SamMobile Daily Recap: July 14, 2017 — Galaxy A5 (2017), Galaxy J7 (2017) and more!

We publish a lot 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. However, we think we’ve come up with a fantastic solution — a daily recap. Here’s what we published today. Bixby Bixby Voice release date for US possibly leaked Samsung has a legitimate reason to block Bixby...

Watchface Friday: Here are four of this week’s best watchfaces

It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another edition of Watchface Friday! For those unaware, every Friday, we highlight a selection of our favorite watchfaces for the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier. All of the offerings are available to download through the Galaxy Apps Store, so you can rest assured that you won’t have to search all over the Internet to find something...

Is this what the Galaxy Note 8 will look like?

Could we finally be getting a look at the, well, final version of the Galaxy Note 8? Ice universe, a leakster who has often been proven right, has published a render showing the front fascia of the Galaxy Note 8. We can’t say if this is the real deal, but given the Note 8’s design is expected to be similar to the Galaxy S8’s, can the Note 8 even look like anything else on the front? The only thing...

Video shows the impressive capabilities of Bixby Voice

Bixby Voice has been the cause of much consternation for Galaxy S8 owners. Samsung hyped it up as one of the biggest features of the new flagship and yet it wasn’t able to deliver Bixby Voice at launch. The company later delayed the feature’s release a couple of times because it wasn’t ready. Samsung launched a preview of Bixby Voice for users in the United States. The early access program enabled select Galaxy S8 owners to try out the voice functionality....

Daily Deal: Bag yourself a Gear 360 for 55% off

While stock lasts, you can bag yourself a first-generation Gear 360, a camera that’s capable of capturing 360-degree images and video, for just $159 (55% off). It’s also dust- and water-resistant, so it’s perfect for anyone who enjoys going on action-packed adventures. If you want to take advantage of this promotion, hit the Buy Now button below. We strongly advise you to hurry, though, as Amazon only has a limited amount of inventory...

Unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ get $150 discount on Groupon

Groupon is a deals site that offers great discounts on a wide variety of things. You may or may not have any use for the countless offers that are listed on its website but this particular one will certainly interest you. Groupon is offering a deal for Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone. If you’re in the United States, you can purchase the unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ for $150 off. The deal is performing very well. More than 500 units of the...

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) to get Android 7.0 update soon?

Samsung had unveiled the Galaxy A5 (2017) earlier this year running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), but it looks like the phone will soon get the Android 7.0 update. The company received Wi-Fi certification for the Galaxy A5 (2017) running Android 7.0 earlier today, which means that the South Korean smartphone giant is close to releasing the Android 7.0 (Nougat) update to the smartphone. The Galaxy A5...

Galaxy S8 performs well in unofficial user satisfaction survey

A smartphone-loving Redditor has asked 1,433 Galaxy S8 owners questions, calculated the averages of all of the responses and presented them in a series of tables for technology enthusiasts all over the world to analyze. “The ratings were generated from a total of 1,433 responses gathered from Reddit (96%); a very small amount coming from XDA Developers (3%) and Facebook (1%),” explains the Redditor, posting under the handle Awesomesauce1492. Customers...

Samsung has a legitimate reason to block Bixby button remapping, whether we like it or not

Most folks agree that the dedicated key for Bixby on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ is a nuisance. It’s not a nuisance because it gets in the way; well, it is, but the bigger reason is that at this point, Bixby doesn’t do anything useful for the vast majority of Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners. Ever since Samsung’s latest flagships were launched, many users have looked for a way to remap the Bixby button’s purpose to launching another application. Quite a...

Galaxy J7 (2017) with dual camera pictured yet again

There’s a lot of confusion these days concerning Samsung’s first dual camera smartphone. It was believed for long that this title would go to the Galaxy Note 8. However, recent developments suggest that the company might release a mid-range handset before the Galaxy Note 8 which might be its first device with a dual camera setup. The Galaxy J (2017) series was launched several months ago and all variants...

Bixby Voice release date for US possibly leaked

Samsung has made Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ owners in the United States wait for a very long time to get access to Bixby Voice. When it unveiled the new flagship in March this year, the company boasted that its new voice assistant can enable users to do everything that they can do by tapping on the display with just voice commands. However, Bixby Voice wasn’t ready so it wasn’t available at launch....

Galaxy Note Fan Edition teardown reveals that it’s just a Galaxy Note 7 with a smaller battery

After Samsung recalled the Galaxy Note 7 due to its battery problems, the company had stated that it would use the components of the problematic device to make a refurbished device. We came to know earlier this month that the refurbished variant would be called the Galaxy Note Fan Edition. The South Korean brand started selling the refurbished version in its home market last week for KRW 699,600 (or...

July 2017 security patch being rolled out to Galaxy S8 and S8+

Samsung has started rolling out the June 2017 Android security patch to the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ in a few markets, including Germany, Turkey, the UK, and the UAE. The update is available for the unlocked variants of the device, and should be rolled out to other countries soon. Apart from the latest Android security patch, the update also brings improved stability to the camera and wireless...