الثلاثاء، 27 نوفمبر 2018

Galaxy Note 9 One UI (Pie) beta program registration open in the US!

Here it comes, folks. Samsung has opened up the One UI (Android Pie) beta program to Galaxy Note 9 owners in the US. Before you get excited, let’s just say that the company is now allowing users of the unlocked model to register for the beta. The actual update is yet to start rolling out, although that should change soon enough.

Registrations now open for Galaxy Note 9 Pie beta

According to XDA Developers, the signup process is available for Sprint and Verizon users using an unlocked Galaxy Note 9. The registration process remains the same as the Galaxy S9’s. Just open the Samsung+ app and you should see a banner saying “One UI with Android 9.0 on Galaxy Note9.” Click on it, then tap the register option. Naturally, you will have to be logged in to your Samsung account for this. Slots will be limited as usual, so don’t delay if you want to test One UI and Android Pie ahead of its official release next year.

The Galaxy Note 9 Android Pie beta is likely to come to South Korea and Germany as well, as beta Android 9 firmware for both countries exist on Samsung’s servers. There’s no telling when it will happen, though. The same goes for the second phase of Samsung’s Galaxy S9 beta program, which kicked off in mid-November and is yet to receive any further updates after the initial release. The best one can

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No one knows the date for phase two of the Galaxy S9 Android Pie beta program

Recently, we have been getting many comments and emails asking when the Galaxy S9 Android Pie beta program will start in countries like the UK and India. And our answer is: No one knows. That’s the disappointing truth, and this is how it has worked with previous betas as well. Samsung has never offered a concrete date for any beta release or expansion. Most info that has come out has been through the company’s untrustworthy customer care representatives.

Samsung isn’t saying anything about its expansion plans

The second phase of the Pie beta program will be launched for China, Poland, Spain, and France, in addition to India and the UK. Samsung may also include the Galaxy Note 9 in the beta program with the second phase, although it would technically be phase one for the Galaxy Note 9. Again, no one knows when beta access will be expanded to the phase two countries. Samsung launched the second phase of the Android Oreo beta program a month after its initial release last year, and it may very well be similar for Pie.

All we can do is hope Samsung picks up the pace in the coming days. It has said the public release of Android Pie will come in January for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9, so there are only two months or so remaining if the end of January is Samsung’s target. Of course, it’s also worth mentioning that the January time frame is likely to be for the countries where the beta program was launched. Other countries may have to wait longer, possibly until March, although this is also speculation on our part.

Don’t forget to check out our ongoing coverage of features and changes Android Pie and Samsung’s One UI will bring. If you’re already using the beta, tell us your personal experience and thoughts by voting in this poll.

Galaxy S9

  • Model: SM-G960F
  • Dimensions: 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5mm
  • Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
  • CPU: Exynos 9810
  • Camera: 12 MP, CMOS OIS (F1.5/F2.4)
More specifications

Galaxy S9+

  • Model: SM-G965F
  • Dimensions: 157.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
  • Display: 6.2” (158.1mm) Super AMOLED
  • CPU: Exynos 9810
  • Camera: 12 MP, CMOS Dual OIS (F1.5/F2.4) & Telephoto: 12MP AF F2.4)
More specifications

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Samsung is reportedly investing $40 million in Niantic for Galaxy-exclusive games

According to a report in The Inquirer, Samsung is reportedly investing £31 million (~$40 million) in Niantic, creator of Ingress and Pokémon Go, for Galaxy-exclusive games. The deal supposedly involves pre-loading Niantic’s games on Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and may be announced in the next few weeks according to a source quoted in the report.

The main attraction of the deal, the report says, is an exclusive Harry Potter game which will use Samsung’s S-Pen as a magic wand. Interestingly, Niantic has already announced Harry Potter: Wizards Unite AR (Augmented Reality) game for 2019. The $40 million investment seems small by the industry standards to acquire exclusive rights of a popular franchise like Harry Potter, so it’s possible the Galaxy-exclusive game will merely be a timed exclusive with additional features and optimizations rather than a different title altogether.

Follows Samsung’s recent collaboration with Epic Games for Fortnite

The deal is said to also cover Niantic’s location-based Ingress game but not Pokemon Go as it’s “super protective of that franchise.” Niantic was apparently reluctant to make the deal happen without a substantial investment from Samsung. After deliberations, the companies eventually arrived at the $40 million investment proposal. The deal seems to be driven by Samsung’s desire to differentiate its Galaxy smartphones from other Android brands, while for Niantic, it is about raising money for the planned IPO.

The deal, if and when announced, will not be a complete surprise, given Samsung’s recent collaboration with Epic Games for the exclusive launch of Fortnite on Android on Galaxy smartphones. Though the exclusivity lasted for only a few days, Samsung continues to bank on the appeal of Fortnite to market the Galaxy Note 9 through various Fortnite-themed marketing campaigns.

However, none of this seemed to have any perceptible difference on the performance of Samsung’s smartphone division so far if we go by the recent quarterly results. Fortnite is undoubtedly the biggest gaming title in recent years, and if it can’t drive sales for Samsung, it is doubtful other games can.

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Samsung’s entry-level Galaxy M smartphone surfaces on Geekbench

Samsung’s plan of shaking up its mid-range and budget smartphone lineups has started picking up the pace. A new Galaxy M series of smartphones are expected to replace the current crop of the Galaxy J, On and C series next year. Few weeks ago, we also exclusively reported about two Galaxy M phones that Samsung is working on. We later received exclusive information about a third (and lower-end) Galaxy M device with model number SM-M105F.

