[Poll] How often are you using AR Emoji on the Galaxy S9?

AR Emoji was one of the least exciting features that debuted on the Galaxy S9, at least if we go by the kind of reaction our readers have had. Samsung made a brilliant move teaming up with Disney to bring its famous characters to AR Emoji and has been releasing new stickers for the feature in general, but it’s unclear if any of those have actually made people care more about creating emojis of their...

Gear S4 wireless charger certified, confirms model numbers

It’s no secret that Samsung has a couple of new smartwatches in the pipeline. We exclusively revealed a few months back that the Gear S4 has entered development and that Samsung is testing the LTE variants of this smartwatch in the United States. We have also revealed additional information about the smartwatch such as its model numbers. The Gear S4 wireless charger has now received its certification...

Samsung loses another patent battle; asked to pay $400 million in damages

Adding to Samsung’s mounting defeats in patent disputes, a federal jury in Texas, USA has found Samsung guilty of infringing a patent owned by the licensing arm of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, a premier research university in South Korea. The jury has asked Samsung to cough up $400 million in damages – a verdict which Samsung has pledged to appeal. Apart from Samsung, Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries were also found guilty...

Cheer for your favorite World Cup team with AR Emoji Football Edition on the Galaxy S9

Samsung’s cashing in on the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the Football Edition of AR Emoji for the Galaxy S9. Well, maybe not cashing in, as it’s a free app, but it’s a nice way for the company to promote AR Emoji. AR Emoji Football Edition lets you create a regular AR Emoji likeness of your face and put the flag of your chosen team or something like a football on top, then creates a few different GIFs...

Samsung moving GPU development in-house won’t surprise anyone

Samsung already makes many of the components that go into its smartphones in-house. The company uses its own processor, modem, memory, storage, battery, display, camera, etc solutions but has to rely on ARM’s Mali for graphics cores for its Exynos processors because the company doesn’t make GPUs in-house. Some circumstantial evidence has surfaced this week which has led to reports suggesting that the company has started developing its own graphics...

Daisy Duck and Goofy now a part of the Galaxy S9’s AR Emoji

Samsung is expanding its repertoire of Disney characters for AR Emoji on the Galaxy S9 today with Daisy Duck and Goofy. These follow the release of avatars from Pixar’s Incredibles franchise a month ago, and the total count of Disney avatars available in AR Emoji is now around eleven. Samsung is clearly putting its partnership with The Walt Disney Company to good use to differentiate one of the...