Ultrahuman's app now supports Les Mills workouts. Les Mills is a global brand known for its training programs, and these can now be recommended by the Ultrahuman app based on your current state. You start by setting a goal and telling the app how often and how long you want to train. Then, you'll get recommendations from the Les Mills workout catalog, including for high intensity interval training, strength sessions, yoga, and recovery classes. The suggestions are tied to the Ultrahuman ring's recovery data, so if you're well rested you'll get more intense workouts, and if you...
Google rolled out the fourth beta of Android 17 last week and has now followed it up with the first Android 17 QPR1 beta. The new update is available for Pixel 6 and newer devices. Ahead of Android 17’s stable release, expected in September, users can try upcoming refinements through the Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1. Google notes that this beta build is stable enough for general use. The update is available for devices ranging from the Pixel 6 to the latest Pixel 10a. Interested users can enroll in the Android Beta Program and install the QPR1 update. While the release doesn’t introduce...
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 FE and Galaxy S24 FE are getting the April 2026 security update. Users in South Korea can now grab the latest firmware, which is readily available for download.
April 2026 update carries forty-seven fixes for Samsung devices, with those applicable to the Galaxy S23 FE and Galaxy S24 FE as well. The SMR is rolling out sequentially, so the availability may vary depending on model and carrier.
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Updating software on Samsung phones isn’t a tricky task. Simply open the system Settings, followed by the Software update page. Hit the Download and install button, and the phone will begin fetching the latest firmware from the server.
Samsung updates also wipe out unnecessary and junk files, including cache. Removal of that stuff improves the overall experience of your device. System apps also install alongside the software update for optimal performance.
April patch has arrived for users who have not updated through the Beta Program. The patch has already landed on the Fan Edition phones as part of One UI 8.5 Beta, with One UI 8 users can now grab this incremental OTA.
Samsung is preparing to start the Stable One UI 8.5 rollout on April 30. The update may first appear for the Galaxy S25 series in South Korea. Users outside Samsung’s home ground may begin grabbing it, starting on May 4, 2026.
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The Honor 600 series was unveiled yesterday and made its way to Europe today with one major change. While units sold across Asia are equipped with a 7,000mAh Si-C battery, the European versions come with 6,400mAh cells. And while the difference in battery capacities surely favors the international Honor 600 variant, Honor decided to undertake a rather unusual battery test against its key competitors. Instead of comparing running times across regular use-case scenarios, Honor’s engineers took out the Honor 600’s 7,000mAh Si-C battery and fitted it to power a miniature RC car. They...
As promised, Poco has expanded its portfolio of C Series smartphones with the launch of the Poco C81 and Poco C81x. Poco C81 Let's talk about the Poco C81 first. It's a 4G smartphone powered by the Unisoc T7250 SoC, paired with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM. The smartphone has 64GB of onboard storage, expandable up to 2TB via a microSD card. On the software side, you get Android 16-based HyperOS 3, with Poco promising four major Android upgrades and six years of security updates. The Poco C81 is built around a 6.9" 120Hz HD+ LCD with 800 nits HBM brightness. The display also has a notch for the...
Mauro Porcini, the chief design officer at Samsung, revealed a Galaxy design manifesto that signals a hard turn away from hardware obsession. After years of winning on cameras, chips, and folding screens, Samsung is now chasing emotion and AI.
The framework Porcini laid out runs on four tracks.
Live Longer covers health and safety through wearables. Live Better hands routine tasks to AI and robotics. Live Loud pushes tools for creativity and self-expression. And then there’s Live On, which is where things get genuinely strange.
Samsung is openly discussing AI systems that build digital versions of people, instead of avatars and chatbots. Persistent, data-trained representations of actual human beings, their personalities, their knowledge, and presence.
Within a decade, Porcini argues, robots could become the dominant interface inside homes. Samsung is playing across three timelines: short term: it’s refining what already exists, mid term: it’s pushing harder, and long term: it’s trying to redefine what a product even is.
Samsung has announced pivots before, but this one’s different.
If the robots-as-primary-interface bet lands, every smartphone company will be scrambling to catch up to a future Samsung spent a decade building toward while everyone was still arguing about camera bumps.
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During the Q1 2026 earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that AI4+, the upgraded version of Tesla’s existing AI4 chip, is headed for production by mid-2027, and the company entrusted Samsung Foundry for production.
AI4+, which Samsung Foundry will produce, is also being called AI4.1 internally, though Tesla hasn’t locked in an official name. The specs are meaningfully better than the current AI4: more memory, wider bandwidth, stronger compute.
Samsung already holds orders for both the AI5 and the upcoming AI6. Tesla completed tape-out on AI5 on April 15, and the company is planning to route it first toward Optimus robots and data centers.
Elon Musk said that AI4 is already capable of human-level autonomous driving. There’s no reason to blow up working production lines chasing a chip that cars don’t actually need yet. AI4+ squeezes more performance out of a proven architecture.
As Musk put it, if AI4 hardware gets too outdated, factory continuity becomes the only argument for keeping it alive. Samsung isn’t just making Tesla’s chips, but making Tesla’s decisions possible.
