السبت، 10 يوليو 2021

July 2021 security update hits the Galaxy S10 Lite

Over the past two weeks, Samsung has released the July 2021 security update to a bunch of devices, including Galaxy S10, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21, Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 20, and the Galaxy S20 FE. Earlier today, the company expanded the software update rollout to the Galaxy S10 Lite.

Samsung has released a new software update to the Galaxy S10 Lite in Spain. The latest update, which carries firmware version G770FXXS4EUF6, includes the July 2021 security patch. According to Samsung’s documentation, its latest security patch includes fixes for close to 20 vulnerabilities, including the ones related to Bluetooth. It also fixes the Android Auto bug that some Galaxy users were facing.

If you are a Galaxy S10 Lite user in Spain, you can either wait for the OTA update to arrive automatically or check for it manually by navigating to Settings » Software update and tapping on Download and install. You can also download the latest firmware file from our database and flash it manually. The update could roll out to other markets in a matter of days.

The Galaxy S10 Lite was launched in early 2020 with Android 10 on board. It received the Android 11 update earlier this year and is bound to receive two more Android OS updates in the future.

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Weekly SamMobile Quiz 81 – Come test your Samsung knowledge!

Fancy yourself as a Samsung superfan? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers every week to test their knowledge of the Korean giant. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google.

We make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you’ll participate and learn a thing or two about Samsung in the process! Don’t forget to share the results of the quiz with your friends and see if you can outscore them. A little competition never hurt anybody!

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Google Messages to bring RCS integration for Samsung’s continuity feature

Although Samsung’s Messages app features RCS (Rich Communication Services) integration, Google brought its own Messages app to Samsung smartphones. The app even features RCS and a One UI-like design, and it debuted with the Galaxy S21 earlier this year. Now, it has been revealed that Google could bring RCS integration for Samsung’s Continuity feature.

According to a new report from XDA-Developers, the Google Messages app could allow RCS to work with Samsung’s Continuity feature. It means that the messaging app could allow users to receive (and reply) RCS messages on Galaxy smartwatches and tablets. This upcoming feature was discovered through a string of text contained in the Android Messages app’s code.

The app’s code contains the text “Permission to send SMS/MMS/RCS messages using Android Messages API” and “With this permission, the app will be allowed to send SMS/MMS/RCS using Android Messages. It will have an access to send messages with any extra approvals.” It was earlier predicted that Google could open the Android Messages API to third-party messaging apps, but it was then clarified that the API is currently limited to the Google Messages app for Galaxy devices.

Google may bring this functionality to Samsung’s upcoming Wear OS-based smartwatches—Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic—and Galaxy smartphones and tablets running a future version of One UI. RCS is seen as a spiritual successor to SMS, and it supports group messaging, typing indicators, high-resolution images and videos, stickers and emojis, read receipts, and end-to-end encryption.

Have you started using RCS on your Samsung smartphone yet?

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BREAKING: Massive leak reveals everything that Samsung plans to unveil on August 11

Samsung is expected to unveil two new foldable smartphones, two new smartwatches, and a new set of truly wireless earbuds during its event on August 11, 2021. However, ahead of the Galaxy Unpacked August 2021 event, all those devices have been leaked. Now, a massive leak has covered all the color variants of the upcoming smartphones, smartwatches, and earbuds.

Notable leakster Evan Blass (a.k.a @evleaks on Twitter) has published 360-degree videos (in the form of GIF) of the Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Watch 4, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, and the Galaxy Buds 2. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 can be seen in four colors: black, gold/beige, olive green, and purple. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 can be seen in three colors: black, olive green, and white. The Galaxy S21 FE was leaked in four colors: black, olive green, purple, and white.

Five color variants—black, green, pink, silver, and white—of the Galaxy Watch 4 were leaked. The Galaxy Watch 4 Classic was leaked in three colors: black, silver, and white. Green, purple, and white-colored variants of the Galaxy Buds 2 were leaked as well.

This story is developing…

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الجمعة، 9 يوليو 2021

Samsung’s big move: Samsung TV Plus video streaming service quietly expanded to the web

Samsung’s free and linear video streaming service, Samsung TV Plus, is now available on the web. It was earlier limited to Samsung’s smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. Although the company didn’t formally announce this launch, it is a big move from Samsung as everyone can now use the video streaming service.

You can access Samsung TV Plus by visiting samsungtvplus.com using any web browser, which means you can access it via a computer, laptop, tablet, non-Samsung smart TVs, and even smart displays. The interface displays the current video and a list of channels divided into genres such as comedy, crime, entertainment, food, game shows, gaming, international, kids, movies, music, news, reality, sci-fi, sports, travel, and more. You can choose the video resolution (up to 4K) and subtitle language.

You don’t need to install anything or set up any payment option as it is completely free. In the US, Samsung’s ad-supported video streaming service offers 146 channels, including ABC News Live, Bloomberg TV+, Bon Appétit, Deal Or No Deal, Hallmark Movies & More, Impact Wrestling, ION Plus, Kitchen Nightmares, Love Nature 4K, Nick Pluto TV, Paramount Movie Channel, PBS Kids, Tastemade, The LEGO Channel, USA Today, Vevo, Vice, and Weather Nation.

