You’re not the only one who hates Chrome’s new tab manager design

Google Chrome for Android is the most popular browser on smartphones, even though browsers like Samsung Internet offer a considerably higher number of useful features. That means every change Google makes to its browser affects the experience for a lot of people, and it seems one in particular is pissing off a lot of users.

Back in January, Google changed to a grid layout for the tab management screen in Chrome for Android and also added tab grouping, which groups all tabs for a particular website together, making it easier to track all the tabs you may have opened. Initially, Chrome had an option to disable tab grouping, but that option was taken away with an update to the app sometime in May this year.

And not everyone is happy. In fact, one particular user has actually reported the lack of an option to disable tab grouping as a bug. The bug report has gained support from over 900 people over the last two weeks, and we can only imagine that it will gain more momentum going forward. Hopefully, it will catch Google’s attention at some point and the company will reintroduce the ability to disable tab grouping in the near future.

Until that happens, well, everyone will have to live with Chrome’s current tab management system. Of course, you can always try other browsers. Samsung Internet, naturally, is what we suggest. You can download it on any Android device and it gives you a ton of neat features, including an ad blocker, smart anti-tracking, and lots of customization options. Grab it from the Google Play Store, the Galaxy Store, or from our APK page!

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June is foldable focus month, and we’re giving away Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Z Flip!

June is here and we couldn’t be more excited: It’s foldable focus month here at SamMobile. We’ll be celebrating the best of what Samsung has to offer in this innovative category. Exciting things are planned which include an opportunity for our readers to win the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and the Galaxy Z Flip!

As we await the launch of Samsung’s latest foldables, this is the perfect time to appreciate the existing foldables and highlight all of the ways they make our lives better. This only makes us more excited about the possibilities that Samsung’s new foldable smartphones will unlock. We’ll have great new content around the foldables, and we will also interact with you, our readers, to learn how they have changed your perspective on smartphones.

So, what do you need to do in order to win the Galaxy Z Fold 2 or Galaxy Z Flip? Tweet us @SamMobiles and tell us how you’d use your new foldable smartphone with the hashtags #HowIFold and #HowIFlip for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip, respectively.

For example, you can Tweet something like “I’d use Flex Mode on the Galaxy Z Flip to make handsfree video calls @SamMobiles #HowIFlip.”

If you already own a Samsung foldable, use the hashtags to let us know how you get the most out of your unique device.

The best answers will then be put to the wider SamMobile community at the end of this month. If your answer gets the most votes, you’ll win a brand new Galaxy Z Fold 2 or Galaxy Z Flip!

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Galaxy S21 series’ latest update is rolling out awfully slowly

Samsung’s been doing a stellar job at keeping its smartphones updated with new security patches lately, but there have been some hiccups, and it looks like the June 2021 security patch rollout for the Galaxy S21 series is taking longer than expected. This is a fairly important firmware release — more so than regular security updates — because the June patch is supposed to fix the camera lag issues.

Samsung began the June 2021 security patch rollout for the Galaxy S21 series at the end of May. The initial release was identified by firmware number G99xxXXU3AUE8 and debuted in South Korea. The June 2021 security patch was then released internationally, but it only reached a couple of markets before Samsung halted the rollout process and began seeding a second June firmware update identified as G99xxXXU3AUF2.

Samsung has slowed down the June rollout for the Galaxy S21 series

The second firmware update for the month of June has enjoyed a wider release in more markets, including Bulgaria, Singapore, the UAE, and the Nordic countries. However, the rollout in additional markets appears to have slowed down to the point where it may have been halted.

Samsung is sure taking its time to release the second June firmware update for the Galaxy S21 series worldwide, and now that we’re halfway through the month of June, it won’t be long before Samsung starts rolling out the July 2021 security patch.

We’re not sure why the Galaxy S21’s latest firmware update rollout has become so slow, but we’ll keep you up to speed as soon as we find out more. In the meantime, feel free to let us know in the comment section if and where your Galaxy S21 series has received the G99xxXXU3AUF2 firmware update.

As always, you can keep an eye on our firmware section where we upload new Samsung firmware on a regular basis. These firmware files can be downloaded for free and installed manually on eligible Galaxy phones through a Windows PC.

Galaxy S21

• Model: SM-G991B
• Dimensions: Bar: 151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm
  
• Display: 6.2 inch / 157.48 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 2100
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S21+

• Model: SM-G996B
• Dimensions: Bar: 161.5 x 75.6 x 7.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.7 inch / 170.18 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 2100
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S21 Ultra

• Model: SM-G998B
• Dimensions: Bar: 165.1 x 75.6 x 8.9 mm
  
• Display: 6.8 inch / 172.72 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 2100
• Camera: 12MP

More specifications

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Guess the Samsung device quiz 6: See if you can get them all right!

