Samsung kicked off its Developer Conference (SDC) today and made One UI 7 official. However, while One UI's track record had us anticipating a release this month, it will arrive next year - ouch! Still, let's focus on the positives - like this Galaxy S24 Ultra running the upcoming OS. It's a short clip that nonetheless reveals some key details, like the redesigned icons, a new standalone command center you... Read more ›
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Following a lengthy teaser campaign, Lava Mobiles announced its Agni 3 smartphone in India today with several noteworthy features. The main attraction is around the back and it’s not the cameras but a 1.74” secondary AMOLED touchscreen. It serves multiple purposes ranging from displaying notifications and allowing you to manage incoming calls, to acting as a camera control for taking selfies with the main 50MP camera. You can also control... Read more ›
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Apple launched the A18 and A18 Pro right in time for the iPhone 16 series, and the Pro was said to have a more powerful GPU for intensive graphical tasks like augmented reality, 3D rendering and ray tracing. Now shots of the actual chips were posted online, showcasing the platforms are quite different despite being built by TSMC on the same 3 nm process technology. Front side of Apple A18... Read more ›
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Google released Android 15 into the Android Open Source Project recently and is expected to start rolling out updates to its Pixel smartphones on October 15. With that in mind, you may have been wondering when Samsung's One UI 7 based on Android 15 would come out, especially considering the fact that the Korean company was among the fastest with issuing previous major updates in recent years. We now know,... Read more ›
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YouTube Shorts are getting longer. Starting on October 15, you can create Shorts that are up to 3 minutes long. This was apparently a top requested feature, and now it's almost here. The change obviously won't affect any videos uploaded before October 15, and applies to videos that are square or taller in aspect ratio. YouTube says it will also work hard to improve recommendations for longer Shorts "in the... Read more ›
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Samsung smartphones will, from next year, be able to unlock smart locks with just a tap - or not even that, by going hands-free using UWB. The tap to unlock functionality will use NFC instead, as you may have expected. Samsung users will thus become on par with iPhone owners, who have had the ability to unlock smart locks in a fiddle-free way already. Samsung will support the new Aliro... Read more ›
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The Pixel 9 family was launched back in August, around two months earlier than Google's previous events took place in past years. But the family still isn't complete - the Pixel 9a is left to join it. And it will do so sooner than you may have expected, according to a new rumor. The Pixel 9a will be available for pre-order in mid-March, multiple sources have allegedly said. This is... Read more ›
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Google's Gemini Live conversational AI experience recently became available to everyone for free, and now the company has announced another development for this specific service. Starting today and "rolling out over the coming weeks", the conversational Gemini Live will suport more than 40 languages. Gemini Live supports conversations in up to two languages on the same device, and there are plans to expand this to more languages in the future.... Read more ›
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Samsung’s September 26 event introduced a new Galaxy S FE phone and two new premium tablets in the Tab S10 line, all of which went on pre-order immediately after the event. Here we are a week later and that’s over with – the new phone and tablets are now widely available around the world. The Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is equipped with the largest display in the series yet, 6.7”,... Read more ›
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Today Spotify is launching what it thinks is a solution to the problem of having forgotten to download your favorite playlist before hopping on a plane with no Wi-Fi. What to do? Well, there's nothing you need to do, as Spotify is taking care of things. If you have Premium, that is. With Offline Backup, the app will automatically create a playlist that's going to be available on your device,... Read more ›
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Oppo keeps teasing its upcoming Find X8 series, and today a company exec announced a useful feature the devices would have. They will be able to remove reflections from your photos. You can take a look at the video below to see the process in action. There are also before and after images below, so you can see how well this actually works in practice. When capturing things through glass,... Read more ›
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Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 11 24H2 update, which is known simply as “Windows 11 2024 update”. This version improves security, brings new connectivity options and adds more AI capabilities to Copilot+ PCs. One handy change is that the Quick Settings is now a scrollable list, which you can customize by reordering the various options. The Wi-Fi selection UI has a Refresh button, so that you can easily... Read more ›
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The Samsung Galaxy S FE was once a will-they-won't-they affair, but it is now an established early autumn release by Samsung that is hotly anticipated by Galaxy fans (especially those in North America). 2024's model brings upgrades in display, battery, and processing power that in turn opens the door for AI. And now that we spent some time with it here are our first impressions. It shouldn't come as a... Read more ›
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As you may know, Galaxy flagships often have exclusive color options that are available through Samsung.com and no other retailer. For the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6, for example, they are White and Crafted Black (the latter has a carbon fiber look to it). Normally, the exclusive colors cost the same as the others – but not today. You can have the Galaxy Z Fold6 in White or Crafted Black for... Read more ›
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The Oura Ring 4 is now official and it brings a slew of improvements compared to the outgoing Gen 3 version from three years ago. Oura Ring 4 features a fully titanium exterior and interior ditching the epoxy interior of its predecessor. The new device is 2.88mm thick and weighs between 3.3 and 5.2 grams depending on the ring size. It is also water resistant up to 100m. The sensors... Read more ›
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Apple announced its AirPods 4 and AirPods Max with USB-C last month and the team over at iFixt has now shared their teardowns. Long story short, neither of the new AirPods offers improvements in terms of repairability. The small AirPods 4 require a specialized jig holder that keeps them in place while a heat gun helps loosen the adhesive to open up the top half of the buds. AirPods 4... Read more ›
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Google keeps updating Gemini with new features, and today we have a couple of Gemini-related news. First, a feature addition that will save you some time whenever you need Gemini to tell you something about an image. That's because with the newest version of the Gemini app for Android, you can now share an image directly to Gemini, by using the Android share sheet. You can then immediately ask it... Read more ›
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A while back we saw the first results from what should be the Exynos 1580, Samsung's next mid-range chipset. Now we have a new batch of results coming from one of the key devices where the new chip will be used – the Samsung Galaxy A56. Predictably, the phone has a model number SM-A566B, while the chipset goes under S5E8855. Samsung Galaxy A56 (SM-A566B) scorecard from Geekbench 6.2.2 The Exynos... Read more ›
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