Elon Musk stated that “It may make sense to transition to AI5 for vehicles at some point, but it’s not urgent right now. If AI4 hardware becomes too outdated, it could end up being the only reason to keep factories running.”
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Motorola is set to introduce its Razr 70 series next week with no less than two models. We’ve seen a generous number of leaks so far, and we now have official-looking press renders of the Razr 70 Ultra shared by Evan Blass. Razr 70 Ultra in Orient Blue Alcantara and Pantone Cocoa Wood By the looks of it, Motorola is not changing all that much in terms of design. Razr 70 Ultra features a nearly-identical look to last year’s Razr 60 Ultra with dual cameras on the cover screen and a largely unobtrusive main display with a punch-hole cutout for the selfie cam. We do get a...
Yesterday, the Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro got their global launch, and today they've been announced for European markets as well. The phones come with a 6,400 mAh battery in Europe (down from 7,000 mAh internationally), but the rest of the specs have remained the same, thankfully. Both the Honor 600 and the Honor 600 Pro purchased in Europe will receive six years of Android updates. The Honor 600 is priced at €549.99 with 128GB of storage, €649.99 with 256GB of storage, and €699.99 with 512GB. However, if you're an early bird you can get both the 256GB and the 512GB versions for just...
Leaked changelog reveals One UI 8.5 stable update for the Galaxy S25 series will bring a noticeable visual refresh, leaning into cleaner layouts, blur effects, and more fluid elements that adapt naturally to how you use the phone daily.
Galaxy AI takes center stage with smarter, more practical tools. From screening calls with Bixby to editing photos using simple text prompts, the update makes AI feel less like a feature and more like part of the experience.
Camera upgrades focus on convenience and control, via TarunVats. Document scanning is faster, dual video recording is easier, and real-time color previews remove guesswork, giving users more confidence before they even hit record.
Everyday usability gets a boost across the system. Lock screen personalization is smarter, weather insights are more detailed, and call handling now includes direct voicemail and context-aware quick replies that actually make sense.
Connectivity and ecosystem features continue to expand. Sharing files across Galaxy devices, and even Apple hardware, becomes smoother, while hotspot access and family-based device syncing feel more polished and reliable.
Security, battery, and accessibility improvements round things off. You get clearer battery insights, stronger theft protection, and better assistive controls, making the update feel balanced between flashy upgrades and meaningful daily improvements.
Fresh new look: One UI seamlessly integrates into your daily routine by combining immersive visuals with meaningful personalization for a more refined and sophisticated design. Transparent blur effects add depth and make content easier to navigate, while floating elements react organically to your workflow for a more focused experience. Through familiar and intuitive data visualization, One UI delivers a design that feels both personal and relatable, helping you focus on what matters.
Screen calls before answering: Use Bixby Text Call to decide if you want to talk. You can let a call assistant answer for you and ask the caller who they are and why they’re calling.
Edit images with text prompts: Image editing has never been easier. Just describe how you want your image to change. You can change the color of someone’s clothes, add something to an empty table, or anything else you can think of.
Add items from one image to another: Photo assist makes it easy to combine elements from different images. Take an object from one picture and add it to a different picture. Galaxy AI smooths it out and makes it look natural.
Add style to any photo: You can now apply fun styles to any photo with Photo assist, not just pictures of people or pets. In thumbnail view, you can touch and hold to reorder your styles and put your favorites near the front.
Continuous image generation: Keep creating without stopping. Photo Assist now lets you generate AI images using different features from the results screen without saving each iteration. When you’re done, you can review all your creations in your history and pick your favorites.
Create images with Creative Studio: Creative Studio is now available on the Apps screen for easier access. You can use creative studio to create custom wallpapers, unique stickers, and personalized profile images that you can use throughout on your phone.
Now brief on the Lock screen: Get more personalized suggestions on your Lock screen. Now brief will show useful information based on your context.
Enhanced AI select: Start AI select instantly by touching and holding the edge handle. Missed something in a video? Use the Rewind button to go back and select exactly what you need.
Auto language detection in Interpreter: Keep the conversation flowing. After you choose which languages to translate, Interpreter will detect when each one is being spoken, so you don’t need to press the Microphone button each time someone talks.
Smarter device control: Talk to Bixby in your own words. Bixby is now better at finding the setting or feature you need, even if you don’t use exact commands or feature names. Just say what you need and let Bixby do the rest.
Ask anything, anytime: Whether you need a quick answer or detailed information, just ask Bixby for an instant response. There’s no need to spend time on multiple searches or switching between apps.
Conversation history: Looking back at past conversations with Bixby is easier than ever. You can now access your conversation history from the side panel in the Bixby app.
Pro-grade document scans: Scanning documents is now faster and more powerful. A scan button will appear automatically whenever you point your camera at a document. You can easily capture multiple pages into a single PDF file, while the new Remove tool automatically cleans up distracting fingers, folded corners, and unwanted moire for a perfect finish.
