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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...