint on screen not a ‘controversial issue’

When the Galaxy S8 started making its way to pre-order customers last week we started hearing reports about a “reddish” tint on the handset’s display. The issue was limited to some early adopters but was significant enough to warrant a response from Samsung.

The renowned product review publication Consumer Reports has said that this isn’t a controversial issue. It tested eight units of the Galaxy S8 and found that some of the units showed a noticeable reddish tint on their screens but also points out that the red-tinged screens were not noticeably distorted or uncomfortable to see.

“Our display evaluators noted that displays of four of our test models appeared slightly more red than the other four. It’s unclear how much consumers might object to the red tint, especially if they weren’t looking at two phones side-by-side,” it mentions in its report.

Samsung is going to fix this issue by way of a software update. The update is going to be out in a few days and it will regulate the color balance of the device which will restore white tones and increase the color range for users who want to manually tweak the appearance of their device’s screen.

Consumer Reports also had a point to make about the Galaxy S8′s camera. “Our tests found that the new phone’s camera is among the best we’ve ever tested,” it said.

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Bixby Vision is crippled on Verizon’s Galaxy S8 and S8+

If you’ve read any recent reports about Samsung’s AI-powered personal digital assistant Bixby, you would probably know that its highly-anticipated voice recognition and voice command functionalities aren’t ready yet for is launch in the US. However, it is now being reported that its image recognition capability is crippled as well, at least on Verizon’s units.

Bixby Vision, a feature that can identify text and recognize objects, is limited in functionality on Verizon’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ units in the US. According to a report from CNET, Bixby Vision doesn’t include the Amazon shopping option which lets users point the Galaxy S8′s camera at certain objects so that they can get links to shop for those objects online.

Verizon has confirmed the issue, and said that it is working with Amazon to solve it. In the meantime, the carrier is asking its customers to use Amazon’s app on the Galaxy S8 and S8+ for “the same photo and shopping experience.” This makes Bixby even less useful for those who want to use it. Bixby is expected to be released in Germany sometime in Q4 2017.

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IFA chief wants Samsung to unveil the Galaxy Note 8 in Berlin

After the impressive launch and subsequent reception of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in New York last month, IFA chief wants Samsung to unveil the Galaxy Note 8 in Berlin. Speaking at a press conference in Berlin, IFA Executive Director Jens Heithecker said that trade show would be a better place for Samsung to showcase its upcoming phablet.

Traditionally, Samsung used to unveil its Galaxy Note lineup of smartphones (including the Galaxy Note 4) at IFA in September every year. However, it unveiled the Galaxy Note 5 and the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 in August at events in New York. IFA chief now wants Samsung to return to the trade show for the unveiling of the Galaxy Note 8.

Heithecker also said that Samsung would have the biggest presence at IFA this year, but it is not known whether the Galaxy Note 8 would be a part of the consumer electronics giant’s product lineup at the trade show. The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to feature the same design as the Galaxy S8+, with a possible introduction of a dual-camera setup.

 

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