That device has surfaced on Geekbench today. This follows a benchmark for another of the M series phones (the SM-M205F), which was spotted on both Geekbench and AnTuTu last week.

Another Galaxy M smartphone shows up in benchmark

sm-m105f benchmark

The Geekbench listing for the SM-M105F (possibly named Galaxy M10) mentions an Exynos 7870 processor with 3GB of RAM. It is the same processor Samsung uses in most of its budget smartphones. The SM-M105F will run Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box, and that’s possibly because it will come out before the Galaxy S10, which is obviously going to be the first Galaxy device with Android 9 Pie out of the box.

While the Geekbench listing doesn’t reveal anything more about the SM-M105F, we expect it to be available with dual-SIM support. Storage options will include 16GB and 32GB. And since it is a budget phone, Samsung could also opt for an LCD display panel and save some production cost just to revive its struggling smartphone business.

Samsung is also working on a new Galaxy A series of budget smartphones. Devices with model numbers SM-A305F and SM-A505F are currently in development. You can read more about the upcoming Galaxy A and Galaxy M phones here.

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[Poll] How are you liking the Galaxy S9 Android Pie beta?

It has been nearly two weeks since the Galaxy S9 One UI (Android Pie) beta program has been live in South Korea, Germany, and the US. Samsung doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to expand the beta program to more countries, which is slightly worrying given the company has said the final Pie update will be released in January for both the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9. But that’s a worry for later–Samsung has never been known to be timely with major Android upgrades anyway.

We have been using Android Pie since the beta program kicked off, and we have to say it works quite well even on the first test build. One UI, despite looking like a substantial change compared to Samsung’s UI on Android Oreo, works in a mostly similar way, even though some of the interface changes might prove to be divisive. And performance and battery life have also been pretty good. Of course, there are some bugs here and there, but the overall experience makes us excited for the final version of Android 9 Pie.

So now we pose the question to you: How are you liking the Android Pie beta? Are you liking what you’re seeing, do you think there’s room for improvement, or are you wondering what the drama is all about? Whatever your opinion, tell us by voting in the poll below and expanding on your thoughts in the comments section!

How are you liking the Galaxy S9 Android Pie beta?
Results

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First Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark looks promising

The first Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark appeared online today. The SM-G975F model of Samsung’s upcoming flagship has surfaced on AnTuTu. It’s internally referred to as “beyond2” and may be branded as the Galaxy S10+ when it’s released.

Samsung’s Exynos 9820 processor will power the Galaxy S10. Samsung officially announced it two weeks ago. It features a fourth-generation custom processor, an LTE Advanced Pro modem and a separate neural processing unit for artificial intelligence tasks.

First Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark

The specs of the device used to run this benchmark include a 6.4-inch 2280×1080 pixel resolution display. The display resolution shouldn’t alarm you. The test units used to run benchmarks often don’t give the full picture about the rest of the specs.

The Exynos 9820 processor is coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. That’s within expectations. There’s also the Mali-G76 MP12 graphics processor which promises a 40 percent improvement in performance compared to the Galaxy S9’s Exynos 9810. Samsung did not reveal the processor frequency of the Exynos 9820 when it unveiled the chip. The highest frequency clocked in this benchmark was 2.7GHz. Whether or not this will be the final frequency remains to be seen.

This Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark scored 325,076 points on AnTuTu. It’s slightly higher than Huawei’s Kirin 980 chip which scored 309,628 on the Mate 20 Pro. Exynos 9820 is based on Samsung’s 8nm LPP FinFET processor with two custom CPU cores. Therefore, Samsung has said that it delivers 20 percent single-core and 15 percent multi-core performance gain.

Furthermore, there will likely be some difference in the figures between the Exynos and Snapdragon variants of the Galaxy S10. Samsung will ship the device in select markets like China and the United States with the Snapdragon 8150 processor instead.

The first Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark shows that it will deliver the performance gains that are expected of it. We’ll be seeing more of these benchmarks in the days to come as Samsung ramps up testing for its next flagship smartphone.

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One UI (Android Pie) feature focus: Navigation button gestures

A nifty alternative for software navigation keys that Samsung introduced with the Galaxy A7 (2018) is becoming a standard feature with Android Pie. With Samsung adopting software navigation keys for all devices, there are going to be many complaints about those keys taking up useful screen estate. And that’s where navigation button gestures in Android 9 come in.

Replace navigation keys with gestures

On Android Nougat and Oreo, Galaxy phones come with an option to temporarily hide the navigation bar using an extra button next to the home, back, and recents navigation keys. This option is being replaced by Full screen gestures, which requires you to swipe up from the bottom of the screen to go back, go to the home screen, or access the recent apps screen. Basically, you swipe up where these buttons would be placed if the navigation bar wasn’t hidden. To help you get used to the gestures, you can enable gesture hints to see where you would need to swipe up for each of the navigation key actions.

android pie full screen gestures

And these gestures are easy to get used to, if we may say so ourselves. Plus, even when the navigation bar is hidden, you can change the order of the back and recents keys. If you’re running the Android Pie beta on your Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9+, you can find the Full screen gestures option in the Display » Navigation bar section of the Settings app.

Do try it out and let us know whether you will be using these gestures or if you prefer the standard navigation keys. Also see more of what you can expect from Android Pie and One UI on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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