Samsung Free UI design and features revealed in video

Samsung is replacing Samsung Daily with a new feature called Samsung Free. The news feed still remains on the leftmost homescreen of Galaxy smartphones, and it has started rolling out to some users. In a notice related to the discontinuation of Samsung Daily, the company had mentioned that it would bring a redesigned and easy-to-use experience with its new feed. A new video published on Twitter shows how Samsung Free looks and feels. The UI is now...

Galaxy S20 FE gets a 256GB storage variant in the US

Launching the Galaxy S20 FE at a price point of $699 was an excellent move from Samsung, and it allowed the company to compete with the Pixel 5 and the iPhone 12 mini. The Galaxy S20 FE was only available in a 128GB storage variant, though. Two days ago, a 256GB version of the Galaxy S20 FE was introduced in Brazil, and the company is now bringing it to the US. Starting today, you can buy a 256GB variant of the Galaxy S20 FE in the US. It is priced...

Exclusive: Next high-end Galaxy M series phone could be the Galaxy M62

We’ve learned through our sources that Samsung is planning to expand the Galaxy M series next year with the addition of a new model that could hit the shelves bearing the Galaxy M62 moniker. Once it goes on sale, it should become the most powerful Galaxy M smartphone to ever come out of Samsung’s factories. To be precise, we’re not entirely certain of the Galaxy M62 moniker but our sources tell us that this upcoming Galaxy M device carries model...

Samsung India’s festive sales increase YoY but fall short of expectations

Samsung’s strategy to win over customers in India with great discounts during the festive season has worked out; perhaps not to the extent that the company had hoped, but Samsung India did record a significant year-on-year (YoY) sales increase during the 2020 festive season across all product segments, revealed Raju Pullan, Senior Vice President for Consumer Electronics at Samsung India. Samsung Grand Diwali Fest began on October 28 and ended on...

Tired of waiting, Samsung Display throws numbers at India OLED factory

Even if that old saying about patience being a virtue was true, no piece of folk wisdom really tackles the merits of staying true to a deliberate business strategy amid something as unpredictable as a global pandemic. Maybe Samsung comes up with one such adage once all this coronavirus craziness is over, but for the time being, the South Korean giant decided to seize some extra agency in an effort to deal with one of its stagnating construction projects. The...

Samsung is pushing rebranding to ridiculous levels with new Galaxy M21s

Samsung has just released a new budget-friendly Galaxy M smartphone model in Brazil, and by ‘new,’ we mean an existing device that went through a rebranding phase. And not just any device but the Galaxy F41, which is a rebranded smartphone in itself. In other words that will hopefully paint a clearer picture, the new Galaxy M21s that was released in Brazil today is a renamed Galaxy F41, and there’s...

Disney Plus will soon be available on Samsung smart TVs in Latin America

It’s been nearly a year since Disney Plus (Disney+) debuted on Samsung’s smart TV range in North America and Europe, and now Samsung is getting ready to make the streaming service available to smart TVs in Latin America. The company confirmed today that Disney Plus will be available in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. The launch dates will differ for each region and Samsung hasn’t reveal any exact release details except...

Samsung One goes live in the UK as the ultimate business partner toolset

Samsung UK has launched a new business partner program designed to arm its business retail partners with new tools, training, product information, news, incentives and rewards. Called Samsung One, the program aims to make it easier and faster for Samsung’s partners to connect with and provide services to their own customers. The new Samsung One platform is available now for business partners in the...

Samsung’s popular Galaxy M31 is getting the One UI 2.5 firmware update

Another one of Samsung’s budget oriented smartphones, the Galaxy M31, is now receiving a major firmware update after the Galaxy M21 did the same yesterday. The latest update introduces One UI 2.5 which is essentially the most recent version outside the One UI 3.0 beta program. And as expected, the One UI 2.5 firmware update for the Galaxy M31 is accompanied by the latest security patch for November 2020. The latest update for the Galaxy M31 carries...

Leaked Snapdragon 875 specs bring good news for the Exynos 2100

We’ll be seeing the new chipsets that will power 2021’s flagships being unveiled in the near future. Some Snapdragon 875 specs have now surfaced online and it brings good news for the Exynos 2100. That’s what we expect Samsung to call its Snapdragon 875 counterpart. Samsung is going to maintain the Exynos and Snapdragon split for its Galaxy S21 series next year. However, its next Exynos chip is going to be much different than its predecessors. It...

Galaxy Fold November 2020 security update rollout begins

The latest Android security patch level for the original Galaxy Fold, the one dated November 1st, 2020, started rolling out globally several hours ago, having already reached multiple countries across Europe. Designated as version F900FXXS4CTJ4, the over-the-air release targets international Galaxy Fold variants, i.e. SM-F900F models, hence the start of that software build identifier. Samsung began deploying the OTA release just yesterday, with Bulgaria...

Samsung confirms early Galaxy S21 launch in the most roundabout way there is

Samsung today pretty much confirmed the rumored changes to its annual flagship release calendar. As much as something like that was even possible without actually name-dropping the Galaxy S21, of course. The company’s roundabout acknowledgment of multiple recent reports — including our own — claiming the Galaxy S21 series will be announced in January is hence the final piece of evidence anyone should need that this is indeed happening. Because much...