After releasing the April 2024 security patch to the carrier-unlocked variants of the Galaxy Note 20  and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra earlier this week, Samsung has now started rolling out the latest security update to the carrier-locked variants of the two devices for the United States, which have model numbers SM-N981U and SM-N986U. With the new software update, the firmware version of your Galaxy Note 20 unit should change to N98XUSQS6HXD1. The April 2024 security patch offers a fix for 44 security issues, and that’s the only thing the new firmware offers. Samsung has made the update avai ..read more

The Galaxy S24 Ultra is the best flagship phone available from Samsung currently, and like many others, I have been having a great time using it. The smooth performance is the biggest draw for me. The Galaxy S23 Ultra was the first Samsung phone that felt totally impervious to lag and stutter and matched the consistently smooth experience iOS provides (or provided at one time; it’s apparently no longer as optimized as it used to be). I expected the Galaxy S24 Ultra to offer similar performance, but it’s even faster and smoother compared to the S23 Ultra, suggesting that Samsung made further op ..read more

Samsung may have brought some of the best Galaxy S24 software features to older flagship smartphones through the One UI 6.1 update, but the Galaxy S24 series still has some exclusive functionality that isn't available on any older device. One feature exclusive to the Galaxy S24 series that not enough people are talking about is the Dual Recording mode in the camera app. Dual Recording is not a new concept in the mobile world, and it certainly isn't a new concept where Samsung's Android smartphones are concerned. But Dual Recording on the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra is not the same as Dual ..read more

Earlier this week, Samsung released the April 2024 security patch for the international variant of the Galaxy A53 5G. Now, the company is expanding the same security update to the carrier-unlocked variant of the device for the United States, which carries the model number SM-A536U1. The new software update bumps the phone’s firmware version to A536U1UES8DXD7. Apart from the April 2024 security patch, which fixes 44 security issues, the software update doesn’t offer anything else. The update is currently live on AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular,  Cellular South, Cricket, Comcast, Dish, MetroPC ..read more

Samsung has been the world's biggest TV brand for 17 consecutive years and the biggest soundbar brand for ten years. It must be doing many things right to achieve such a huge feat, and Sony has taken a few leaves out of the South Korean firm's book for its new TVs and soundbars. Sony copies Samsung's SpaceFit Sound and Q-Symphony features for its new soundbars Sony announced its new soundbar and TV lineup this week, and it appears that it has copied a few features from Samsung's TV and soundbar lineups. One of those features is Acoustic Center Sync. It combines the speakers of the TV and the s ..read more

The Galaxy A12 Nacho is currently on a biannual security update schedule, which means that Samsung offers it two security updates every year. Well, the first one for this year has finally arrived. Samsung has started rolling out the April 2024 security patch to the international variant of the Galaxy A12 Nacho, which carries the model number SM-A127F. It’s good to see that the company is offering the phone with the latest security update instead of an older one, even though it is an entry-level device and is on a biannual security update schedule. The new firmware carries version A127FXXSBDXD2 ..read more

The Galaxy S24 series smartphones brought Galaxy AI, a suite of GenAI features, including Circle to Search (CtS), to help you with various tasks. These features are powered by Google’s Gemini Nano, the smallest/lightest version of Gemini that is designed to run on devices such as phones and tablets. It gives them GenAI capability without the need for the internet. Well, it looks like Google and Samsung have now started working on offering an upgraded version of Gemini Nano with the Galaxy S25 series. The Corporate Vice President of System LSI at Samsung Semiconductor, Chulmin Jo, says that Sam ..read more

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong has topped Forbes' list of South Korea's wealthiest people for the first time in his life. Lee's net worth is KRW 15.81 trillion ($11.5 billion), which has recently risen by $3.5 billion. Lee Jae-yong becomes South Korea's richest person for the first time The increase in Lee Jae-yong's net worth is attributed to the company's recent stock price surge. Recently, Samsung's semiconductor chip bagged a crucial order from Nvidia for HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory) chips used for AI processing. Samsung Electronics had a bad year in 2023, with its profits tumbli ..read more

Samsung's new mid-range Galaxy A35 is finally available in the USA. Samsung announced the phone yesterday, and now, you can buy it through the company's online shop for $399, unlocked with no carrier strings attached. The Galaxy A35 is a budget phone, but don't let that relatively low price and mid-range label fool you. This device punches above its weight class and sometimes surpasses expectations — even Samsung's. If you are in the market for a Samsung mid-range budget phone that offers good value for money, the Galaxy A35 might be your best bet unless you want to spend extra for a Galaxy S2 ..read more

When Samsung first announced the budget Galaxy F15 in India last month, it introduced the phone in two memory configurations featuring 128GB of storage and 4GB or 6GB of RAM. A third memory option has now popped up online. A promotional render (via GizmoChina) showing an “all-new 8GB variant” of the Galaxy F15 has emerged. As of this writing, this variant does not yet seem to be available for purchase at Samsung India or via Flipkart, but it probably will soon. Slightly more money for 2GB extra RAM According to this promotional poster, the Galaxy F15 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage will b ..read more