Samsung TV Plus is now installed on more than 50 million smart TVs worldwide. It is available in 23 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA.

The company’s free video streaming service is now directly competing with other free video streaming services like Pluto TV and Tubi. With the South Korean firm’s reach, Samsung TV Plus can turn into a profitable business in itself. The company had added support for Chromecast a few months ago, but whether or not Samsung plans to make it available as an app on other smart TV platforms like Android TV, Fire TV, Roku OS, and tvOS remains to be seen.

Samsung TV Plus On The Website Features

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Buying the Galaxy S21 FE? Samsung may not be selling it to you, though

The Galaxy S21 FE has been shaping up to be quite a promising device so far, but that shape now seems to be losing contour. And there’s nothing you can do to stop it, assuming you lost the geographic lottery as far as being a Samsung fan in 2021 is concerned. A bit ironic for a “Fan Edition” device, but there you have it.

Namely, the company’s reportedly close to not doing a release of the Galaxy S21 FE outside of Europe and the United States at all. This is all on account of the still-ongoing chip shortage that’s been making tech executives nervous since spring. The very same one Samsung’s been warning us about for about as long. Not that this required much foresight, nor did it do much good for Samsung on the avoiding-a-disastrous-multi-billion-dollar-loss front. Which is a pretty important arena to be competitive in, or so we hear.

Is… prospective buyer’s remorse a thing? Like, is someone upset about this?

Coincidentally, the United States and Europe are two of Samsung’s largest markets by every metric that doesn’t involve a headcount. And this isn’t the first time we’ve encountered speculation of this sort, either, though another rumor did suggest that other markets would get the S21 FE, but with the Exynos 2100 powering it instead of the Snapdragon 888.

Given how well the Galaxy S20 FE did in terms of critical acclaim and sales, Samsung will no doubt try and find a way to bring the Galaxy S21 FE to as many countries as possible, chip shortages be damned. However, which of these reports and rumors ultimately turn out to be accurate is something we will have to wait and see. Samsung’s expected to make the Galaxy S21 FE official in October, so there is still some time for the company to work out all the logistic challenges.

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon smartphone costs more than a Galaxy S21 Ultra

The Galaxy S21 Ultra is arguably the best Android smartphone right now, offering the right blend of features and performance. Now, it has a new competitor in the form of the Snapdragon Smartphone for Insiders. Yes, that’s the name of Qualcomm’s first smartphone. The device has high-end specifications and it is co-designed and manufactured by ASUS.

Snapdragon Smartphone for Insider packs in Qualcomm’s latest technologies

Qualcomm unveiled its first smartphone, the Snapdragon Smartphone for Insiders (EXP21), earlier today. It features a minimalistic design but packs in high-end specs. It has a 6.78-inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, up to 1,200 nits peak brightness (during HDR10+ playback), 111.23% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, always-on display, and Gorilla Glass Victus protection.

It runs Android 11 out of the box (with stock Android UI) and comes equipped with the Snapdragon 888 processor, 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, and 512GB UFS 3.1 storage. Despite the Snapdragon 888+ being Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset, it is not being used in this smartphone because ASUS started designing it a few months ago. It has high-quality dual-stereo speakers and a rear-mounted 3D Sonic Sensor Gen. 2 fingerprint reader.

Qualcomm Snapdragon Smartphone For Insiders Snapdragon 888 Processor

The Snapdragon Smartphone for Insiders features a 24MP front-facing camera and a 64MP+12MP+8MP triple-camera setup at the rear. The 64MP camera uses the Sony IMX686 sensor and OIS, while the 12MP ultrawide camera uses Sony’s IMX363 sensor with dual-pixel autofocus and doubles up as a macro camera. The 8MP telephoto camera has OIS and features a 3x optical zoom lens. Primary and ultrawide cameras can record 4K 60fps videos, while the primary camera can also record 8K 30fps videos.

It is powered by a 4,000mAh battery, which seems small for such a high-end smartphone with a big high-refresh-rate display. It does come with a 65W Quick Charge 5.0 charger that can top up the phone’s battery up to 70% of its capacity within 30 minutes. Other features of the phone include dual-band GPS, Wi-Fi 6E, mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, a USB Type-C port, and a flowing Snapdragon logo on the rear. It weighs 210g and measures 173.15 x 77.25 x 9.55mm.

It comes packed with a special pair of premium truly wireless earbuds ($299 Master & Dynamic MW08 with aptX LL), two braided USB Type-C cables, 65W Quick Charge 5.0 adapter, and a specially-designed bumper case. The whole package costs a whopping $1,500, which is $300 more than the Galaxy S21 Ultra’s launch price. It will be launched this August in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, the US, and the UK, followed by India.

Qualcomm Snapdragon Smartphone For Insiders Accessories

Would you buy the Snapdragon Smartphone for Insider over the Galaxy S21 Ultra?

The main aim of this smartphone is to showcase all the latest Qualcomm technologies, including the Snapdragon 888 processor, Quick Charge 5.0, Qualcomm aptX Adaptive and Snapdragon Sound, and Qualcomm Game Quick Touch. However, this is not the only phone to feature those technologies. Plus, it costs a whole lot more than most other high-end Android smartphones.

If you had the chance, would you buy it over the Galaxy S21 Ultra? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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