What’s there to not like about a Wear OS Samsung Galaxy Watch?

The cat’s out of the bag. Samsung may be thinking about ditching Tizen for Wear OS and it may do that for its next Galaxy Watch. It would be a big step since Samsung previously ditched Android Wear, which was what Wear OS used to be called, for Tizen back in 2014. Now, though, it appears that the company wants to embrace Google’s platform for its smartwatches. It’s not that Tizen is a bad platform for smartwatches. Samsung has made some great wearable...

The February 2021 security update is now live for the humble Galaxy A01

It’s been roughly three months since the Galaxy A01 has received a firmware update so it was about time for Samsung to turn its attention back to the humble budget phone and bring it up to speed with a new security patch. The company is now rolling out the February 2021 security update to the Galaxy A01 (SM-A015F), though the release is presently limited to Vietnam. Galaxy A01 owners in Vietnam can identify the update by firmware version A015FXXUAUA3....

The great Galaxy S20 FE 5G is available at a hefty discount, again

There are plenty of reasons to like the Galaxy S20 FE, and as many of you know, the relatively-low price is one of the phone’s biggest selling points. That same quality has now gotten even better, as Amazon has dropped a significant 14% off the Galaxy S20 FE’s retail price. This translates to a $100 discount on the $699 price, meaning that customers can now buy the unlocked, 5G-enabled Galaxy S20 FE with 128GB of storage for $599. The discount is...

Samsung takes a look back at its 2020 performance in different sectors

This week, Samsung Electronics shared an estimate of its performance across different sectors throughout 2020 and revealed some interesting figures pertaining to the DRAM, TV, display, and automotive component market segments via local news outlet The Hankyoreh. As expected, Samsung Electronics had the biggest TV market share in 2020 and it remains the industry’s top player for the 15th year in a row. Last year, the company had a global TV market...

Samsung promises new TV innovations early next month

Samsung scheduled a new product event for early next month, promising a showcase of its latest innovations in the smart TV space. The happening is taking place on Tuesday, March 2nd, with the company dubbing the event “Unbox & Discover”. As expected, this will be an online-only event. You’ll be able to tune into the broadcast via YouTube and Samsung’s own website. Can TV tech still surprise us in 2021? The timing of the showcase suggests we’ll...

Samsung might make Android smartwatches now, bye bye Tizen!

Samsung has kept its Tizen platform around for its smart home devices and smartwatches. That has enabled the company to be in complete control of the software experience on devices like the Galaxy Watch Active and the latest Galaxy Watch. However, the app landscape leaves much to be desired. There just aren’t enough apps for its smartwatches. Perhaps that’s a major reason why Samsung has now reportedly decided to ditch Tizen and make Android smartwatches. Samsung...

New Samsung Galaxy Watch models for 2021 revealed

There are quite a few products that Samsung needs to refresh for the new year and smartwatches are one of them. The new Samsung Galaxy Watch models for 2021 have now been revealed. There will be at least two different models on offer this year. The last smartwatch that Samsung released was the Galaxy Watch 3. It came out last year after the previous two “Active” watches. Now it appears that the company has new smartwatches up its sleeve. New Galaxy...

Galaxy S20 FE One UI 3.1 update rolling out again

The One UI 3.1 update for the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition is now once again rolling out to select variants of this budget flagship. As a reminder, Samsung pulled the original update from the deployment queue at this time last week. The Galaxy S20 FE 5G was actually the first smartphone that started transitioning to the latest version of Samsung’s in-house OS based on Android 11. While that turn of events was too good to be true in the end, this revision...

Samsung making efforts to restart its Austin chip plant as soon as possible

Samsung had to shut down its semiconductor chip plant in Austin, Texas, due to a state-wide power shortage. Now, the company is making all the efforts it can to restart the plant as soon as possible. The South Korean firm has already planned to send engineers from South Korea to its Austin plant to restart the chip production. The company has confirmed that it is sending its engineers along with engineers from its partners to Austin so that the plant...