Galaxy Note 9 Android 10 beta program live in India, coming soon to the US

The Android 10-based One UI 2.0 beta program for the Galaxy Note 9 has been launched in India today and will soon be coming to the US as well. The Note 9’s One UI 2.0 beta debuted in the UK and South Korea last week, and earlier today, the One UI 2.0 beta was also released for the Galaxy S9 in India and South Korea. At this time, it’s unclear if the Note 9 or S9 betas will be expanding to markets...

[Poll] So, um, anyone liking the Galaxy S11 as seen in leaked images?

The Galaxy S11’s official unveiling may be a few months away, but leaked renders over the last few days have given us a fairly good idea of what the three Galaxy S11 models will look like. The source of these leaks has often been correct in the past, having pretty accurately revealed the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10’s design months before either series was announced, so there’s a high chance that...

Breaking: Galaxy S9 Android 10 beta program starts in India, South Korea

Samsung has kicked off the One UI 2.0 beta program for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. The beta is currently available in India and South Korea, where users of either device can sign up for the beta from the Samsung Members app. The Android 10 beta has also been released for the Galaxy Note 9 in India, exactly a week after it was launched in the UK and South Korea. Once you have enrolled in the beta...

PlayGalaxy Link will be out on the Galaxy Fold, S9, Note 9, A90 next month

Samsung is going to make the PlayGalaxy Link beta available to more devices in December, including the Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy A90, and the Galaxy Fold. PlayGalaxy Link is a streaming app that lets you stream your games from your PC to your smartphone and play them remotely over a Wi-Fi or mobile network (4G or 5G). While it is already possible to stream your video games from your PC to your Galaxy device using PlayGalaxy Link’s underlying...

Samsung Display regains industry top spot in Q3 thanks to AMOLED

Samsung Display is once again the largest display supplier for the mobile industry after the company lost the title to BOE Technology near the end of 2018. However, as more OEMs continued adopting AMOLED solutions for their 2019 smartphones, Samsung Display regained its top spot as the industry’s biggest player. This is according to a Gizmochina report citing IHS Markit, which reveals that Samsung...

Leaked Galaxy S11+ renders hint at five rear cameras in a bonkers layout

There has been a lot of discussion about the unexpected camera layout of the Galaxy S11. Unofficial CAD renders of the Galaxy S11e and Galaxy S11 gave us our first look at it last week. Renders of the Galaxy S11+ have been leaked online by the same source today. As if that wasn’t enough shock and awe, the Galaxy S11+ appears to have an absolutely bonkers camera layout. It’s unlike anything that we...

Where are Samsung phones made? It’s not where you think

Samsung is the biggest smartphone vendor on the planet. Data from multiple industry trackers showed that the company shipped nearly 300 million units just last year. As you can probably imagine, a vast manufacturing network is required to pump out over a quarter of a billion devices every year. The company has factories in several countries across the globe. However, it doesn’t really make a difference...

Exclusive: Samsung ending Bixby Voice support for Android Nougat and Oreo

Samsung launched its Bixby assistant with the Galaxy S8 back in 2017. The assistant, particularly the Bixby Voice functionality, has since been expanded to many of its devices. Bixby Voice is what responds when you give your phone a voice command. Some mid-range Samsung phones and tablets only have Bixby Home. Bixby has come a long way since then. It received a significant update with the Galaxy Note 9 as well. It appears Samsung now wants users...

Galaxy Fold launches in Vietnam this week, shipping next month

Samsung is bringing the Galaxy Fold to yet another market, this time Vietnam, where the device will become available for pre-order tomorrow, November 27. Unsurprisingly, Vietnam will see a limited launch not unlike in other markets, and a limited number of Galaxy Fold units will ship to customers on December 14. Galaxy Fold in Vietnam costs about the same as everywhere else Unsurprisingly yet again,...

Samsung introduces 18 new startups selected under the C-Lab Outside program

Samsung held the 2019 C-Lab Outside Demoday event at its R&D Campus in Seocho-gu, Seoul, yesterday. At the event, the company introduced 18 new startups that were selected through the C-Labs Outside contest in August this year. These startups cover diverse business areas such as AI, lifestyle, VR / AR, healthcare, etc. More than 300 attendees comprising of startup representatives, influential...

New Galaxy Fold update adds support for Samsung DeX on PC

The Galaxy Fold went on sale after the Galaxy Note 10, but it didn’t have many of the fancy new features that debuted on the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ despite having a price tag almost twice as big. Samsung first brought those Note 10 features to the Galaxy S10 series and then brought some of them to the Galaxy Fold. Today, yet another feature that debuted on the Galaxy Note 10 is making...

Unlocked Galaxy Note 8 updated with November security patch in the US

The unlocked Galaxy Note 8 is now receiving an update with the November 2019 security patch in the US, a week after the November update was released for the unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in the country and two weeks after it hit the global Exynos-powered Galaxy Note 8. The new update includes only the latest security fixes and comes with software version N950U1UES7DSK1.  Some carriers are also likely to release the November update for...

Galaxy S10 Lite: Everything we know about the Galaxy S10 spin-off

Samsung changed its Galaxy S lineup in 2019 by launching four distinct models (Galaxy S10e/S10/S10+/S10 5G), as opposed to the usual two in recent years. Combined with the Galaxy Note 10 series, the company’s 2019 flagship lineup appears crowded with too many models with very little differentiation. However, Samsung seems to think there is still room for more flagship or near-flagship offerings, as evident from the impending launch of the Galaxy...

AT&T taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G

AT&T has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 10+ 5G. AT&T will be making its 5G services available to the public later this year after a few months of providing them to business customers, and the Galaxy Note 10+ 5G will be the carrier’s first 5G-enabled phone. Pre-orders will be delivered by December 17, which means there’s a three-week wait for anyone interested in getting the Note 10+ 5G on AT&T’s network. Until now, the...

Galaxy Note 9 Android 10 hotfix beta update released in Korea

The Galaxy Note 9’s One UI 2.0 beta program kicked off last week, and Samsung has now released a hotfix update for the phone in Korea and the UK to fix two seemingly critical bugs. We say seemingly because the translation from Korean to English isn’t great, but it looks like one of those bugs is similar to one that wreaked havoc on the Galaxy S10 series. The bug in question caused devices to stop accepting the PIN, password or pattern, leaving a...

Exynos-powered Galaxy S8 gets November security update

Samsung started rolling out the November security update for its devices before the month even started, but the rollout of the update is far from over and the company continues to bring it to more and more Galaxy devices as we approach December. Over the last week, Samsung released the November update for the Snapdragon variants of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in the US, and it has now released the update...