Daily Deal: 29% off the Samsung Galaxy A10

The Galaxy A10 is one of the most affordable smartphones Samsung released this year as part of its mid-range lineup. The A10 has an Infinity-V display with small bezels and runs Android Pie with One UI out of the box, with an Android 10 update scheduled to arrive in a few months. Right now, the device is available at a 29% discount on Amazon. If you’re looking for a phone that covers all the basics without breaking the bank, this is a deal you don’t...

New Galaxy S9 update brings November 2019 security patch

Samsung has released a new update for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in a few Asian countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The update bundles the November 2019 security patch and comes with software version G960FXXS7CSJ3 for the Galaxy S9 and G965FXXS7CSJ3 for the Galaxy S9+. The November update for the Galaxy S9/S9+ comes at the same time...

Samsung monthly updates: November 2019 security patch detailed

It’s a new month, and that means it’s time for a new Android security patch. The November 2019 security patch has now been detailed by both Google and Samsung. The November patch comes with fixes for nine critical vulnerabilities that affect the Android OS, along with fixes for 39 Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVE) items, which are vulnerabilities that only affect Samsung’s software. The November security update has already been released...

Check out these early Black Friday deals from Samsung US and UK

Black Friday is less than a month away but this hasn’t stopped Samsung from offering discounts on various products ahead of time. If you’re in the US or UK market for a new gadget, or if you’re looking for bargains ahead of the holiday shopping season then you might be in for a treat. From tablets to TVs and home appliances, Samsung’s Black Friday deals can save prospective buyers significant sums of cash. Samsung US early Black Friday deals Samsung...

Samsung layoffs reportedly continue in China as 11 branches merge into 5

A new report blew up in the Chinese media earlier today, suggesting that Samsung has decided to take further drastic actions to try and improve its situation in the Far Eastern country. The company is reportedly restructuring its offices in China and has laid off a third of its staff, according to Pandaily citing Tencent and anonymous sources. Samsung is going to merge its existing eleven branches and offices into five, claims the report. The company...

[Poll] What’s your opinion of One UI 2.0? Do you like what you see?

November 7 will mark the first anniversary One UI, the modern and intuitive user interface that can be found on all Galaxy smartphones and tablets running Android Pie and on Samsung’s latest wearables. It brought a major overhaul to the look and feel of the software on Samsung devices, along with plenty of new features. Samsung has added new features with minor upgrades to One UI since then, and the latest stable version of One UI is 1.5, as seen...

Samsung AI Forum kicks off with a powerful on-device AI translator demo

Samsung AI Forum 2019 kicked off earlier today at the Samsung Electronics R&D campus in Seoul. This year, the event accommodates more than 1,700 attendees and various experts from the field of artificial intelligence who will be discussing deep learning, natural language processing, and other facets of AI. The event began earlier today with a demonstration of force. The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) revealed an on-device AI...

New Samsung flip phone (W20 5G) for China may just be a Galaxy Fold

Samsung’s next flip phone for the Chinese market may just end up being a Galaxy Fold with 5G connectivity. Yes, the W20 5G, teasers for which made it seem like it’s a foldable phone, could be the Galaxy Fold 5G, at least if we’re to believe the Wireless Power Consortium. The model number SM-W2020 should technically belong to this year’s version of Samsung’s flip phone series for China, but the WPC...

Daily Deal: 82% off these HDMI cables

HDMI cables are a useful accessory to have around the house. You can use them to hook up your computer or gaming console to the big screen, and if you’ve got the right adapter, even your mobile devices. To get the best quality, it’s good to invest in durable HDMI cables that are able to last for a while. These cables come with a braided cord that will last much longer than standard plastic cables, so there’s little risk of them fraying. At 82% off...

Galaxy Note 10’s PC game streaming app now works with the Galaxy S10

PlayGalaxy Link, the game streaming app that lets Galaxy Note 10 owners play PC games on their phone over a mobile or Wi-Fi connection, now supports the Galaxy S10 series. Version 1.0.5 of the PlayGalaxy Link app, which is currently in beta, has been released with support for the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, and Galaxy S10 5G and a few other changes, as seen in the screenshot below. However,...

Galaxy A51 to have ‘L-shaped’ quad camera setup, reveal leaked images

The Galaxy A51 may come with a quad rear camera setup, according to a leak that purports to show the internals of the device. Published by 91Mobiles, one of the images shows an L-shaped cutout in the top left corner of the device, and the publication believes this cutout will hold four camera sensors. If that is true, the A51 would be the first Galaxy smartphone with its camera sensors placed in such...

Samsung moving away from custom CPU cores for its Exynos processors

There were reports online last month that Samsung is moving away from designing custom CPU cores for its Exynos processors and has laid off the entire team behind the project at its R&D Center in Austin. The company has now confirmed this news through a WARN letter filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. According to the letter, which is a regulatory requirement under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that mandates employers...

Curve adds support for Samsung Pay, makes it compatible with all cards

Curve has added support for Samsung Pay in the United Kingdom. Described as an “over-the-top banking platform,” Curve consolidates all of your credit and debit cards into a single Curve card. Since that Curve card can now be used with Samsung Pay, any and all underlying cards linked to it can thus be used to make payments using Samsung Pay. All users have to do is just register their Curve card in the Samsung Pay app. Once that’s done, they can link...

Galaxy A50 November security update released in Europe and the US

The Galaxy A50 is now receiving an update with the November 2019 security patch. The update is rolling out for the unlocked variant in the US and in more than 20 markets in Europe, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, the UK, Bulgaria, Spain, Hungary, Switzerland, and Poland. The update for the US comes with software version A505U1UES3ASJ3 and the one released in Europe has software version A505FNXXS2ASK1. The considerably wide rollout of...