Facer Daily Mix serves up a free watch face for your Gear S3 every day

Facer launched its watch face platform for the Gear S2 and Gear S3 in December last year. Today, it announced the launch of a new feature called Daily Mix. Facer says that it’s “like a slot machine for watch faces.” Daily Mix serves up free watch faces every day for the Gear S2 and Gear S3.

Gear S2 and Gear S3 owners who use Facer can pick one out of the ten random watch faces that Daily Mix recommends them every day. Users don’t have to worry about repetition because Facer has a library of more than 20,000 watches and the library grows with each passing day.

This really is for you if you like changing your smartwatch’s watch face often. You can choose from a new selection of 10 unique watch faces every single day and pick the one that you like the most. The best part is that they’re all free.

Users can access their Daily Mix by triple tapping on their smartwatch. They get 10 free tokens and each spins counts as one token and brings up a free watch face. This makes the process of finding and installing new watch faces very easy as you don’t need to look for your phone or install other watch face applications.

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Galaxy S8 Tip: How to disable the notification LED

Like most of Samsung’s other smartphones, the Galaxy S8 has a front-facing LED indicator that glows whenever you receive a notification or your battery is running low. While some users find it incredible useful, naturally some don’t. The good news is: it’s super easy to disable.

Here’s how:

Step 1: Open up Settings.

Step 2: Tap Display.

Step 3: Locate LED Indicator and slide the toggle to Off.

Yes, it’s really that simple. As always, if you happen to find yourself in a spot of bother, let us know in the comments section down below and we’ll do our best to get you back on the right track. If all goes according to plan (we hope it does), be sure to check out our other Galaxy S8 tips and tricks.

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Samsung Pay pilot goes live in Taiwan ahead of full launch this month

Samsung has been expanding the reach of its mobile payments service in more markets across the globe. As it gears up to launch the service in France and the United Kingdom, the company has also launched a pilot program for Samsung Pay in Taiwan. The service will properly be launched in Taiwan later this month.

The company is going to team up with several financial institutions at launch, including the Union Bank of Taiwan, E.Sun Bank, Taishin International Bank, Citibank, Standard Chartered, Cathay United Bank and Taipei Fubon Bank.

More banks will join the list in the coming days once Samsung Pay’s official launch date for Taiwan is confirmed. The launch is expected to take place on May 23.

Samsung is likely to see a good response for its mobile payments service in the country. That’s because its smartphones were top sellers in the country last year. They account for over 22 percent of Taiwan’s smartphone market.

Once Samsung Pay is live in the country, those who own compatible devices like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S7 will be able to make payments effortlessly using their mobile devices. They’ll just need to bring their phone near the POS and Samsung Pay will handle the rest.

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SamMobile Daily Recap: May 4, 2017 — Galaxy J5 (2017), Galaxy S8 and more!

We publish a decent amount of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up with every post. But, we think we’ve come up with an ideal solution — a daily recap.

So, without further ado, here’s what went live today:

Deals

Daily Deal: Pick up a pair of Samsung’s Gear Icon X wireless earphones for 25% off

Firmware News

Galaxy S6 Nougat update released by Bell, BellMTS and Rogers

Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and S6 active start receiving Android 7.0 update on AT&T’s network

Verizon rolls out April security patch for the Galaxy Note 5

Phones

Buy a Galaxy S8 by May 16 in the US and get a free Samsung Entertainment Kit

Galaxy S8 will come embedded with Gemalto’s smart secure chip in some markets

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) passes through FCC, might be announced soon

T-Mobile Galaxy S8 customers can get a free Samsung Gear VR with Controller

Themes

Themes Thursday: Over 200 new themes released this week, here are the best ones

Tips & Tricks

Galaxy S8 Tip: How to shoot 4K video

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Themes Thursday: Over 200 new themes released this week, here are the best ones

Samsung released more than 200 new themes in the Theme Store over the past one week for its Galaxy smartphones. We’ve shortlisted eight theme packs for you as a part of Themes Thursday. The [VIVA] Picnic theme is pretty colorful. Infinity W/ Backgrounds and Spring [Bacho2] look cool too.

If you like dark themes, check out [aire] Cool Mountain, [IMG] Pixel Black, and [IMG] Simple UI. Proud citizens of London and Paris can showcase popular monuments from their cities on their homescreens by installing [VIVA] London Tour and [VIVA] Paris Tour theme packs. Which one of these did you like the most?

[aire] Cool Mountain

[IMG] Pixel Black

[IMG] Simple UI

[VIVA] London Tour

[VIVA] Paris Tour

[VIVA] Picnic

Infinity W/ Backgrounds

Spring [Bacho2]

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Daily Deal: Pick up a pair of Samsung’s Gear Icon X wireless earphones for 25% off

Amazon has slashed the price of Samsung’s Gear Icon X wireless earphones by 25%, meaning you can currently pick up a pair for just $149.99, which is a great price to pay for a set of earbuds that bundle real-time voice feedback for workout progress and 4GB of integrated storage space.

Samsung Gear Icon X Review: Not ready for prime time yet

If you like the sound of the Gear Icon X and want to take advantage of the deal, simply hit the Buy Now button below. You’ll need to hurry, though, as Amazon has only assigned a small amount of inventory for this specific promotion, and once it’s gone, it’s gone.

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Verizon rolls out April security patch for the Galaxy Note 5

Verizon is now pushing out last month’s security patch for the Galaxy Note 5. As outlined on the firm’s Security Blog, the upgrade — N920VVRS3CQD1 — addresses a total of 49 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) in the Android OS and an additional 16 patches for Galaxy-branded smartphones.

As is usually the case with these things, the update is making the rounds in stages and seeing as it has to reach quite a few devices, it could be a while before it arrives on your Galaxy Note 5. To see if the OTA is ready, open up Settings, then select the relevant option from the Software Update section.

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Galaxy S8 will come embedded with Gemalto’s smart secure chip in some markets

Gemalto has announced that the Galaxy S8 will come with its embedded Secure Element (eSE) in some markets. The eSE is a tamper-proof smart chip comes with a secure operating system and applications, and is compatible with Samsung Pay. The company’s technology help business and governments in authenticating identities and protect data on personal devices like smartphones and tablets. Gemalto’s eSE chip also comes embedded in some Galaxy A smartphones globally and in Galaxy C smartphones in China.

“Gemalto is thrilled to be selected as one of Samsung’s providers for the new Galaxy S8 and other smartphones. We are delighted to provide them with an end-to-end solution, which proves that our strategy based on our state-of-the-art embedded secure elements is successful. It supports a unique combination of features, and our TSH offering delivers a single entry point to link device manufacturers and service providers,” said Suzanne Tong-Li, Senior Vice President of Greater China and Korea for Mobiles Services and IoT and China Country Head.​

Have a look at what Gemalto’s embedded Secure Element smart chip is all about in the video below.

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Galaxy S8 Tip: How to shoot 4K video

By default, the recently-released Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ record video in Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 30fps. However, both handsets are more than capable of shooting in gorgeous 4K UHD (3840×2160) — and with a few quick taps on the screen, you can do just that.

Here’s how:

Step 1: Open the Camera application.

Step 2: Tap the Settings icon in the upper-right corner.

Step 3: Select Video Size.

Step 4: Change the option from FHD to UHD.

That’s all there is to it. As always, if you happen to find yourself in a bit of a pickle while following any of the aforementioned steps, let us know in the comments section below (or over on Facebook and Twitter). Otherwise, be sure to check out our other Galaxy S8 tips and tricks.

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