Auto motion photos: When set to Auto, your camera will only record a motion photo if it detects movement in the scene. Otherwise, it’s saved as a still image to save space.
Capture both sides of the story: Now you can record yourself and the action in front of you. Just tap the dual recording icon in the video mode quick controls to start filming with the front and rear cameras at the same time.
Log video color previews in real time: Take the guesswork out of filming in Log. You can now apply a cinematic LUT preview while you record, letting you see exactly how your final color-corrected video will look before you even start editing. LUT previews are also available in Gallery and Studio.
New portrait filters: Three new filters are available to add vibrant film-like effects to your pictures.
Automatic Lock screen layout: Wallpapers with pictures of people or pets now fit perfectly every time. When you choose a photo for your Lock screen, the photo will automatically be adjusted to best fit your clock and widget layout.
New downloadable wallpapers: Discover new wallpapers featuring interactive elements. Wallpapers are downloadable so they don’t use up your storage space when not in use.
Add weather effects to wallpapers: Bring your wallpaper to life with the current weather conditions. When you choose your wallpaper, you can add weather effects directly from the preview screen.
More customizable clock fonts: Personalize your Lock screen clock. You can now adjust the thickness of more font styles to match your preferred look.
Enhanced weather widget: Quickly check upcoming precipitation in the Weather widget on your Home screen. The widget now shows a graph if precipitation is expected in the next few hours.
Pollen index: Check how much pollen is in the air to help manage your allergies. You can check pollen levels for trees, grass, and ragweed.
Direct voicemail: Can’t answer right now? Let callers record a voice message directly on your phone that you can listen to later. The message will appear on your screen as it’s being recorded so you can answer at any time.
Decline calls with personalized messages: When a call is ringing, new quick decline messages will appear based on your calendar events and other activity. You can tell callers that you can’t answer because you’re in a meeting, exercising, or other reasons even without typing.
Weather alarm backgrounds: Wake up to an alarm that gets you ready for the day’s weather. Your alarm screen can now show the current weather conditions as a background when it rings.
Time zone converter: Compare time zones at a glance. The new slider in the Clock app makes it easy to check the time difference between places around the world.
Storage Share: Access your files anywhere. Files from your other Samsung phones, tablets, and PCs are available in the My Files app on your phone. You can also access your phone’s files on other Samsung devices, even your TV.
Auto Hotspot: Share your phone’s internet connection more easily. You can now share your hotspot with your Samsung account family group, or create your own hotspot sharing group with anyone you choose.
Family device sharing: Easily connect and share files, screens, cameras, storage and more with your family. Family device sharing lets you use features like Quick Share, Camera Share, Storage Share, Auto Hotspot, and Multi control with Galaxy devices that belong to your family members.
Quickly connect to Smart View devices: Connect to your favorite display faster. You can now add a shortcut on your Home screen to instantly mirror your phone’s screen to a TV or other display device.
Enhanced Auracast features: It’s easier than ever to listen to and broadcast sound with Auracast. Options for both broadcasting and listening are now located in the Audio broadcast menu in Settings.
Voice broadcasts: Broadcast your voice to people around you with Auracast. In addition to media sound, you can now broadcast your voice using your phone’s built-in microphone.
Share with Apple devices: Share with even more devices than before. You can now use Quick Share to seamlessly share photos, videos, and other files with iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices that support AirDrop.
Avoid unwanted sharing requests: You can now set Quick Share to only receive files from other devices signed in to your Samsung account or Google account.
Photo sharing suggestions: Share photos with the right people faster. When you share pictures that include friends or family, Quick Share can recognize who’s in them and suggest sharing directly with those people.
Enhanced weekly reports: See a fuller picture of your health each week. Weekly reports now include data from your medication tracker and mindfulness sessions.
Upgraded sharing experience: Share your workouts your way. Mix and match your exercise stats with photos from your workout to create the perfect social media post.
Start meditations from your watch: Find calm right from your wrist. You can now start favorite or recommended meditations directly on your Galaxy Watch without picking up your phone.
Antioxidant measurements from your watch: Check your antioxidant levels anytime. Measure directly from your Galaxy Watch, even if it’s not connected to your phone. Works with Galaxy Watch8 and Galaxy Watch Ultra.
Revamped battery info: See your battery use more clearly. The redesigned Battery settings screen makes it easier to check remaining time, charging status, and daily usage over the past week.
Improved Power saving: Use Power saving to make your battery last longer without charging. Choose Standard for moderate savings and customizable limits, or choose Maximum to turn off all non-essential features and make your battery last as long as possible.
Privacy alerts: Stay informed about your privacy. You’ll now get alerts when an app’s permissions could put your personal data at risk along with suggestions for what you can do about it.
Theft protection: Keep your phone and data safe in case it is lost or stolen. Turn on Failed authentication lock to automatically lock the screen in case there are too many failed attempts to verify your identity using your fingerprints, PIN, pattern, or password. Identity check also protects even more settings than before.
Turn off Auto blocker temporarily: If you need to temporarily disable Auto blocker’s security protection, a new option lets you turn it on automatically 30 minutes later so you don’t forget.
