SamMobile Daily Recap, January 25, 2019: Galaxy Buds, Galaxy A9 Pro, and more

We publish a lot of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up. However, we think we’ve come up with a fantastic solution — a daily recap.

Here’s what we covered today.

Phones

Galaxy A8s launched as the Galaxy A9 Pro in South Korea

Firmware News

US unlocked Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8/S8+ get Android Pie beta

Galaxy J6+ starts receiving the January 2019 security patch

Watches

Samsung Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Fit move closer to official launch

Rumor suggests Galaxy Watch Active name for Gear Sport successor

Polls

[Poll] What do you find most frustrating about Samsung One UI

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

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First Samsung device: SGH-D500

Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.

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