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New Google Play System update is available for some Galaxy phones

While we're eagerly waiting for One UI 7 to land on more phones, a new Google Play system update is making its way onto some Galaxy devices. The availability of Play system updates for Samsung users is, as usual, unpredictable. Here is what we know. Google has rolled out the March 2025 Play System update, […]

By Mihai Matei
21 hours ago

Google Photos may skip backing up RAW images to save space

Samsung phones can save captured images in the usual JPEG and HEIF formats, as well as, in the DNG format. While the first two are compressed, the third is uncompressed (also known as raw format). Raw photos offer more details and are easier to edit professionally compared to JPEG and HEIF. However, RAW images are […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 days ago

Chrome may not come preloaded on Galaxy phones in the future

In an ongoing antitrust case against Google, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has mentioned that it wants Google to sell its Chrome web browser. This could massively affect Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets (probably in a good way), which currently come with Google Chrome pre-installed. US Department of Justice wants Google to sell Chrome; […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
3 days ago

Google may copy One UI to bring stackable widgets to Android

With Android 13-based One UI 5, Galaxy phones and tablets have been offering users the ability to stack widgets on the home screen. That is, place one widget over another. This feature not only saves space but makes it easier to access multiple widgets. Well, almost two years after Samsung offered it, Google is now […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 days ago

One UI 6.5 Watch may let you force AOD on apps

On Samsung’s Galaxy Watches, when you open certain apps and then stop using them or put your wrist down, the app becomes blurry and goes into the background with the watch face taking over. That’s because those apps don’t support always-on display (AOD). Apps supporting it, such as Google Maps, Google Keep, and Spotify, will […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 days ago

Google now calls Gemini’s extensions as ‘apps’

Google’s GenAI-powered virtual assistant, Gemini, can work with various first-party, as well as third-party services and apps, such as Google Maps and Spotify, with the help of their extensions. Well, Google has now decided to stop calling them extensions. Instead, the brand is now calling them apps. That’s right. Not extensions, which they are, but […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 days ago

Google releases Android 15-based Wear OS 5.1

Google has released a new version of its operating system for smartwatches — Wear OS 5.1 — without any fanfare. It is based on the brand’s latest version of OS for smartphones — Android 15 — and succeeds Android 14-based Wear OS 5. The company is currently rolling it out to the Pixel Watch 1, […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 days ago

One UI 8 could bring third party widgets to lock screen

Samsung’s phones and tablets let you add widgets to the lock screen. However, they offer widgets only from first-party apps. That’s because this is not a native Android feature. Samsung is offering it as a part of One UI. Well, you may be able to add widgets from third-party apps to the lock screen of […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
6 days ago

Google Maps is first to support Android 16’s Live Updates notification

Google introduced Live Updates notifications with the latest beta release of Android 16. And the first app to support it is Google Maps. So, we can finally see how Live Updates notifications work on Android phones and how they will look on Samsung devices with Now Bar. Google Maps gets support for Android 16's Live […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 days ago

Google’s Find My Device now also lets you track your loved ones

On Android, Google allows people to track their loved ones using Google Maps. However, the ideal place for it to offer this feature is Find My Device. With that, people will be able to track their family and friends, devices, and items from one place. Well, the idea has finally struck Google and it has […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Google confirms it is on track to release Android 16 in June

Usually, Google releases a new version of Android in the third or the fourth quarter of a year. However, the company is planning to release the next version of the OS, Android 16, earlier than usual. In June, to be more specific, and now one of the brand’s spokesperson says that Google is on track […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Gemini live video and screen sharing coming to Galaxy S25 for free

At MWC 2025, Google is showcasing two new features for the Gemini app for Android, live video and screen sharing. The company will roll out these features to Google One AI Premium subscribers later this month. Since Google and Samsung are offering the paid subscription of the AI assistant to the Galaxy S25 users for […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Honor aims to match Samsung with 7 Android OS updates

Google and Samsung have been the industry leaders in the smartphone market because of their software update policies. Both started offering a promise of seven major OS updates for their new high-end phones. Now, Honor has announced that it will offer the same software update policy for its phones. Honor will offer seven major Android […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 week ago

Future Galaxy phones with Snapdragon chips could get 8 Android OS updates

Samsung has constantly raised the bar for software support in the Android smartphone segment. It was the first brand to promise four major Android OS updates to its phones. Last year, it went one step ahead and promised to provide seven major Android OS updates to the Galaxy S24. In the future, if it wants, […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

Apple might copy Samsung by integrating Gemini into Apple Intelligence

Some AI features on Samsung's smartphones and tablets are powered by Google's Gemini, while the company's in-house AI models power others. Apple is expected to follow Samsung's approach to Apple Intelligence on iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Like Samsung, Apple could use Gemini to power some Apple Intelligence features Apple already uses in-house and OpenAI's AI […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 weeks ago

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