Galaxy S7 Oreo update rolling out in South Korea

You would expect Samsung to offer consumers in its home country faster software support than anywhere else in the world, but that’s not how the company does it. Samsung prefers turning consumers in some other country into guinea pigs to test major new software updates before pushing them out in South Korea and other markets. For the Galaxy S7 Oreo update, Samsung chose the United Kingdom as the test bed. The update was halted temporarily before being...

Samsung Pay in India adds support for Freecharge wallet

Since the launch of the Samsung Pay in India, the company has been aggressively adding more and more features to make the mobile payment solution more useful and universal. In the recent past, Samsung Pay in India has gained support for third-party wallets, UPI transactions, bill payments, rewards, etc.- all of which made Samsung Pay even more compelling in the Indian market. Continuing its aggressive...

Samsung rated as the seventh most valuable brand by Forbes

Samsung Electronics has secured the seventh rank in the ‘World’s Most Valuable Brands 2018’ list released by Forbes magazine. It’s three spots higher than what Samsung scored last year. Samsung’s arch-rival, Apple, topped the list once again. According to the Forbes’ study, Samsung registered a brand value of $47.6 billion, up 25 percent from last year’s $38.2 billion. This pushed Samsung from the 10th rank last year to the 7th spot this year. For...

Wear OS needs Samsung more than Samsung needs Wear OS

We exclusively reported not too long ago that Samsung is working on a new smartwatch that it may launch as the Gear S4 later this year. The company is certainly due to launch a new smartwatch in the coming months but recent reports have suggested that the company might be considering some major changes for its smartwatch lineup. The reports started with a trademark filing which revealed that Samsung could ditch the “Gear” branding for its smartwatches...

Samsung Galaxy Wide 3 entry-level handset launched in South Korea

Exactly a year after it launched the Galaxy Wide 2, SK Telecom has announced the launch of its successor, aptly called the Galaxy Wide 3. This handset, like its predecessor, is exclusive to SK Telecom in Samsung’s home country. It’s an entry-level smartphone that’s meant for a specific section of the market. SK Telecom mentioned in its press release that the handset’s predecessors have done well in...

Samsung will put Bixby on all of its devices by 2020

Samsung’s artificial intelligence-powered digital assistant Bixby isn’t going away any time soon. The company has big plans for the assistant which extend far beyond its limited availability on its flagship smartphones. The company recently said that it would put Bixby on its home appliances such as ovens and robot cleaners in the coming years and now the head of Samsung’s AI efforts has said that the company will actually ship Bixby on each and...

Three reasons why the Galaxy A6+ is better than the Galaxy A8+

The Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ took us by surprise when they were announced, revealing Samsung’s plans to take elements of both its mid-range A series and budget J series phones and mixing them to create something that’s different from anything we have seen from the company in recent memory. What hasn’t changed is that the Plus model has the upper hand in a few key areas as far as the specs are concerned, making the Galaxy A6+ more attractive than...