Check the security status of your devices: Keep all your devices protected. Knox Matrix now shows when any of the supported devices signed in to your Samsung account need a software update for the latest security protections.
Easily control Bluetooth hearing aids: Access settings for your Bluetooth hearing aids directly from the Accessibility shortcut. A pop-up will appear that lets you change your hearing program, turn Ambient sound on or off, and more.
Control magnification with mouse or keyboard: Keep what you need magnified in view with these new options. You can make the magnified area follow the cursor as you type or move when you change focus using the keyboard. When using a mouse, you can make the magnified area shift as you move the pointer to the edge of the screen.
Dwell action and Corner actions: The Auto action after pointer stops feature has been divided into 2 features. Dwell action lets you set custom actions when your mouse stops moving for a certain amount of time. Corner actions let you set a different action for each corner of the screen.
Dim strobing in videos: A new setting lets you dim strobing effects in videos for more comfortable viewing.
Continue using apps when folding: Enjoy more seamless app experiences. You can now keep the app you were using on the main screen open on the cover screen when you fold your phone.
More customizable quick panel: Arrange your quick settings just the way you like them. You can now add, remove, reorder, and reorganize controls in the quick panel.
Customize Calendar countdown widgets: Make your countdown widgets look just the way you like. Use Drawing assist to generate a background image, choose an image from Gallery, or go with a solid color.
Early alerts for reminders: Get alerts before reminders are due to make sure you don’t forget important tasks. You can choose how far in advance to get an alert for each reminder.
Insert tables in Samsung Notes: Organize information in your notes with tables. You can adjust column widths, colors, and border designs while the auto calculation feature helps you stay productive and save time.
Redesigned New tab page: The page that appears when you open a new tab in Samsung Browser has been redesigned to help you quickly access the websites and features you need the most. The New tab page now shows the current security status as well as open tabs from Samsung Browser on other devices.
Partial screen recording: Include only what you need in your screen recordings. You can now select only the part of the screen that you want to record.
Calculator nudges: Save time on calculations. Numbers and formulas copied to your clipboard will be suggested when you open Calculator so you can enter them with a quick tap.
Keep window sizes in DeX: DeX now remembers your app window sizes and positions. When you open an app again, it appears just as you left it.
Triple Zero service enhancement: Software enhancement to provide an additional layer of connectivity to Triple Zero services during emergency service outages.
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The Galaxy S26 Ultra camera crop mismatch issue is back in focus, and this time it is tied to Samsung’s Close Focus Enhancement feature. Samsung once again acknowledged the problem, and the fix may take more time to arrive.
Galaxy S26 Ultra users are running into a frustrating camera glitch that refuses to stay subtle. What users see in the Viewfinder does not always match what gets saved after post-processing.
The bug shows up when users shoot ultra-close subjects and the phone switches lenses automatically. Close Focus Enhancement is designed to improve macro shots by shifting to a different sensor and adjusting framing.
You frame a subject tightly, hit the shutter, and the saved image ends up slightly zoomed out or reframed. That inconsistency breaks trust in the shooting experience, especially for users relying on precise composition.
A moderator on the official Community forums has now acknowledged the bug, via MojoTrick. According to the moderator, Samsung is aware of the discrepancy and is working on improvements; however, no firmware rollout window has been shared.
Not the first time this problem has surfaced
Many Galaxy S26 Ultra users have already reported the close-up camera problem. Like this time, Samsung moderator acknowledged the problem and pledged to provide a firmware update to fix the glitch upon verification.
For now, users are left to work around the issue. If precision matters, it is safer to double-check framing after capture. Keeping the device updated is also key, as fixes will likely arrive through a future firmware rollout.
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We are still months away from the OnePlus 16's unveiling, but we've already come across a few leaks and rumors about the phone, with reliable tipster Digital Chat Station claiming it will be powered by Qualcomm's yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro SoC. In a Weibo post, the tipster has reiterated that the OnePlus 16 will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro (SM8975) and revealed a few details about the flagship's display. OnePlus 15 According to DCS, the OnePlus 16 will pack a custom 6.78" 1.5K resolution LTPO BOE display, surrounded by narrow bezels on all...
Samsung’s newly unveiled display tech could offer glasses-free 3D viewing on the Galaxy S28 Ultra. The official press release itself confirms the potential adoption of the screen technology in phones, tablets, and other devices.
A newly published paper in Nature details a collaboration between Samsung’s Visual Technology Team and POSTECH. The focus is on a new display architecture built around something called a Metasurface Lenticular Lens.
Instead of relying on traditional lenticular layers, Samsung uses nanoscale structures to precisely control how light is directed toward your eyes. The system can switch between standard 2D and immersive 3D using voltage control.
The display adjusts polarization states in real time; users can toggle depth effects on demand. Samsung claims a viewing angle of up to 100 degrees, which is roughly six times wider than older glasses-free 3D implementations.
