T-Mobile halts One UI 3.0 Galaxy S20 update for unspecified reasons

T-Mobile’s One UI 3.0 firmware update rollout for the Galaxy S20 series has been halted for unspecified reasons. The so-called un-carrier began updating the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra on its network earlier this month but T-Mobile has now paused the Android 11 roll-out in the USA without offering any details.

Whenever a carrier halts an update, especially a major one like Android 11 and One UI 3.0, there’s reason to believe that the firmware was causing unexpected issues. Unfortunately, T-Mobile hasn’t provided any information but thankfully we’ve yet to see any negative feedback from Galaxy S20 users on T-Mobile, which could mean that whatever problem there is, it might not be widespread.

If you have yet to update your Galaxy S20 then you might want to hold off until T-Mobile sheds more light on the matter, as difficult as it may be given the previous weeks of waiting for the beta program to conclude.

As yet, there’s no information as to when T-Mobile might resume the rollout 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 you’ve encountered any issues with the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update for your Galaxy S20.

Galaxy S20

• Model: SM-G980F
• Dimensions: Bar: 151.7 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
  
• Display: 6.2 inch / 157.48 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 990
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S20+

• Model: SM-G985F
• Dimensions: Bar: 161.9 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.7 inch / 170.18 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 990
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G

• Model: SM-G988B
• Dimensions: Bar: 166.9 x 76.0 x 8.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.9 inch / 175.26 mm Dynamic AMOLED 2X
• CPU: Exynos 990
• Camera: 12MP

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TikTok app goes live for Samsung smart TVs exclusively in the UK, Europe

Samsung and TikTok are bringing the popular short-form video-sharing network to smart TV owners in Europe, the company announced today. The TikTok smart TV app is available in the UK starting today and it will launch gradually across Europe in the near future.

Samsung smart TV owners in the UK can now download the app from the TV app store but future TV buyers won’t have to worry about downloading it manually. As a result of this newfound partnership, the TikTok app will henceforth be pre-loaded on Samsung’s entire smart TV range.

This might only happen for TV models sold in Europe though. The announcement states that TikTok will be exclusively available on Samsung smart TVs in Europe, which means that customers in other markets might never gain access to this app.

View, like and comment on the big screen

The TikTok app for Samsung smart TVs lets you access For You and Following feeds, view, like and comment on trending videos, and access content from 12 categories including Comedy, Learning, Sports, Travel, Animals, Art, Food, Gaming and more.

The app is compatible with Samsung smart TV models that were released in 2018 or later. This also includes lifestyle models such as The Serif and The Frame, 4K and 8K Smart Monitors, and The Premiere projector.

For the time being, TikTok is not compatible with The Sero, which is a shame given that it was created specifically for vertical video content and avid social media users. The good news is that TikTok will be available on The Sero in 2021, though no additional details were revealed.

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2nd One UI 3.0 beta firmware for the Galaxy S10 series is now live

Samsung was forced to delay the second One UI 3.0 beta release for the Galaxy S10 series last week but thankfully for beta participants, the company is now back on track with the release. The second One UI 3.0 beta build is now available for the Galaxy S10 series in Korea, India, and the UK.

The firmware carries version ZTL8 and Samsung claims to have fixed a handful of issues that have been found by Samsung Members and One UI 3.0 beta participants. Various problems pertaining to the Camera have been addressed and the app should be more stable. The Home UI should no longer restart in a loop, and users should now be able to unlock their Galaxy S10 devices using their fingerprint.

The Galaxy Note 10 will probably follow suit given that its second One UI 3.0 beta release was also delayed last week. But for the time being, Galaxy S10 owners and Samsung Members in Korea, India, and the UK should now be able to download the second One UI 3.0 beta firmware for the Galaxy S10 by opening Settings, accessing Software update and tapping Download and install.

As to when we should expect the stable One UI 3.0 release to take place, Samsung has previously confirmed its intentions to bring the update to the Galaxy S10 series in January 2021, at least in some regions. Of course, this timeframe is not set in stone. Issues found during testing can lead to delays, as evidenced by Samsung’s decision to push back the second wave last week. We’ll keep you posted.

Galaxy S10e

• Model: SM-G970F
• Dimensions: Bar: 142.2 x 69.9 x 7.9 mm
  
• Display: 5.8 inch / 147.32 mm Dynamic AMOLED Display
• CPU: Exynos 9820
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S10

• Model: SM-G973F
• Dimensions: Bar: 149.9 x 70.4 x 7.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.1 inch / 162.5 mm Dynamic AMOLED Display
• CPU: Exynos 9820
• Camera: 12MP

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Galaxy S10+

• Model: SM-G975F
• Dimensions: Bar: 157.6 x 74.1 x 7.8 mm
  
• Display: 6.4 inch / 162.5 mm Dynamic AMOLED Display
• CPU: Exynos 9820
• Camera: 12MP

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Samsung to launch four foldable phones next year?

Samsung is quite literally doubling down on its foldable smartphone bet in 2021, according to a newly emerged report out of the company’s home country. South Korean sources claim the tech giant already greenlit two Galaxy Z Fold 3 models and another pair of successors to this year’s Galaxy Z Flip devices. The latter might skip the number two and launch as the Galaxy Z Flip 3 series, though all of the stated names are provisional as of today.

The report hence indicates we might not see another new foldable form factor from Samsung in 2021. As a reminder, previous industry rumblings suggested the company has been experimenting with stretchable devices.

Is Samsung done experimenting with novel foldable form factors?

With that said, Samsung supposedly hasn’t given up on extendable smartphone displays, Korean media reports. However, its latest alleged plan is to keep maturing the technology for at least another year before trying to mass-produce it.