This is a fun new activity that we have put together for our readers. Think you can correctly identify all Samsung devices? Take part in our quiz below and let’s see how many you can get right!

We’ll create a new visual quick every week for you to participate and hopefully learn more about the many Samsung Galaxy devices. Do share the results of the quiz with your friends and see if you can compete against them for higher scores and bragging rights.

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More Galaxy M32 specifications get confirmed by way of Google Console

The Galaxy M32 is all but official. The phone is expected to hit the market in India next week, and it holds few — if any —  mysteries at this point. The device was leaked left and right, and now, Google reconfirmed a few of the Galaxy M32 specifications through a Play Console listing.

The listing confirms that the Galaxy M32 is equipped with a MediaTek MT6769T chipset, aka the Helio G80. It features two Cortex-A75 high-performance cores clocked at 2.0GHz, and six Cortex-A55 efficiency CPU cores that can operate at 1.8GHz.

The application processor is coupled an ARM Mali G52 graphics chip clocked at 950MHz and 6GB of RAM, though additional RAM options will likely be offered at launch.

Galaxy M32 display specifications are conflicting

The Google Play Console listing doesn’t reveal the size of the display, but it’s rumored to boast a 6.4-inch diagonal. As for the Infinity-U display notch, this design detail was confirmed by Samsung’s own press renders. They got published prematurely last week.

Oddly enough, Google’s listing claims that the Galaxy M32 has a display resolution of 1080 x 2009, which is highly unusual and likely incorrect. The alleged 450ppi pixel density only adds to the confusion.

Normally, a 6.4-inch display with a resolution of 1080 by 2009 would result in a pixel density of around 350ppi. Even a resolution of 1080 by 2340 (which is likely what the Galaxy M32 has) would lead to a pixel density of around 390-400ppi on a 6.4-inch area.

The point is that the 450ppi density mentioned by Google’s listing is likely inaccurate, but other specifications such as the MediaTek SoC and RAM seem to be on point. And just in case there was any doubt left, the Galaxy M32 will ship with Android 11 out of the box.

Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy M32 in India on June 21 for a price of $200-to-$270.

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Chatting on Google Messages is now more secure for everyone!

RCS, which is the spiritual successor to SMS, is increasingly being supported by various carriers and mobile phone brands around the world. However, its rollout was not as seamless as it should’ve been, which forced Google to release the RCS feature to all Android smartphones via its own Google Messages app. The app lacked an important security feature, though, and Google has now fixed it.

The Google Messages app now features end-to-end encryption in one-to-one chats on all supported Android smartphones. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President at Google, announced the arrival of this important security feature via a tweet. With this feature enabled by default, RCS chats will now be more secure, and the messages can’t be intercepted by anyone (even by Google) while they’re in transit.

The end-to-end encryption feature, which was earlier in beta, is now available via the stable channel for everyone. It is still not active for group chats, though, and we hope that Google releases it soon. To see if the encryption feature is active on your Galaxy smartphone, just start an RCS chat thread and look for a lock icon.

RCS, which debuted four years ago, supports sending and receiving text, high-resolution images, high-resolution videos, emojis, stickers, group chat, file sharing, audio messages, location sharing, multi-device support, and more. The Samsung Messages app also features RCS compatibility, but the feature is not available on every carrier, which makes it difficult to use.

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Galaxy Tab Active Pro gets access to May 2021 security update

The Galaxy Tab Active Pro, a mid-range tablet from late 2019, is now getting a new software update. It improves the security of the device and includes a more recent security patch. The South Korean tech giant has currently listed the tablet under its quarterly software update schedule.

Samsung has started rolling out a new software update to the LTE version of the Galaxy Tab Active Pro in Colombia. The latest software, which has firmware version T545XXU3BUD3_B2BF, brings the May 2021 security patch. The South Korean firm had detailed this security update last month and mentioned that it includes dozens of fixes from Google and 19 fixes from Samsung.

If you are a Galaxy Tab Active Pro (LTE) user in Colombia, you might shortly receive a notification regarding the new update. If you don’t, you can manually check for the update by navigating to Settings » Software update and tapping on Download and install. You can also download the new firmware file from our firmware database and flash it manually.

Samsung had launched the Galaxy Tab Active Pro in October 2019 with Android 9 Pie onboard. The device received its Android 10-based One UI 2 update in mid-2020. Based on the company’s update schedule for the tablet, it might get the next security patch sometime after September 2021.

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