This eliminates the rigid head positioning that killed earlier attempts. You are no longer locked into a narrow zone where the effect works. Move naturally, share the screen, and the 3D holds up. The entire optical layer comes in at just 1.2mm thin.
This approach of the South Korean tech giant fits into modern OLED stacks without forcing major design trade-offs. The team has already tested the concept on real OLED panels using a fabricated 50x50mm metalens.
The timing lines up with the Galaxy S28 generation, especially as Samsung continues to push display differentiation beyond brightness, refresh rate and Privacy screen.
A switchable 3D panel fits naturally into that strategy. It also opens doors for the Galaxy Z Fold lineup, where larger screen real estate makes depth effects more meaningful for gaming, media, and even multitasking.
If Samsung gets this right, glasses-free 3D will not feel like a gimmick anymore.
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Yesterday a rumor claimed the vanilla iPhone 18 would have some downgrades, and now a report seemingly clarifies one of the areas where Apple will save some money: the screen. The leading candidate for the handset's display allegedly uses Samsung's M12+ material, which is a very slight enhancement of the M12 that was used in the iPhone 14 Pro and the Galaxy S23 Ultra. On the other hand, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will both use the M16 material, the successor to the M14 which made its debut in the iPhone 16 Pro and which was then used in the entire iPhone 17 family. So, if this...
With the demonstration of switchable 2D-to-3D display tech, Samsung is not just refining smartphones, tablets, and commercial displays anymore. It is rewriting how depth itself is perceived on a flat slab of glass.
In a newly published paper in Nature, Samsung, alongside POSTECH, details a switchable 2D to 3D display built around a metasurface lenticular lens. The reveal hints that it quietly solves the problems that killed 3D on mobile long ago.
The new tech allows the display to decide when to behave like a normal panel and when to bend light into a multi-view field. The switch happens through polarization control, effectively toggling the metalens between concave and convex states.
Samsung is pushing the viewing window to 100 degrees. It means multiple people can view the same 3D scene from different angles. Samsung’s metalens sits at just 1.2 mm, thin enough to integrate into an OLED without redesigning the device.
Expect 3D to emerge as a premium toggle, not a permanent mode. A glasses-free 3D mode on a Fold could turn it into a portable light field viewer. Tablets could quietly become the first mainstream 3D consumption devices.
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Samsung Sound is a brand-new app from Samsung that facilitates the management of audio devices. The app made its first appearance in February 2026 and is readily available for free download on the Play Store.
After rolling out Hearapy, Samsung followed up with a second app called Samsung Sound. It’s a dedicated tool for controlling Samsung Wi-Fi speakers and soundbars, landing in a slightly awkward spot next to SmartThings.
Samsung Sound looks modern, bringing soft gradients, subtle transparency, and a cleaner layout compared to SmartThings. However, the app hasn’t matched the One UI 8.5 aesthetics yet, which is a major letdown.
The app is arguably cleaner than SmartThings, but the lack of visual consistency stands out. Samsung Sound mirrors the soundbar controls inside SmartThings. You can tweak sound modes, adjust equalizer settings, and manage audio sync.
Meanwhile, there is no IP control, no Auto Power Off toggle, and no Tap Sound shortcut. ou cannot turn the soundbar off from the app. You can power it on remotely, but once it is on, the option to turn it off disappears.
Samsung has placed a large “Open music app” button right on the main screen. However, the button simply launches third-party apps like Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music if they are installed.
Source – Google Play Store
Samsung Sound is an interesting addition. It offers a cleaner interface and a more focused experience for managing audio devices. For users who prefer a dedicated app over the broader SmartThings ecosystem, there is some appeal here.
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Oppo unveiled the Find X9 Ultra yesterday, and today there's already a full teardown of the device available, courtesy of the YouTube channel WekiHome. As always, they have recorded an incredibly in-depth disassembly, where the phone isn't just quickly taken apart - every component is described in depth. So if that sounds like just your cup of tea, check out the video embedded below. Note that it is in Chinese, but the auto-translated YouTube closed captions do seem to work extremely well for it. The Find X9 Ultra is, of course, Oppo's all-out flagship for 2026, competing head-on...
Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 are entering Samsung’s official refurbished smartphone portfolio in the US. As part of Certified Re-Newed program, Samsung is bringing its latest foldables at a reduced price (not really this time).
On April 22, 2026, Samsung announced the refurbished Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 in the US. The two foldables can now be purchased in like-new condition at a reduced price, with exclusive availability on Samsung.com.
There’s no doubt on the genuineness of the products. Samsung says its Certified Re-Newed devices have been serviced by specialists and repaired with 100% genuine parts. You also get Samsung’s one-year manufacturer warranty.
Every refurbished device ships with a brand-new battery, regardless of the previous condition, which ensures the buyer will have maximum battery life. Other parts are repaired/replaced as per the requirement upon inspection.
Samsung lets you save up to $580 on a Certified Re-Newed Galaxy Z Fold 7 or Z Flip 7 when you trade in an old qualifying phone.
Beyond manufacturer’s warranty, you can extend the protection by subscribing the Samsung Care+ plan.