As for the more immediate flexible-display devices, all four are said to be coming in the second half of 2021, with the current plan being for the production to start in August. The two Galaxy Z Fold 3 models will primarily differ by their target markets as Samsung supposedly has a special device planned for China. More special than its last two Galaxy Fold rehashes, that is.

Meanwhile, the next-gen Galaxy Z Flips should resemble something closer to a proper product series. As they will reportedly differ in terms of both features and performance, i.e. hardware. Furthermore, all four devices will supposedly launch with 5G support. And no, none of this seems like good news for the Galaxy Note series, though it’s still believed Samsung will deliver at least one more generation of its stylus-equipped flagships.

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Samsung Health is getting serious about the ‘Samsung’ part come January

Almost four years after S Health became Samsung Health, the general-purpose fitness app will be implementing a major user policy change. Namely, the service is about to make Samsung Accounts mandatory for all users. Or, perhaps the real news here is that Samsung Accounts weren’t already mandatory for accessing the popular mobile and wearable app.

Up until now, you were pretty much able to use the entirety of the Samsung Health feature set without registering for a Samsung Account. Instead, when the initial setup screen prompted you to log into the app or sign up for a new account, you simply had to tap Skip once and that was it.

How come Samsung took this long to make the obvious choice?

The new policy will debut alongside Samsung Health version 6.15. This update is currently scheduled to hit the stable channel on January 21st, as per the latest Samsung Health changelog.

Once upon a time, Samsung’s decision not to tie the app to barebones user profiles could have been described as a pro-consumer policy. But these days, such fundamental integrations are pretty much universally seen as features instead of annoyances. For example, as the company itself is now pointing out, the mandatory integration will allow all Samsung Health users to easily back up their data and sync it across their devices.

Granted, the Venn diagram of Samsung Health users and Samsung Account owners probably isn’t that far from a single circle already. But the fact that this integration hasn’t already happened years ago hurt the consistency of the company’s app ecosystem while providing little to no benefit. Especially given Samsung’s decision to kill third-party integrations more than two years ago. It’s like every post-rebranding decision regarding the direction of the app has been happening in slow-motion.

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Samsung set to receive incentives to set up a display factory in India

It was reported earlier this year that Samsung Display has decided to set up a smartphone OLED panel factory in India. However, not much progress was made in the project due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues. The company had to send additional employees from South Korea to speed up the pending work. Now, it is being reported that the company will receive incentives from the Indian government for setting up the factory.

According to a report from The Economic Times, Samsung is setting up a $653.36 million smartphone OLED plant in Noida in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. The South Korean tech giant will receive financial benefits worth $9.5 million, and these special incentives were approved by Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Under ‘UP Electronics Manufacturing Policy 2017’, the company will get exemption on tax payable on the transfer of land for setting up the factory. Samsung’s upcoming display plant will provide up to 510 direct jobs and up to 1,300 jobs indirectly.

The smartphone OLED panel factory is expected to be operational next year. A government spokesperson informed the media that it is Samsung’s first major project that is being shifted from China to India. India will become only the third country outside of South Korea to have Samsung’s display plant. The company already operates its biggest smartphone manufacturing plant in the world from Noida.

The Indian government had announced a $6.65 billion federal plan earlier this year to 16 companies, including Samsung and Apple suppliers, to boost electronics manufacturing in the country. The country’s government is making it expensive to import smartphone and other electronic components by increasing import taxes, and indirectly forcing companies to manufacture locally. Samsung is the biggest smartphone OLED display vendor in the world.

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NEON, the artificial human, isn’t coming with the Galaxy S21

Samsung STAR Labs’ somewhat mysterious and polarizing AI-generated virtual assistant called NEON is not going to become an integral part of our consumer lives anytime soon, or at least not in a way that strictly involves the Galaxy smartphone portfolio.

NEON was first unveiled at CES 2020 and it raised more questions than it answered. It was pitched as an artificial human and a computationally created virtual being, generating a lot of hype as a result. In fact, given the lack of detailed information at the time, NEON appeared to be a hype-generating machine more than anything else.

The AI gained more attention from smartphone users last month when the CEO and President of STAR Labs, Pranav Mistry, posted a tweet that brought the mysterious artificial human back in the limelight. The CEO claimed to have a test version of NEON running on his smartphone and added that consumers will get to see it before Xmas; a promise that led to speculations surrounding the Galaxy S21 and the possibility that it might be among the first Galaxy smartphones to boast this seemingly revolutionary technology out of the box. This, however, will not be the case.

CEO Pranav Mistry followed up with a new tweet earlier today and revealed that NEON is not coming with [the Galaxy] S21 or any other Galaxy devices. NEON is an independent service in making, available in 2021, and as of now the NEON View API and NEON Frame services are targeted exclusively at the B2B (Business-to-Business) segment.

According to previous announcements, businesses could leverage NEON to create interactive AI-based experiences for customers. These avatars could exist as backup news anchors or, despite the artificial human marketing label, even as AI-generated cartoon characters. So, in essence, customers should be able to interact with these avatars through their smartphones, possibly from the cloud or by connecting to a service. Keep in mind that the CES demonstrations were simulated and that the company has yet to showcase the actual NEON service / AI on a smartphone.

But regardless of NEON’s alleged capabilities, the AI won’t be a part of the Galaxy S21 package at launch. It won’t be a strictly on-device experience either, and before we can even dare to hope for that to happen, NEON will have to at least make a good first impression next year.

Also, NEON is an independent service, in making. Its not coming with S21 or any other Galaxy devices. Available in 2021, as of now only for B2B via View API integration, and NEON Frame.

— Pranav Mistry (@pranavmistry) December 13, 2020

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