Samsung Music app updated with Android 10, Android Auto support

Samsung’s official music app for Galaxy devices has been updated today with support for the latest version of Android and Android Auto. It’s unclear why Samsung mentions Android 10 support, as Samsung Music worked on Android 10 before today’s update. It didn’t, however, work with Android Auto, but that will no longer be a concern. Once you fire up Android Auto on your phone, you can tap the music...

[Update: 5G variant] Galaxy Fold gets the November security update

Samsung has released a new update for the Galaxy Fold. The update brings the November 2019 security patch to the LTE variant of the foldable device in France and should be rolling out in other countries soon. Just how soon Samsung will release the update for the 5G variant remains to be seen; the company has been quite flippant in supporting the Galaxy Fold as well as it should be given the price tag, and only time will tell if things will change. The...

Breaking: Galaxy Note 9 Android 10 beta program live in Korea

Samsung is keeping to its word of launching the Galaxy Note 9 One UI 2.0 beta program this week: Note 9 owners in Korea can now sign up to test Android 10. The first beta update for the device is already available for download in the country, and users will be able to get it once they have signed up for the beta program in the Samsung Members app by clicking the One UI 2.0 beta banner. Developing… The...

Samsung hits 2-year high DRAM market share in Q3, bumps up revenue

Although overall sales in the DRAM market have declined – particularly in the first half of the year – and Samsung Electronics could lose its top spot in the semiconductor business to Intel by the end of 2019, the company still managed to increase its DRAM market share throughout Q3 2019, according to a recent report by The Korea Herald citing DRAMeXchange. The so-called NAND flash and DRAM boom ended a few quarters ago and sales continued to...

Samsung Galaxy Match helps you pick the right phone on Black Friday

Samsung Brazil has launched a dedicated webpage for Black Friday called Galaxy Match, designed to help prospective buyers determine which Galaxy smartphone model would best suit their needs. The online interactive tool lets you answer five questions about what you expect out of your Galaxy device, and then shows a recommendation based on your criteria. Not sure which smartphone to buy on Black Friday? Galaxy Match might help Are you a power user...

Samsung could lose top spot in semiconductor business to Intel this year

It’s been a tough year for Samsung’s semiconductor business as DRAM and NAND flash sales have slowed down. A couple of months ago, analysts were predicting Samsung’s Q3 2019 operating profits to fall by 60%, and now, according to new bits of information passed along by The Korea Herald, Samsung might relinquish its number one spot to Intel by the end of the year. Intel’s computer chip business to propel the company at the top Citing IC Insights,...

How do I find out what model my Samsung phone is?

You may never have paid much attention to Samsung phone model numbers but it doesn’t hurt to know the one for your device. Knowing the exact model number of your Samsung phone can come in handy when looking to get support for the device. It’s also useful in keeping track of the firmware updates that are sent out for your phone. This is especially useful for those who are new to the brand. They should...

Daily Deal: 13% off Samsung Wireless Charging Dock for Galaxy/Gear smartwatches

We have brought you plenty of deals on smartwatches, but what about those cute little wireless charging cradles that you require to charge those smartwatches? As with every mobile device, you get only one charger in the box when you buy a smartwatch, and you can’t really plug them into any charger with a USB cable like you can plug in a smartphone. That means it can be handy to have an extra charger for your watch so you don’t have to carry a single...

Samsung hopes to emulate Apple success in the services business

With stagnating hardware sales and declining profit margins, Samsung is reportedly looking at services as a growth avenue. The Korean company apparently hopes to emulate Apple’s $50bn-a-year success in the services business in the coming years. The news comes from a report in The Financial Times, which quotes an unnamed senior executive at the Samsung campus in Suwon, South Korea. “Now we are at the stage where we are trying to package these major...

Galaxy Note 10 One UI 2.0 beta program no longer open for registrations

It was revealed a few days back that Samsung would stop taking registrations for the Galaxy S10 One UI 2.0 beta program starting this week, and the company has now stopped taking registrations for the Galaxy Note 10 beta as well. Samsung’s beta team revealed this in the Samsung Community forums in Korea, just a day after both the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy S10 received new Android 10 beta updates. Is...

Galaxy S8 to get Android 10 update after all?

Samsung’s customer care reps are doing it again and raising hopes that a Galaxy flagship may actually end up getting a third major Android OS upgrade. A disgruntled Galaxy S8 owner reached out to Samsung customer care to ask why their phone will not be getting updated to Android 10 and was told that the Android 10 update is planned for the device. The customer rep did not provide any further info, and given the poor track record Samsung’s customer...