Samsung’s Certified Re-Newed smartphones are eligible for Care+, safeguarding your device against unlimited drops, spills, mechanical breakdowns as well as theft and loss.
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The development cycle of Android 17 has just taken a major turn, with Google starting to roll out QPR 1 Beta 1 update to Pixel phones.
Android 17 has been in Beta status since the beginning of the year. Google released the fourth Beta merely six days ago, and today the QPR 1 Beta 1 of Android 17.
Regarding the QPR 1 Beta 1, Google says it continues to update the platform with fixes and improvements. Changes and improvements deployed throughout the QPR 1 Beta will be provided as part of the September Feature Drop.
Unlike major OS releases, QPR builds don’t include app-impacting API changes. However, this Android Program is limited to Google Pixel phones. Samsung is expected to utilize it as a base for its One UI 9 Beta or Stable release.
Android 17 QPR 1 OTAs and downloads are available for the following Pixel devices:
Top Issues fixed in Beta 1
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Apple has twice so far been rumored to explore a 200MP camera for upcoming iPhones. The first time it was supposedly going to be the main camera, and then, a few days ago, we heard about a 200MP telephoto camera that would only arrive in 2028. Today a new leak from Digital Chat Station on Weibo clears up some of the confusion. According to him, Apple will launch a big camera update every year starting with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max this September. Those two are getting the much-rumored variable aperture. Then, in 2027, the Pro models are allegedly going to come with a...
OpenAI’s latest image generator has thinking capabilities. ChatGPT Images 2.0 arrives one year after version 1.0, and it promises expertly curated end-to-end automation for visual tasks. Images 2.0 has the ability to research and synthesize information from the web into detailed “production-level” visuals. GPT Images 2.0 generated content OpenAI is positioning Images 2.0 as a full replacement for dedicated image editing apps, too, as it can remove backgrounds, transform aspect ratios and output up to eight images simultaneously in 2K resolution. GPT Images 2.0...
The OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra will be unveiled on April 28 (that’s Tuesday next week). Last week, the company posted details on the Ace Awakening design, which features the word “Ace” etched on the back of the device in a way that creates a 3D effect. Now OnePlus has revealed another look for the Ace 6 Ultra called “Metal Storm”. It’s a combination of a metal frame with a matte finish and a glass back panel with a “silk” texture. This texture is created by etching a nanoscale pattern that is soft to the touch but glitters in the light. The company says that it will shoo away...
Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to have a new 'hero' color - the one that gets marketed the most, like Cosmic Orange was for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. A few days ago we heard that the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max would come in Light Blue, Dark Cherry, Dark Gray, and Silver, and these colors were then shown on leaked camera islands for the iPhone 18 Pro. Today a leaker from China has shared more information about that Dark Cherry hue, which will be the hero color. Apparently it's not clear exactly what Apple will call this (so...
Back in October, Google said it would give Google Wallet on Android the ability to track live flight updates on your home screen through a persistent notification, and this is now finally live. These live updates show up if you've previously added a boarding pass to Google Wallet. Doing that already gave you notifications with updates like boarding time and gate changes, and Wallet also uses its Gmail integration to remind you to check in if you haven't added a boarding pass for a flight booking that you have in your emails. Google Wallet flight tracking Now, if you're on...
During an event in Malaysia, Honor launched a slew of earphones globally. Most models aren't new. Some were announced in late 2025, but now, they are made available globally. The launch was garnished with prices for the local Malaysian market, too. The most recent pair, the Honor Earbuds 4, is priced at MYR 399 ($100) and is seemingly a great all-arounder with 48 hours of battery life, more than decent ANC rated at 50dB and dual titanium-coated drivers. You can check out our unboxing and hands-on article while you wait for the full review. The Honor Choice Earbuds Clip 2 Pro...
Now that we've unboxed the Honor 600 Pro, it's time to do the same with the Honor 600. Just like the Pro, the Honor 600 ships with a USB cable and nothing more. You'd need to supply your own case and charger. So, how does the Honor 600 differ from its sibling? Well, from the outside, it doesn't really. The only telltale sign is the missing third camera lens on the back for the zoom camera - the Honor 600 only has a wide-angle and an ultrawide. On the upside, the 200MP main camera and the 12MP ultrawide are the same as those on the Pro. In the hand, the Honor 600 feels just as...
Adaptive Clock was one of the most significant additions of One UI 8, and Samsung’s One UI 9 appears to be bringing a new font style.
Samsung is internally working on Android 17-based One UI 9. It will follow the One UI 8.5 rollout, which is expected to start later this month. Users can expect a Beta Program sometime in the latter half of May 2026.
X user Kailash shared an image, showcasing a new Adaptive Clock in One UI 9. With the current iteration adapts to a wallpaper with an object, the newer applies to landscapes and regular wallpapers as well.
The clock appears in HH:MM format, with the new font showing application to the two characters in the middle. However, the newly added clock font design would adopt the appearance based on the wallpaper.
