SamMobile Daily Recap: September 22, 2017 — Bixby Voice, Galaxy Note 8 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 Samsung starts rolling out Bixby Voice in India Business Forbes names Samsung Group among top five influential...

Watchface Friday: Here’s our selection 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...

Check out a few Galaxy Note 8 Live Focus camera samples

The Galaxy Note 8 is Samsung’s first smartphone with a dual camera. It happens to be one of the Galaxy Note 8’s biggest selling points. There’s a lot that you can do with a dual camera system. For example, you can add DSLR-like bokeh effects to your photos through Samsung’s Live Focus feature, and change the amount of background blur even after taking a picture. For the most part, Live Focus works...

How to reactivate Bixby button on Galaxy smartphones

Samsung launched its AI-powered digital voice assistant with the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+. It even added a dedicated hardware button for summoning Bixby. A lot of people were left unimpressed by Bixby and many of them wanted to an option to either remap the Bixby button to open some other app or to disable it completely. Samsung did not offer an option to disable or remap the Bixby button for...

Samsung starts rolling out Bixby Voice in India

Samsung has finally started rolling out Bixby Voice in India. The South Korean smartphone brand had unveiled its AI-powered digital voice assistant with the Galaxy S8 and S8+, but its rollout was delayed. It was first released in South Korea and the US. Later, the company rolled out Bixby Voice for US English speaking consumers in 200 countries across the globe, but it did not include India. Earlier...

Daily Deal: Bag yourself a pair of Samsung’s first-generation Gear Icon X wireless earphones for 30% off

You can currently bag yourself a pair of Samsung’s first-generation Gear Icon X wireless earbuds, which not only sport 4GB of storage for music playback, but also bundle real-time voice feedback for workout progress, for $139.99 (30% off). To take advantage of the promotion, all you need to do is hit the Buy Now button below. It would probably be wise to hurry though, as we don’t know how much inventory Amazon set aside for this particular...

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) review: A beautiful phone with substandard performance

The first-generation Galaxy J7 was released in June 2015, and now, two years later, we get to test the 2017 variant of the entry-level device. The Galaxy J7 (2017) features a premium metal build, just like the Galaxy J5 (2017) we recently reviewed, and pairs it with a big Super AMOLED display. Last year, we called the battery on the J7 (2016) ‘’mind-bogglingly impressive.’ This year’s J7 has an even...