Samsung Galaxy A50s hands-on impressions

This year, Samsung clearly wants to get as many sales for each new budget or mid-range phone in a short amount of time before moving on and whipping up a new budget or mid-ranger just a few months down the line. Among the first devices that strategy has produced is the Galaxy A50s, which was made official in late August, six months after the Galaxy A50. What Samsung is doing is simple: Taking features...

Galaxy Note 10 display cutout can now mimic a notification LED

Since the Galaxy S10 didn’t come with a notification LED, it was hardly surprising when the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ didn’t either. However, there were a few third-party apps that allowed the area that lights up around the front camera cutout to essentially mimic that behavior. You’ll notice that the ring around the cutout illuminates when you switch between the front and rear cameras. Many...

Galaxy Note 10 game streaming app is out in the US and South Korea

Samsung’s PlayGalaxy Link app just went live in the US and South Korea. PlayGalaxy Link was first unveiled along with the Galaxy Note 10 series and, as yet, the service is limited to Samsung’s latest flagships. It’s also in beta, for the time being, but availability will expand to more countries and other Galaxy smartphone models “soon.” To be precise, the Windows 10 app can be downloaded and installed...

Samsung vice chairman visits R&D hub amid rising uncertainties

In his first public appearance since the Supreme Court ruling last month, Samsung Electronics vice-chairman and heir apparent, Lee Jae-yong, visited Samsung Research, the company’s R&D hub, in Seoul today. According to media reports, the purpose of the visit was to discuss the company’s strategy on future technologies amid rising uncertainties. Lee reportedly discussed developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), robots,...

Samsung will give you one discounted Galaxy Fold screen replacement

A discounted Galaxy Fold screen replacement sounds about just the right kind of incentive for a device that got off to a rocky start. Samsung delayed the device’s launch in April this year due to concerns about the display’s durability. It has since made significant improvements to enhance the panel’s durability but some might still be apprehensive. Customers who pick up Samsung’s most expensive smartphone can rest assured that they won’t have to...

SideSync is officially shutting down, replaced by Samsung Flow

Samsung is officially shutting down SideSync. Signs of this happening first emerged in October last year when SideSync was replaced with Samsung Flow on the Galaxy S9 series. Now the company is going to pull the plug on SideSync across the board, and users who will want to share their notifications and mirror their smartphone’s screen to a computer will continue to do so using Samsung Flow instead. SideSync...

Samsung launches the Galaxy A50s and A30s in India

As suggested in the recent teasers, Samsung has launched the Galaxy A50s and A30s in India today. Both these mid-range devices were unveiled by the company last month itself, but pricing and availability information was not revealed at the time of the announcement. India is one of the first markets to get these new models from Samsung. The Galaxy A50s is a slightly upgraded version of the existing...

Daily Deal: 10% off Samsung’s Evo Select 512GB MicroSD

Samsung’s Evo Select microSD cards are suitable for high-performance tasks like saving your photos and processing 4K UHD videos thanks to their fast read and write speeds (up to 100MB/s & 60MB/s respectively). This makes them very suitable for smartphones and DSLRs. You can now get the 512GB version at 10% of its already great price. If you’re looking to extend your storage now is a good time to get a couple of extra microSD cards in. They also...

[Poll] Are you going to buy the Galaxy Fold?

Yes, it’s time for that same question again, one that we had initially asked you in April this year. The Galaxy Fold was then delayed due to some issues but it has now risen like a phoenix from the ashes. Samsung is finally making the device available for purchase. It’s out already in South Korea and will be released in countries across Europe on September 18. The Galaxy Fold will also go on sale in the United States before the end of this month. The...

Galaxy M30, Galaxy J6 get September security update

Two more Galaxy devices are now being updated with the September 2019 security patch. A new software update is rolling out to the Galaxy M30 in Brazil and to the Galaxy J6 in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and both updates include the latest Android security patch. It’s currently unknown if there are any new features or notable changes in the update other than the security enhancements, but...