Design-wise, the new Adaptive Clock font has a similar appearance to an already available clock style, but that’s static. It’s clear that the company is bringing even more ways to tailor the lock screen per your preference.
The new font has been added in the internal version of One UI 9. Since it’s functioning well, its debut in the official version seems sure. Meanwhile, changes can be made throughout the Beta testing program.
One UI 9 is based on Android 17 and it will first debut on the Galaxy S26 series. It will be available as Beta Program and the Stable version will land with the next-generation foldable phones, including the Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8.
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Oppo launched the Watch X3 in China last month, and now it's unveiled the Watch X3 Mini to go along with it. As the name implies, this is smaller, and it probably won't surprise you to see that its design seems to be more blingy since that's usually what smartwatch makers assume will appeal more to women. We're not sure if that's true or not, but given the smaller size, that alone might make this a much better option for women than the 47mm Watch X3. The Watch X3 Mini has a 1.32-inch AMOLED screen with 466x466 resolution, 1,000-nit peak brightness, and a sapphire crystal on top. The watch...
Microsoft has announced that it is revising prices for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Two of the four plans will now be cheaper, but with some changes to their content. The company is changing the price of the most expensive Ultimate plan from $29.99 to $22.99. However, this plan will no longer get new Call of Duty titles at launch. Instead, they will become available during the following holiday season, about a year later. The existing Call of Duty titles will continue to be available. The PC Game Pass plan pricing is also being revised, and it will now cost $13.99...
After key specifications of the vivo Y600 Pro surfaced online yesterday, vivo has now officially confirmed the phone’s launch date and revealed a few details about the handset. The vivo Y600 Pro will be unveiled in China on April 27. It will be available in three color options and is confirmed to pack a massive 10,200mAh battery. The phone will support 90W wired fast charging and is claimed to deliver a standby time of 16.7 days. It is also said to offer over 24 hours of usage under light-usage conditions, and over 12 hours under heavy-load. vivo also confirmed that the Y600 Pro...
Lenovo is unveiling its new Legion Y70 smartphone on May 19, and it will be joined on stage at that event by a new Legion tablet. Lenovo is reusing the Y900 name for this one - the first Y900 came out in 2023 and was known as the Lenovo Tab Extreme outside of China. Anyway, the new 2026 edition of the Legion Y900, which you can see in the official image above, has a 3840x2560 4K LCD screen with 144Hz refresh rate and 1,100-nit peak brightness, and will be offered in two sizes: 11.1" and 13". The display has Gorilla Glass 7i on top. Undoubtedly, the new Y900 will be powered by a...
The all-new OnePlus Watch 4 has quietly appeared on OnePlus’ official website, revealing nearly all of its specifications ahead of an official launch announcement. Alongside the hardware details, the wearable has also surfaced with a major software upgrade that could make it one of the first smartwatches to ship with the latest Wear OS version.
The OnePlus Watch 4 comes with a titanium alloy case and measures 47.4 x 47.4 x 11mm. The watch weighs around 43g without the strap, making it slightly lighter than its predecessor. It is offered in Midnight Titanium and Evergreen Titanium color options. The wearable also carries IP68, IP69, and 5ATM ratings along with MIL-STD-810H certification for added durability.
The smartwatch features a 1.5-inch LTPO OLED display with a 466 x 466 pixels resolution and Sapphire Crystal protection. OnePlus claims the panel can reach up to 1,500 nits brightness in strong sunlight, while peak brightness can touch 3,000 nits during supported sports activities. Powering the device is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 chip paired with a BES 2800 co-processor, along with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage.
The OnePlus Watch 4 packs a 646mAh battery that is claimed to deliver up to five days of usage in smart mode and as much as 16 days in power saver mode. Under heavy usage, the smartwatch is said to last around three days on a single charge. OnePlus also claims the wearable can be fully charged in about 75 minutes
The watch runs OxygenOS Watch 8 based on Wear OS 6, making it the first OnePlus smartwatch to arrive with the latest Google wearable platform. It also supports Gemini and Google Assistant integration. For health tracking, the device includes heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen tracking, wrist temperature monitoring, sleep analysis, fall detection, and over 100 sports modes.
OnePlus has not yet confirmed the pricing or launch timeline for the OnePlus Watch 4. However, reports suggest the pricing could be higher than earlier models due to rising component costs globally. More details about availability in markets such as India and the US are expected soon.
