Galaxy A5 (2018) and Galaxy A7 (2018) certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance

The upcoming Galaxy A5 (2018) and Galaxy A7 (2018) have been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. This news comes less than a week after both of the handsets made a pitstop at the Federal Communication Commission in the United States—so it’s likely they will hit the shelves in the region in the not-too-distant future. Related: Galaxy A5 (2018) makes an appearance at the FCC Recent leaks and rumors...

Galaxy C7 is being updated to Android 7.0 Nougat in China

The Android Nougat update has been hitting a slew of mid-range and budget Samsung smartphones recently, more than two months after Android 8.0 Oreo made its public debut, and the update has begun making its way to the Galaxy C7 this week. The update comes as a 1141 MB download over the air and bumps the phone’s build number up to C7000ZCU2BQJ6. Unfortunately, it looks like Samsung isn’t offering...

Themes Thursday: Here are this week’s hottest themes

It’s Thursday, which means that it’s time for another exciting  edition of our weekly Themes Thursday segment. This week, a number of new themes found their way onto the Store. Unfortunately, they aren’t all worth of your attention, because the majority are priced too high. If I had to choose my favourite new theme in today’s column, it would be Snowfall. Although it’s priced at $1.99,...

SamMobile Daily Recap: November 16, 2017 — Bixby Voice, Galaxy S8 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 for Samsung TVs possibly launching soon Bixby Voice Chinese support goes live on November 30 Business Samsung...

Marriott teams up with Samsung to showcase the ‘hotel room of the future’

Marriott International, the world’s largest lodging firm, has teamed up with Legrand and Samsung to showcase what the “hotel room of the future” could look like—and truth be told, it’s making us want to sell up and move into the suite (until our money inevitably runs out). The IoT Guestroom Lab—located in Marriott’s Innovation Lab at its corporate headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland—is decked out with a number of Samsung’s IoT appliances, including...

Samsung Pay updated with support for Banco Bradesco in Brazil

Samsung Pay has been updated with support for Banco Bradesco, one of the largest financial institutions in Brazil, bringing it in line with competitors Banco do Brasil, Banco Inter, Banrisul, Caixa Econômica Federal, Porto Seguro, Santander and Neon. We should point out, however, that even though Samsung released the upgrade on Thursday, it can take up to a week to reach your handset—but as soon as it does, you’ll be able to start making contactless...

Samsung promotes 99 executives in chip-making unit

Samsung has promoted a total of 221 executives—118 vice presidents, 60 senior vice presidents, 27 executive vice presidents, 15 masters and one fellow—with 99 of them coming from its lucrative chip business, revealed The Korea Herald on Thursday, November 16. “The promotion of 99 executives reaffirmed the firm’s personnel principles thoroughly based on performance,” said a Samsung spokesperson. “Within the chip unit, more than 50% of promotions came...

Samsung crushing memory chip rivals with massive spending

Samsung’s components business has proven to be a veritable cash cow for the conglomerate. The company already accounts for almost half of the global DRAM market. This is a position that it certainly wants to hold on to. As smaller rivals position themselves to take on Samsung, the company wants to effectively crush them with a massive surge in spending. According to market analyst IC Insights, Samsung’s plan to maintain its dominance in this key...

Leaked images of SM-W2018 vs SM-W2017 exhibit finesse

We exclusively reported last year that Samsung was working on a new high-end flip phone for China. The SM-W2017 was then unveiled by the company in November. We’ve seen a lot of leaked images of the handset’s successor recently. The apparent changes suggest that the flagship flip phone has gone through a process of refinement. Leaked images of SM-W2018 vs SM-W2017 The leaked images of the SM-W2018...

Bixby Voice Chinese support goes live on November 30

Samsung initially had to delay Bixby’s launch in China following revisions to local cybersecurity laws. The company expanded Bixby Voice to more than 200 countries across the globe in August this year, China included. The assistant only supports English and Korean languages right now. Samsung has been working on adding support for the Chinese language. With the beta that it launched a couple of weeks...

Galaxy S7 November security patch rolling out now

Samsung has now started rolling out the Galaxy S7 November security patch. The firmware update is being rolled out for the unbranded Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in the Netherlands. These are the first handsets in the country to receive the November security patch from Samsung. The update weighs in at just under 20MB. That’s not surprising, given that this firmware update doesn’t bring anything else...

Samsung revamping its strategy to target Xiaomi in India

The latest market data published by IDC reveals that Xiaomi has made it to the top of the Indian smartphone market. The company is tied with Samsung with 23.5 percent share of the Indian smartphone market. This is troubling for Samsung as it has long been the dominant player in the country. It may only be a matter of time before Xiaomi overtakes Samsung in India. According to a new report, Samsung is now revamping its strategy to particularly target...

AT&T releases October security update for the Galaxy Note 8

AT&T has released last month’s Security Maintenance Update, which addresses a number of vulnerabilities in Samsung’s modified build of the open-source Android operating system, for its carrier-branded variant of the Galaxy Note 8. Related: Samsung details contents of October security patch The main purpose of the upgrade, according to Samsung, is to implement a patch for the KRACK vulnerability, which—if not addressed—makes it possible for...