Galaxy Note 20 One UI 3.0 beta registrations now open in the US

Samsung confirmed last week that it would be releasing the One UI 3.0 beta for the Galaxy Note 20 and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra soon. The company has now opened up registrations for users in the United States. Much like the Galaxy S20 series, the US will be the first to receive the public Galaxy Note 20 One UI 3.0 beta. Not all carriers are taking part in the program, though. Unless you’re with a carrier...

One UI 3.0 feature focus: Double tap to sleep comes to Galaxy phones

One UI 3.0 is in open beta and select Galaxy smartphone owners in a handful of countries can already experience the pre-release builds. The upcoming version of One UI together with Android 11 will bring a number of visible and under-the-hood changes, but on the most part, One UI 3.0 doesn’t represent a drastic departure from the established formula and instead it appears to refine it further. Among...

Samsung Display can now supply US federal agencies with LED displays

Samsung Display is now technically capable of supplying government agencies in the USA with LED displays under the Trade Agreement Act (TAA). The company announced today that three of its LED display series designed for businesses are now compliant with the strict requirements of the federal government and its agencies. The list includes the Samsung IF, IE, and IW LED display series. Vice President of Marketing at Samsung Electronics America, Mark...

New firmware update rolls out to the Galaxy Z Fold 2 to improve security

The October 2020 security patch is now reaching Samsung’s foldable phones, or at least the company’s latest device in the foldable series. After improving the security level of various candy bar smartphones including the Galaxy A50/A51, the Galaxy S10/S20, and the Galaxy Note 10/Note 20, Samsung is now releasing a new firmware update for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 that includes the October 2020 security...

Vietnam wants some of Samsung’s chip manufacturing action

Vietnam is ramping up its efforts to get Samsung to invest in new chipmaking infrastructure in the country. The endeavor, which started almost a year ago, continued this week in Hanoi, where Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong met with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The country’s leader used the occasion to directly ask for a new semiconductor plant, local media reports. This turn of...

PSA: One UI 3.0 beta is now available for the Galaxy S20 in more markets

Samsung is working on bringing Android 11 and One UI 3.0 to the Galaxy S20 series and others. The company launched the One UI 3.0 open beta program in early October but it did so only in South Korea. Beta builds are not complete so public testing usually takes place in fewer markets before availability expands. And indeed, the availability of One UI 3.0 beta is expanding as we speak. After releasing...

Galaxy Tab Active 3 with removable battery is available in Europe

Samsung is one of the few Android device makers in the world to continue creating rugged mobile devices, and earlier in September the company took the veil off the Galaxy Tab Active 3 as its latest rugged solution for enterprise customers. The company confirmed today that the same device is now available in Germany via select retailers and wireless carriers. Samsung claims that the Galaxy Tab Active 3 Enterprise Edition is now available in Germany...

New One UI 3.0 beta firmware improves the Galaxy S20 Ultra camera

Samsung began the One UI 3.0 Android 11 public beta program a couple of weeks ago and so far the Galaxy S20 series has been the company’s main testing ground for the upcoming UI/OS version. The development continues and Samsung is now ready to release a newer beta build. The Galaxy S20 Ultra is now receiving yet another One UI 3.0 public beta update, this time carrying firmware version G988BXXU5ZTJF....

Has Samsung heard us? Galaxy S21 line mostly ditching curved displays

The Galaxy S21 series will ditch Samsung’s curved display tech almost entirely, an industry insider said earlier today. Meaning only the most expensive member of the upcoming lineup, tentatively called the Galaxy S21 Ultra, is set to offer some degree of screen curvature alongside its long edges, while the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Plus will utilize conventional 2D displays. What’s more, all Galaxy S21 models will have the same width, as per the...

[Poll Results!] Would you prefer a flat screen on your next Galaxy flagship?

It’s been over six years since Samsung’s engineering awed the world by bending a modern capacitive touchscreen, which looked pretty cool next to a bunch of boring old flat screens. And yet flat screens ended up being much more timeless than their arching counterparts. Ever since that seminal Galaxy Note Edge, Samsung has essentially been reverting on that design direction. That anti-trend has actually been so consistent that it’s pretty amazing curved...

Latest Galaxy S20 update breaks 4G connectivity on one Dutch network

When you release four software updates for a smartphone lineup in a matter of weeks, there’s a good chance testing may not have been as thorough as it should be, leaving the door open for issues to sneak in and wreak havoc on the customer’s user experience. And that’s exactly what seems to have happened for Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra owners on the KPN network in the Netherlands: The latest update has completely broken 4G connectivity on their...

Samsung claims it has developed industry-leading Blue QLED technology

Samsung has pioneered the QLED technology, and its TVs are among the industry’s best-performing ones. The South Korean tech giant’s QLED TVs might not create as inky blacks as LG’s OLED TVs, but they offer much higher brightness (great for HDR content) and are free from burn-in issues. Now, Samsung is claiming that it has developed industry-leading Blue QLED technology. The company’s R&D hub, SAIT...