Verizon Galaxy S10 gets camera Night mode with latest security update

Verizon’s latest Galaxy S10 security update comes with the dedicated camera Night mode. AT&T and Verizon released an update with the June 2019 security patch for the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ today, and it has now been confirmed that both carriers have bundled the new camera features that Samsung introduced to unlocked Exynos versions of its latest flagships a few weeks ago. The...

AI-powered ‘Samsung Mall’ shopping app bites the dust

Samsung has discontinued the Samsung Mall shopping app a year and a half after its launch. The shutdown was expected as the Korean company started notifying the app’s users since May this year that the service will no longer be available after June 30. Users opening the Samsung Mall app after June are greeted with a message about the discontinuation of the service and asking them to uninstall the...

Our Galaxy A80 video preview is up! Come check out the slider

The Galaxy A80 went on sale yesterday and we got our hands on a unit, which means that we’ve prepared an early video preview to briefly showcase some of the smartphone’s most striking features. As we mention in our preview, the Galaxy A80 is a very interesting device because it tries to play with the big boys even though it’s not technically a flagship. The most eye-catching feature of the Galaxy...

Samsung develops new On-Device NPU tech for faster, smarter AI

As Samsung is pushing further with the development of its proprietary NPUs (Neural Processing Unit), the company has created a new high-speed, low-power On-Device AI deep learning algorithm promising 4 times more energy efficiency and 8 times more performance than existing solutions. The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) detailed the new On-Device AI technology in a recent paper claiming...

Galaxy S10 series outsells its predecessor in the first quarter

The Galaxy S10 series has surpassed the Galaxy S9 in terms of sales figures for the quarter ending May 2019. According to Korean news agencies citing Counterpoint Research, Samsung managed to sell around 16 million Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ units combined. This represents a 12 percent increase over the sales figures registered by the Galaxy S9 models in the same period last year. Interestingly,...

Samsung’s CalliScan app converts handwritten notes to text

Samsung has released a new app named CalliScan in the Galaxy Store. The app converts handwritten notes to text – a feature that is already present in Bixby Vision. It’s not clear why the company released a separate app when the same functionality is already available in Bixby, particularly when it desperately wants customers to use its digital assistant. One possible reason could be that Bixby Vision...

Daily Deal: 15% off Sony Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones

If you’re commute by public transport a lot, chances are that you listen to music or watch a TV series on the way. And when you travel, you need headphones or earbuds that are comfortable to wear, sound good, and most importantly, reduce ambient noise so you’re not disturbed by whatever’s going on around you. Sony has been making high-end noise-cancelling headphones for years, and the Sony WH1000XM3 headphones are no different. The Sony WH1000XM3...

Galaxy S10 finally gets dedicated camera Night mode in the US

Galaxy S10 owners in the US can finally start taking better night-time pictures with a dedicated Night mode in the camera app, at least if they are using the device on AT&T’s network. AT&T has released the June security update for the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+, and the update includes the new Night mode and the QR scanner feature. Verizon has also released the June update with...

Samsung cuts jobs in India as prices continue to plummet

Chinese rivals have dealt a major blow to Samsung’s sales and margins across product categories in recent years. In China, the cut-throat competition and wafer-thin margins have pushed Samsung’s smartphone market share to less than 1%, forcing the company to close one of its two local manufacturing plants and cut jobs and production at the other. Now with Samsung facing similar competition in India, the company is once again compelled to assess its...

Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ get QR code scanner with July 2019 update

Samsung detailed the security patch for the month of July 2019 today. The company rolled out some camera features with last month’s update including the ability to scan QR codes using the camera app itself. That will now be possible on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ as well. The July 2019 security update has just started rolling out for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. We’ve installed it and can confirm...

Samsung monthly updates: July 2019 security patch is now ready

The list of the Samsung monthly updates has been updated today with the particulars of the July 2019 security patch. We haven’t seen the patch being rolled out to a device even before Samsung had detailed it this time around. That has happened on multiple occasions in the past. The July 2019 security patch is now ready to be rolled out. You can expect compatible devices to start receiving it in the coming days. Samsung monthly updates: July 2019...

Big win for Samsung as NVIDIA picks its 7nm process for next-gen GPU

Samsung has made no secret of the fact that it wants to offset the decline in its memory business with non-memory chips. Its foundry business already makes chips for the likes of Intel but the company has scored a big win today. NVIDIA confirmed its plans to have its next-gen GPU made on Samsung’s 7nm process. It was reported last month that NVIDIA had decided to fab its next-gen Ampere GPU architecture on Samsung’s 7nm EUV process. TSMC has long...