New Galaxy Watch 4 update improves the virtual touch bezel feature

Samsung launched two versions of its latest Galaxy smartwatch. There’s the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, which comes with a physical rotating bezel and is a sequel to the Galaxy Watch 3, and then there’s the regular Galaxy Watch 4, which replaces the Galaxy Watch Active 2 as Samsung’s sportier smartwatch offering. While the Watch 4 lacks a physical bezel, like Samsung’s Tizen-based watches, it gives you...

Samsung India has some excellent Ganesh Chaturthi offers

Samsung India has announced a new set of attractive offers on various consumer electronics to celebrate the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi. The company offers cashback, easy EMIs, or at least some form of attractive deal on nearly everything needed to upgrade one’s home, from soundbars to refrigerators, microwaves, and air conditioners. These offers won’t last forever though, and customers who may want to take advantage of these deals will have...

One of the best Tizen apps is now available on Galaxy Watch 4

The PPT Controller app might not have (re-)launched alongside the Galaxy Watch 4 series back in August, but it’s not getting left behind. Namely, Samsung has just finished porting the said mobile tool to the next generation of its wearables. Meaning if you proceed to the Galaxy Store right now, you should be able to download a new version of PPT Controller that runs on the Galaxy Watch 4...

Google already working on Android 12.1 as we wait for Android 12?

As we wait for Android 12 and One UI 4.0 to arrive, Google is seemingly already developing the next version of Android OS. It could be called Android 12.1, and it might go live before the end of the year — or, who knows?! Maybe even before One UI 4.0 goes live on public channels. What’s interesting about Android 12.1 is that it appears to be a so-called “point update.” This is something we haven’t seen in the world of Android since version 8.1 Oreo...

Four Samsung chips receive Carbon Trust’s CO2 Measured certification

Samsung has been taking a lot of steps to make its products and processes more eco-friendly. The company’s smartphone chargers are made using eco-friendly materials. Even its factories have received various eco-friendly certifications. Today, the South Korean firm announced that four logic chips have received the Carbon Trust’s CO2 Measured certification. Four chipsets from System LSI—Exynos 2100,...

Galaxy Xcover 5 went live in Mexico this week for under $350

The Galaxy Xcover 5 is now finally available for purchase in Mexico. The phone was initially unveiled six months ago, but it remains just as relevant as before due to a lack of competition. After all, there aren’t that many rugged phone options out there, which makes the Galaxy Xcover 5 somewhat of a rare breed. The Galaxy Xcover 5 is distributed in Mexico by Ingram Micro, Grupo CVA, Dusof, and Airbus...

Galaxy S21 One UI 4.0 beta reportedly delayed to… sometime in the future

Samsung’s been teasing the upcoming One UI 4.0 beta program for the Galaxy S21 series for some time now. The company never announced an official release date for the first beta except for saying it’s coming sometime in September, which isn’t surprising as updates are only released when they are ready, beta or not. However, it would seem that today, September 9, is when Samsung was planning to debut the One UI 4.0 beta, but that’s said to no longer...

Galaxy A52s 5G gets the September 2021 security update

Samsung started rolling out the September 2021 security update last week, and the Galaxy S20 FE was the first phone to get the update. Earlier this week, the update was released to the Galaxy A52 and the Galaxy A72 as well. Today, Samsung has released its latest security patch to the Galaxy A52s 5G. The company has released a new software update to the Galaxy A52s 5G in Europe. The update has firmware version A528BXXS1AUHA, and it includes the...

Another Chinese smartphone brand wants to match Samsung’s update policy

Last year, Samsung became the first Android OEM to commit to three Android OS updates and four years of security updates for some of its smartphones. This year, Google, OnePlus, OPPO, and Vivo also promised to support their smartphones for four years. Now, another Chinese smartphone brand has announced a similar software support policy. Xiaomi, the world’s biggest smartphone brand, has announced...

[Poll] Since it’s already late, would you even buy the Galaxy S21 FE?

The Galaxy S21 FE should have been launched in August. That didn’t happen. The company decided to delay the launch of its affordable flagship. Perhaps it didn’t want to take away the spotlight from the new foldables. Or perhaps it really was forced to do so due to the chip shortage. It has become clear in recent weeks that the Galaxy S21 FE is going to be launched. The device is now expected to be launched in late October. So it won’t likely be in...

Unlocked Galaxy S20 units picking up the September 2021 security update in the US

The September 2021 security update was released to the international variants of the Galaxy S20 series last week. Now, the update is being rolled out to the unlocked variants of the phones in the US. Unfortunately, the carrier-locked versions of the smartphones haven’t received the update yet. The Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra have started getting a new update on AT&T, C-Spire,...

Australians can’t stop buying Samsung’s new foldable phones

Samsung has been hard at work bringing foldable smartphones to the mainstream over the past couple of years. The exceptional response it has seen for the new Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 shows that more people are finally willing to take a chance on these handsets. It’s a similar story down under. Samsung’s foldable smartphone sales have reached an all-time high in Australia. The trend witnessed elsewhere across the globe has emerged in this...