Samsung Galaxy S8 in the news

From now on, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will only receive quarterly security updates. This means that instead of getting a new security patch every month, updates will be bundled and released every three months. The S8 duo is three...

Google Stadia is officially supported on non-Pixel phones. The cloud gaming service is gaining support for 20 new devices headlined by Samsung, Asus and Razer tomorrow. Samsung has the most supported smartphones with 16 entries ranging from the...

South Korean tech giant Samsung announced its AI-powered digital assistant Bixby back in March 2017. It first came pre-loaded on the Galaxy S8, but later made its way to a long list of smartphones and home appliances. More than two years later,...

A couple of days ago Samsung shared a roadmap for the release of the stable version of Android 10 in Israel. Now the company has revealed its plans for the rollout of the latest version of Android in China and India. The first batch of...

According to a report from sources speaking to SamMobile, Samsung is planning to end support for Bixby Voice on versions of Android that are older than Pie. This change will come into effect on January 1, 2020, at which point the voice assistant...

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...

Samsung has begun seeding the September security patch to several more devices ranging from the fairly new Galaxy A80 to some older units like the Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy S8 and S8+. The new update comes under the A805FXXS2ASI2 name for...

CAD-based renders of the Samsung Galaxy Note10 and Note10 Pro surfaced earlier this month giving us a pretty good idea of what they'll look like. Now today, we are looking at the official Olixar cases of these smartphones listed on a UK retailer's...

A new rumor today claims Apple is going to introduce yet another new feature when it launches this year's iPhones in the fall, and it's one that Samsung flagships have had since the Galaxy S8. Samsung calls it Dual Audio and what it does is easy:...

Amazon is doing a bit of Spring cleaning and that means low prices on some leftover electronics. Here are a few interesting offerings. In the US, you can grab an Apple iPad (128GB, Wi-Fi) for just $330. The 32GB version goes down to $250, but is...

Samsung has finally started rolling out the update to Android 9 Pie with the company's new One UI overlay for the unlocked Galaxy Note8, S8, and S8+ units sold in the US. This comes later than for carrier branded models in the States, which...

Samsung's rolled out another update for the Galaxy S8's global version (SM-G950F) with the changelog listing improved camera stability and a 'security patch update'. The second bit isn't strictly the March security patch as that was already made...

As of February 28, Bixby was updated on the Galaxy S8, S9 and Galaxy Note8 and Note9 devices running on Samsung's One UI (Android 9) allowing the dedicated Bixby button to be remapped to a custom action or app. You still can’t totally disable Bixby,...

Samsung launched Galaxy Apps for its devices back in September 2009. And now, after more than nine years, the company has rebranded it to Galaxy Store. That's the company's official app store that distributes apps, themes and customizations, and...

Samsung promised to extends its One UI on Android Pie program to the 2017 flagships back in January and today it's delivering it to the Galaxy S8. Units across Continental Europe are getting an update to the latest user interface and Android...

With the successful rollout of the stable Android Pie for the Galaxy S9 and Note9 lineups, Samsung is now focusing on bringing the Galaxy S8/S8+ and the Note8 a piece of the Pie. They entered the beta stage just last month and the Note8 is already...

In an unprecedented move, Samsung opened a public beta program for its Android 9 Pie update for its previous-gen flagships, namely the Galaxy Note8, S8, and S8+. For a couple of weeks or so this has been available in some markets, including the UK...

Samsung has pushed a second Android 9.0 beta update to the Galaxy Note8 that fixes various issues such as camera app force-close when shooting slow-mo video, viewfinder freezing and undetected music stored on the microSD card. The firmware is a...

We’ve been hearing rumors about Samsung putting the fingerprint scanner below the screen since the development stage of Galaxy S8. When it didn’t arrive, speculations suggested the Galaxy S9 would finally have it, but now we have somewhat of a...