Samsung Galaxy S7 in the news

Four years after their launch, the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are officially cut off from software support from Samsung. Both phones were on a quarterly Security update cycle and received the March 2020 security patch just last month but are now nowhere...

Google researchers found a serious security flaw on a number of Android devices and oddly, the issue was supposed to be patched back in December 2017. The phones in question are the Pixel, Pixel 2, Huawei P20, Samsung Galaxy S7, S8 and S9. Xiaomi...

The exclusive GLOW outfit and Levitate emote for Fortnite are now available to Samsung owners. While they celebrate the release of the Galaxy Note10 duo (the name refers to Aura Glow), owners of older premium Samsung phones and tablets can get them...

Back in June Samsung decided that the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are old enough that they don't warrant receiving quarterly security updates anymore, so the company bumped them into a category that gets "other" (read: less frequent) updates. That wasn't...

The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are more than three years old at this point, but surprisingly enough Samsung still plans to issue security updates for them from time to time. This is anything but the default scenario for Android smartphones - even Google...

Here's an interesting stat - among Google Pixel 3 and OnePlus 6T buyers in Q4 of 2018 in the US, the most were former Samsung owners. Less than 20% were iPhone users. Now let's clarify a bit. According to Counterpoint Research data, some 51% of...

When it comes to security updates, Samsung’s Android-powered devices roughly fall into two categories – ones that get monthly updates and ones that get a security patch once every three months. The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, now three years old,...

Happy 10th anniversary, Samsung Galaxy! And what a better way to celebrate than by keeping up the spirit of innovation and introducing a couple of world’s firsts. Those are spread out across the three models that form the core S10 group. They...

Samsung has started rolling out the January 1 security patch for the Galaxy S7. It’s rolling out over the air in the UK and will expand to other regions. You can read up on the fixes by the January patch here. The Galaxy S7 duo was updated to...

If you're one of the people who buys the latest phone and then sells it second-hand on sites like eBay or Swappa for the newer model, eBay has a new feature that makes it easier to sell a used phone. Today, eBay has launched a new program called...

There are deals on Samsung gadgets on both sides of the Atlantic right now. In the US, when you buy a Galaxy Note9 (512GB) you can get a free Gear S3 frontier or a Gear Fit2 Pro, and a free wireless charger in both cases. If you buy a 128GB Note9 or...

Samsung's developers' team may not have Android 9.0 Pie planned for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge seeing as they're more than 2 years old now, but there's still some software love for the two. The latest OTA that the company is pushing, delivers the...

Samsung announced today that the mobile payment platform Samsung Pay is celebrating its third birthday. Originally launched in South Korea, today the service reached its 24th market and first in Africa in the country of South Africa. With...

Samsung is launching the Galaxy Note9 on August 9. The date is a bit earlier than usual, but this is due to the poor Galaxy S9 performance on the market. The Korean company has just opened pre-orders (also called reservations) on its US website,...

Most of the Galaxy S7 versions already received the update to Android 8.0 Oreo including the Verizon and AT&T models, but the international dual-SIM alteration was left out so far. This changes today as the rollout has finally commenced. The...

Update: Sprint's Galaxy S7/S7 edge have also started getting the Oreo update. The update weighs in at around 1.3GB, and arrives as versions G930PVPU6CRE7 and G935PVPU6CRE7, respectively. With this, three out of Big Four US carriers - Sprint, AT&T,...

Another day, another Meizu 16 tease from the company's founder himself. This one is about comfort and performance and the Meziu 16 will try to tackle this with a heat-dispersing heatsink/vapor chamber for the all-powerful Snapdragon...

Samsung's first foldable smartphone, which the company says won't be just a gimmick, is said to be coming next year. Reportedly, the device was even showcased to a selected few back in January at this year's CES show. While we still don't know...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Oreo update roll out is in full swing, but there's one member of the S7 series that's yet to get the Oreo update: Galaxy S7 Active. Newly unearthed evidence suggests the upgrade for that one is just around the corner. The...

AT&T has started pushing out a new update to Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge smartphones on its network. Arriving as G930AUCU4CRE4/G935AUCU4CRE4 and weighing in at around 1.8GB, it's a major update that brings along Android 8.0 Oreo OS. This makes...