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All posts by Dominik Bosnjak
Listen up: Samsung Free app now also does podcasts
Samsung Free is adding podcasts to its content repertoire as part of a new update that started rolling out worldwide earlier today. By the time you're reading this, you should already be able to install the new version of the app from the Galaxy Store. And if you have recently made the jump to Android […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Samsung’s latest 8K, first Wi-Fi 6E TV nears release
Samsung's next 8K TV will also be its first to feature Wi-Fi 6E support, offering connectivity across three vastly different bands. According to some newly surfaced product certification, the high-end smart TV in question will utilize a MediaTek wireless modem. That's hardly a surprise, considering how much Samsung and MediaTek's relationship has grown in recent […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Samsung announces biggest company-wide raises in over a decade
For its next fiscal year that's just about to kick off, Samsung Electronics decided to bolster employee wages on a company-wide level, according to an official statement issued Friday morning, Korean time. The base increase will amount to 7.5% on average. Between 3.0 and 4.5 percentage points in additional performance bonuses will be paid out […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Space Zoom post-mortem: A feature not even Samsung could market
“Shoot for moon, so that even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.” Samsung took that saying literally last year, allowing us to shoot the moon with the Galaxy S20 Ultra. But the novelty of the so-called Space Zoom feature quickly wore thin. Worse of all, Samsung couldn't even reinvigorate it doing what it usually does […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Samsung unsure what to think of Intel’s $20 billion foundry bet
Intel today announced plans to reinvigorate its foundry business and start doing business with third-party clients. The news took Samsung by surprise, but the company reportedly still isn't sure what to make of the development. Especially in light of its recently expanded cooperation with Santa Clara. Nonetheless, South Korean sources claim Samsung remains on “high […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Samsung’s Texas factory troubles are a huge issue, but not for Samsung
What started last month as a routine factory line reset at Samsung's chipmaking plant in Austin is developing into a full-fledged, freakish outliner. But in spite of the temporary setbacks this turn of events will cause for the industry, on the whole, Samsung expects to navigate out of this mess relatively unscathed. Namely, South Korean […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Galaxy A80 will turn two as an Android 11 smartphone, update out now
A new software update carrying Android 11-based One UI 3.1 is confirmed to be on its way to the Galaxy A80 series. The rollout already began reaching select models in Europe, having been spotted in France. This latest firmware upgrade for the 2019 mid-ranger is arriving under version number A805FXXU5DUC7 and also comes bundled with the […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Galaxy S21 still selling like crazy in the U.S., tripling S20 numbers
The Galaxy S21 series isn't showing much signs of slowing down in Samsung's key markets. According to the latest industry insights, the flagship family tripled the first-month sales of the Galaxy S20 range in the United States – still the world's largest smartphone market. Granted, a direct comparison to the 2020 devices might not be […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Bixby can’t lose this AI campaign if Samsung makes her a dungeon master
To say that Bixby hasn't been faring too well in the first-generation AI assistant wars would be an understatement. As few are even thinking about Samsung's voice-enabled companion these days. But does that mean Bixby's on the losing side of the never-ending battle for market share? Not necessarily, especially if Samsung finds her a nice […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Galaxy Awesome Unpacked: Where to watch and what to expect
As promised, Samsung is scheduled to finally unveil a pair of its much-anticipated Android mid-rangers Wednesday, March 17th. Just several years ago, that very sentiment would have likely sounded bizarre to many. However many were staying on top of smartphone news, to be exact. But somewhere around the time Samsung's premium, bezel-free design language started […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Samsung doubling down on cutting-edge tech that literally cuts edges
Samsung is planning to up its spending on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography scanners over the course of this year, South Korean media reports, citing sources close to the company. EUV machines have been at the heart of Samsung's foundry operations for only a little while, debuting with the commercial launch of its 7nm process node. […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
How to enable the wildest experimental features in Samsung Gallery
Did you know the Samsung Gallery Android app comes packaged with a (not-too-)secretive Galaxy Labs menu? More importantly, enabling this array of impressive and entertaining features on your end shouldn't take more than a literal minute. Largely on account of the fact that Galaxy Labs support has been built into every single one of Samsung's […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Entry-level Galaxy A20 gets March 2021 security update
If the Galaxy A20 was a flagship, it would have been a well-maintained one. But as it happens to be an entry-level smartphone from 2019, it's at the very least a testament to how Samsung's software support policy has lately been out of this world. Case in point: select variants of the Galaxy A20 have […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Galaxy A42 5G is Samsung’s latest device moving to Android 11
Technically, the Galaxy A42 5G is still in the process of releasing globally. But seeing how it launched with Android 10, i.e. One UI 2.5, the time is nigh for its very first major operating system upgrade. That would be the same OTA currently making its way to many other Galaxy devices around the world. This jump to […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Opinion: Xiaomi and co. can’t afford to match Samsung’s Android updates
The frequency at which Samsung keeps churning out security updates for its devices is getting more impressive on an almost daily basis. Especially at this time of the year, when what's left of its competition in the Android smartphone industry is busy with its first annual product launches. From the OnePlus One to the Wii […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
