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Galaxy S25 Ultra: Everything that has leaked so far

By the looks of it, Samsung's mobile device launch strategy won't change drastically anytime soon. The Galaxy Z6 and Galaxy S24 FE launch events are behind us, and the next big thing from Samsung, i.e., the Galaxy S25 flagship series, is just around the corner. We all expect Samsung to announce the Galaxy S25 lineup […]

By Mihai Matei
9 mins ago

One UI 7.0 beta 1 review: Here’s what we think

We spent the past seven days testing and using Samsung's new One UI 7.0 beta firmware on the Galaxy S24 series. Our YouTube community knows we've had a lot of fun with the update as we explored several new features, but every video we released over the past week brought us one step closer to […]

By Mihai Matei
1 hour ago

One UI 7.0 beta: Samsung admits animations need more work

Part of why One UI 7.0 is so important is that the new software revamps UI animations. Samsung's efforts in this area are almost palpable in the first One UI 7.0 beta firmware, but the company admits there is more work to be done. In response to a valid critique made by a One UI […]

By Mihai Matei
2 hours ago

Exclusive David Letterman channel launched on Samsung TV Plus

Samsung announced the launch of a new exclusive channel for TV Plus. The company is expanding its premium FAST entertainment platform with the addition of Letterman TV. The new channel goes live today in the USA and Canada. Letterman TV is a 24/7 channel that streams Late Show with David Letterman, curated moments, and even […]

By Mihai Matei
23 hours ago

I might upgrade to the Galaxy S25+ but you won’t have to

I've been a happy Galaxy S24+ user for the past 10 months, and it's been a wonderful experience so far. The Galaxy S24+ is a rock-solid phone, and I have no complaints about the hardware, design, or software. The question is, am I looking forward to upgrading to the Galaxy S25+ early next year? Not […]

By Mihai Matei
1 day ago

Galaxy S25 Ultra flexes redesign in new dummy photos

From an aesthetic point of view, the highlight of the upcoming Galaxy S25 series will be the redesign of the Ultra model. Every leak so far strongly suggests that Samsung's next-gen Ultra phone will be flatter and have rounder corners than its predecessors. These design cues have been “confirmed” again by high-quality photos of Galaxy […]

By Mihai Matei
1 day ago

Make your Samsung TV smarter with routines on your Galaxy phone

Modes and Routines, the app that lets Galaxy phone and tablet users create automations and IFTTT (If This Than That) event chains, has a handful of options that expand into the IoT and smart home realms. It's very easy to create custom routines on your Galaxy mobile device, and through them, you can automate SmartThings […]

By Mihai Matei
2 days ago

Samsung’s next rugged phone has a bigger user-removable battery

While excitement around One UI 7.0 and the Galaxy S25 series keeps building up, we just got a reminder that Samsung is quietly cooking up a new rugged phone deep inside its development labs. One of its key components showed up online at one of South Korea's regulatory agencies. A few key details are now […]

By Mihai Matei
2 days ago

Samsung rep: One UI 7.0 beta will launch in India this week

Galaxy S24 users in a handful of markets have had access to the first One UI 7.0 beta firmware for the past few days, and it won't be much longer before the beta program expands to more countries. Today, a Samsung India support representative confirmed in a one-on-one WhatsApp chat with @tarunvats33 that Galaxy S24 […]

By Mihai Matei
2 days ago

Galaxy S25 Ultra will blue you away

Galaxy S phones come in a variety of standard and online-exclusive colors, and every year, Samsung picks one color from the bunch to represent each model. A new report (via @UniverseIce) reveals that Samsung has chosen blue to show off the Galaxy S25 Ultra next month. Samsung picked the Titanium Gray color for its Galaxy […]

By Mihai Matei
2 days ago

Samsung has a Galaxy Tab S10 BOGO deal your kids will love

Here is a pleasant surprise Samsung has in store — quite literally — for prospective tablet buyers. For a limited time, tablet fans who buy the Galaxy Tab S10+ or the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra get a discount and a Galaxy Tab A9+ Kids Edition for free. Let's start with the discounts. The Galaxy Tab […]

By Mihai Matei
2 days ago

Feeling lucky as battery life on my Galaxy Watch 5 hasn’t waned

Every new major firmware update causes something in the back of my mind to worry about the effects the software might have on battery life, even just a little. In my experience, Samsung's done a great job in recent years to eliminate those worries, but they still creep up now and again, likely due to […]

By Mihai Matei
3 days ago

Samsung now sells JBL audio products straight from its e-shop

Eight years have passed since Samsung bought Harman International Industries for $8 billion and became the parent company of audio brands like Harman Kardon, AKG, JBL, and others. Recently, Samsung's e-shop fully embraced the JBL brand. Although Samsung's online stores in various regions have had a shortcut to JBL audio products for many years, prospective […]

By Mihai Matei
3 days ago

Samsung might manufacture 50,000 XR headsets for 2025 launch

A South Korean report may have uncovered Samsung's roadmap for the launch of the next XR (mixed reality) device. Samsung won't release the revolutionary wearable at the next Unpacked event in early 2025. However, the company has supposedly settled on a production number and a release timeframe. Assuming this report by Sedaily is accurate, we'll […]

By Mihai Matei
3 days ago

Best and weirdest ways to create app pairs on new Galaxy phones

Samsung's One UI skin for Android has had the versatility of running two (or more) apps simultaneously in Multi Window for a long time. The system improved with every One UI update, and in 2017, Samsung made it possible to create app pair shortcuts. Fundamentally, the app pairing system is still in place, but it, […]

By Mihai Matei
3 days ago

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