Wallpaper Wednesday: Oreo

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week, we’re highlighting a total of four Android Oreo-inspired backgrounds. All of the images are available in a suitable resolution for the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ and just about any other smartphone on the market. If any of the following images float your boat and you want to download and set one as your wallpaper,...

Speedo On for Gear Sport and Gear Fit2 Pro provides enhanced swim tracking features

Speedo is bringing its Speedo On swimming platform to Samsung’s wearable devices. The Speedo On app will be available on Samsung’s Gear Sport smartwatch and Gear Fit2 Pro wearable fitness tracker. Both wearable devices have been announced by Samsung today at its IFA 2017 press conference. The Speed On app is capable of measuring key swim metrics such as lap count, lap time and the type of stroke. It helps users incorporate their swim workouts in...

New Gear IconX earbuds are more comfortable, can launch Bixby

Samsung launched its Gear IconX activity tracking wireless earbuds last year. Samsung claimed that these cord-free lightweight earbuds provide a perfect fit with three different sizes of eartips and wingtips. We mentioned in our Gear IconX review that we love how they fit and feel in the ears, even though they weren’t fully ready for prime time. Samsung today announced its new Gear IconX cord-free...

Samsung launches the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band once again

It has been consistently rumored over the past couple of months that Samsung will launch a new fitness tracking band soon. The company actually published the official product page of the Gear Fit2 Pro ahead of schedule last week. The product page revealed all of the details about this device before it was eventually taken down. Samsung officially launched the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band at its IFA...

Samsung’s new Gear Sport smartwatch combines minimalistic design with military durability

Samsung has unveiled a new smartwatch today at IFA 2017 in Berlin. The Gear Sport has a stylish and minimalistic circular design with a 1.2-inch Super AMOLED 360×360 display. The user interface has been improved so that it’s easier for users to view information on the go. The Gear Sport has been built to the MIL-STD-810G standard so it’s quite durable. This means that it can survive in extreme environments....

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab A is going to be one for the kids

We know that Samsung has a successor to the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 in the pipeline. The tablet was recently spotted at TENAA which means that it will also be launched in China. It’s going to be an entry-level tablet that will be geared towards kids. The Galaxy Tab A (2017) is going to be powered by a 1.4GHz Snapdragon 427 processor coupled with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. External expansion via microSD...

Minor Samsung Gear S3 frontier update rolling out

Samsung is rolling out a new software update to the Gear S3 frontier, with the update having a single new feature that should nevertheless be useful for a lot of users. The smartwatch now supports vibration notifications for third-party messaging apps, which means notifications in apps like WhatsApp should be even easier to notice. The latest Gear S3 frontier update (a small 7 MB download) is rolling...

Galaxy Note 8 China launch expected on September 13

Samsung’s market share in China has been decreasing over the past few quarters. It’s having to deal with intense competition from local manufacturers. The company will certainly be hoping to gain more ground with its new flagship smartphone. Samsung is yet to confirm when the Galaxy Note 8 China launch is going to take place. It will certainly launch its latest and greatest phablet in the world’s most lucrative smartphone market. Precisely when it...

Galaxy A5 and A7 (2018) specs to include Infinity Display and 6GB RAM

Samsung is likely going to unveil the Galaxy A (2018) series early next year. It was recently rumored that the Galaxy A series will receive Samsung’s Infinity Display. Samsung launched the Infinity Display with the Galaxy S8 earlier this year. It has been very well received even though some customers don’t like that Samsung has repositioned the fingerprint sensor at the back to accommodate it. That’s...

Watch Samsung’s IFA 2017 live stream online at 6 pm CET

Samsung will be conducting its IFA press conference later today. The company has previously launched new Galaxy Note handsets at this event but it won’t be doing that this year. The Galaxy Note 8 has already been launched at a separate event last week. The company confirmed during last week’s event that it’s going to unveil a new smartwatch at IFA 2017. Reports suggest that it’s going to be called the Gear Sport. Samsung will also unveil a new fitness...