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Themes Thursday: Six new themes that you might want to check out
Welcome back to this week's Themes Thursday! 123 themes have been released for compatible Galaxy smartphones in Samsung's Theme Store this week. To save you from the trouble of going through each and every one, we've selected six good-looking themes that you might like. Apart from a few Christmas theme packs that we listed last […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung is a part of Khronos VR Standards initiative for virtual reality
Earlier today, Samsung announced that it had joined hands with Acer, Google, HTC, Oculus, and Sony to form the Global Virtual Reality Association. Now, the Khronos Group, which also developed Vulkan APIs, has created the Khronos VR Standards initiative in collaboration with industry leaders including Samsung, Google, Oculus, Razer, Valve, AMD, ARM, Intel, Nvidia, and […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung files patent for a drone with circular design
Samsung has a firm grasp on the wearables segment, with its Gear S smartwatches and the Gear VR virtual reality headset doing extremely well in the market. The Gear 360 hasn't seen as much success, perhaps due to its high price, but it certainly impressed everyone as the first take on a 360-degree camera. Samsung […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Bloomberg: Galaxy S8 to feature ‘all-screen front’, virtual home button, single rear camera
The Galaxy S8 looks set to make quite a few big changes that may or may not go down well with consumers. We exclusively reported that Samsung will be ditching the home button with the Galaxy S8 in order to put in a larger screen with very little bezel, and Bloomberg is reporting on similar […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Samsung teams up with Google, HTC, Oculus, Sony, and Acer to form the Global Virtual Reality Association
Virtual reality is booming. Ever since Oculus started working on its VR headset, many companies, big and small, have jumped onto the VR bandwagon. VR has the potential to be the next big computing and entertainment platform. Now, these companies joining hands to form a focus group to promote VR. Samsung has announced on its […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Purported Galaxy J7 (2017) running Nougat granted Wi-Fi certification
A handset, believed to the the Galaxy J7 (2017), has been granted Wi-Fi certification. Unfortunately, the documentation doesn't reveal anything about the device, other than that it sports the model number SM-J727, which is similar to the unit that was spotted on Indian import tracker Zauba's online database a little more than two months ago. […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Samsung to disable radio functionality on the Galaxy Note 7 in Canada next week
Samsung has today announced that it will distribute a compulsory firmware update to disable all Bluetooth, cellular and Wi-Fi radios on the Galaxy Note 7 in Canada next week. This news comes shortly after it started rolling out an upgrade for the device in the region to limit the battery's maximum charge to just 60 […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge is now available in Black Pearl with 128GB storage
We had reported yesterday that Samsung could introduce the Black Pearl variant of the Galaxy S7 edge in South Korea, and Samsung has now made it official. The company has launched its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7 edge, in its seventh color: Black Pearl. The new color variant will be available in select markets starting December […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
BBM app will soon be launched for Tizen devices
BlackBerry's BBM was one of the most popular IM apps on smartphones back in the day. However, its popularity decreased after the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage, and WeChat entered the race. To compete with these new IM services, BlackBerry launched its app on Android, iOS, and Windows Phone over the past few years. Now, the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Blue Coral Samsung Galaxy S7 edge launched in India
The Blue Coral Galaxy S7 edge has made its way to yet another market. Samsung has announced the new color option in India today, with shipments set to commence on December 15. India was one of the very few countries where Samsung didn't launch the Blue Coral Galaxy Note 7, so it is great to see the company […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Samsung Galaxy A (2017) devices confirmed to have IP68 certification, USB Type-C ports, 16 MP front cameras
Samsung hasn't made anything official yet, but it looks like the Galaxy A (2017) smartphones have been unveiled at a small event in Iran. We have seen the three devices – the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and the Galaxy A7 – make numerous appearances over the course of the last few weeks, and we are […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Wallpaper Wednesday: Christmas Season
Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on ten Christmas-inspired wallpapers. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones too. If any of the following images […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
What’s New With Nougat Part 14: Samsung Cloud pricing revealed
We're testing the latest Android 7.0 Nougat beta that Samsung released today for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge to find out if it brings any new features. We've already told you about Samsung Pass and we've now found out that the latest beta build also reveals Samsung Cloud pricing. Samsung Cloud was […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Daily Deal: Grab Samsung’s dual-port fast car charger at 36% discount
Most people charge their smartphones when they're on their way to the office or on a trip as GPS navigation eats up a lot of battery charge. So, it is almost mandatory to have a fast charger in your car. If you have a Fast Charge compatible smartphone from Samsung, you should pick up this dual-port […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) renders leak, here are the images and a video
We exclusively reported three months ago that Samsung is readying 2017 variants of its Galaxy A series smartphones. The smallest of these devices, the Galaxy A3 (2017), appeared on Geekbench as well as in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certification documents. Now, the render images and videos of the Galaxy A3 (2017) have been leaked. The folks over at […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Galaxy A7 (2017) could launch soon as event invite leaks
It's December, and it was around the same time last year that Samsung made its Galaxy A (2016) smartphones official. We have been expecting the 2017 editions to make an official appearance thanks to the number of leaks that have cropped up in recent weeks, and it looks like the Galaxy A7 (2017) could be […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
What’s New With Nougat Part 13: Samsung Pass eliminates the need to remember passwords
Samsung has released a new beta of Android 7.0 Nougat for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge today. It brings Samsung Pass, a feature that was announced with the Galaxy Note 7 earlier this year. Think of Samsung Pass as a master key for website login or mobile banking services. It eliminates the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
TouchWiz will henceforth be known as Samsung Experience
The skin that Samsung slaps on top of core Android OS is commonly referred to as TouchWiz but that's going to change with Android 7.0 Nougat. The company rolled out a new beta of Android 7.0 Nougat for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge today. The latest update quietly rebrands the user interface […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Galaxy A5 (2017) stops by the FCC
Three months ago we reportedly exclusively that Samsung has started working on the 2017 lineup of the Galaxy A series. Since then we've heard quite a few rumors about the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 (2017). It's expected that Samsung is going to launch the revamped series early next year but the company […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
New Nougat beta released for the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge
Samsung launched the Galaxy Beta Program about a month ago to give select Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge owners a taste of Android 7.0 Nougat. It has since been rolling out updated beta builds for participants of the program and the company has released a new Nougat beta today as well. It's a big […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