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Choosing between Redmi K90 Max and iQOO 15 comes down to priorities, raw battery endurance, and value versus flagship-level performance and camera versatility. Both target power users but in very different ways, making this comparison important for buyers deciding where to invest. If long-lasting usage and aggressive pricing matter more, one stands out, while the other focuses on delivering a more complete premium experience.
| Feature | Redmi K90 Max | iQOO 15 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display Type | AMOLED, 165Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 3500 nits | LTPO AMOLED, 144Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR Vivid, 6000 nits peak | iQOO 15 – higher peak brightness & LTPO |
| Resolution | 1200 × 2608 (~447 ppi) | 1440 × 3168 (~508 ppi) | iQOO 15 – sharper 2K panel |
| Chipset | Dimensity 9500 (3nm) | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3nm) | iQOO 15 – stronger flagship chip |
| GPU | Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 | Adreno 840 | iQOO 15 – more powerful GPU |
| RAM & Storage | Up to 16GB / 1TB (UFS 4.1) | Up to 16GB / 1TB (UFS 4.1) | Tie – identical |
| Rear Camera | 50MP + 8MP | 50MP + 50MP (3x periscope) + 50MP ultrawide | iQOO 15 – versatile triple setup |
| Video Recording | 8K, 4K 60fps | 8K, 4K 60fps, 1080p 240fps | iQOO 15 – more video options |
| Selfie Camera | 20MP, 1080p video | 32MP, 4K video | iQOO 15 – higher resolution + 4K |
| Audio | Stereo, Dolby Atmos, Bose tuned, woofer | Stereo, Hi-Res, Snapdragon Sound | Redmi K90 Max – richer audio system |
| Battery | 8550mAh | 7000mAh | Redmi K90 Max – much bigger battery |
| Charging | 100W wired, reverse wired + wireless | 100W wired, 40W wireless, bypass charging | iQOO 15 – more charging features |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 | iQOO 15 – newer Bluetooth |
| Software | Android 16, HyperOS 3 | Android 16, OriginOS 6, 5 upgrades | iQOO 15 – longer support |
| Price | $415 / ₹35,000 | $600 / ₹73,000 | Redmi K90 Max – far better value |
Redmi K90 Max focuses on durability and practicality with Dragon Crystal Glass, strong water resistance (IP66/IP68/IP69), and a functional dual-material back option. It feels rugged and purpose-built rather than flashy. iQOO 15, on the other hand, leans more premium with a cleaner finish, an optional glass back, and a unique color-changing panel that adds visual personality. Both use aluminum frames, but iQOO’s finish feels slightly more refined, while Redmi’s build feels tougher and more utility-driven.
Redmi K90 Max pushes a 165Hz AMOLED panel with Dolby Vision and extreme brightness, making it excellent for gaming and outdoor visibility. iQOO 15 counters with a sharper 2K LTPO AMOLED, richer color depth (1B colors), and better brightness scaling. The lower refresh rate is offset by smarter LTPO optimization.
iQOO 15 wins for display sharpness and premium feel, while Redmi K90 Max stands out for durability and ultra-smooth visuals.
Redmi K90 Max uses the Dimensity 9500, which is highly efficient and tuned for sustained performance, especially in gaming scenarios. iQOO 15’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is clearly more powerful, delivering higher peak performance and better GPU output. In real-world usage, iQOO feels faster in heavy tasks, while Redmi remains consistently stable under load. That difference becomes noticeable during long gaming sessions or multitasking.
Redmi dominates with a massive 8550mAh battery, easily lasting well beyond a day. Charging is fast at 100W, with added reverse wired and wireless charging flexibility. iQOO 15 offers a smaller 7000mAh battery but compensates with 100W wired and 40W wireless charging, plus bypass charging for gamers. The endurance gap is noticeable, but iQOO offers more versatility.
iQOO 15 wins on raw performance, but Redmi K90 Max clearly leads in battery life and long-term endurance.
Redmi K90 Max keeps things simple with a 50MP main sensor and an 8MP secondary lens. It performs well for everyday photography but lacks versatility. iQOO 15 offers a much more advanced triple 50MP setup, including a periscope telephoto with 3x optical zoom and a capable ultrawide. This gives it a clear edge in zoom, detail, and creative flexibility. The difference is noticeable when switching between focal lengths.
Redmi’s 20MP selfie camera is decent and consistent for casual use. iQOO steps ahead with a 32MP sensor and 4K video support, delivering sharper and more detailed selfies. It feels more aligned with premium expectations.
iQOO 15 wins comfortably with a more versatile and flagship-level camera system, while Redmi K90 Max focuses on basic reliability.
Redmi K90 Max is priced at around $415 (₹35,000), while iQOO 15 sits significantly higher at about $600 (₹73,000). The gap is substantial and clearly positions these devices in different value brackets. Redmi targets performance and battery-focused buyers on a tighter budget, while iQOO aims at premium flagship users.
Redmi K90 Max offers exceptional value with its massive battery, high refresh rate display, and strong performance. It feels like a power-user device at a mid-range price. iQOO 15 justifies its cost with a superior processor, better display resolution, advanced cameras, and longer software support. The higher price reflects a more complete flagship experience.
Redmi K90 Max is the better value-for-money option, while iQOO 15 justifies its price with premium features.
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Redmi K90 Max stands out with its massive battery, 165Hz display, and robust durability features, making it ideal for heavy users and gamers who prioritize endurance. iQOO 15 differentiates itself with a powerful Snapdragon chipset, an advanced triple camera system, a 2K LTPO display, and longer software support. It feels more future-proof and well-rounded overall.
iQOO 15 clearly wins on specs with a stronger chipset, better cameras, and a sharper display, but that doesn’t automatically make it the better choice for everyone. Redmi K90 Max costs almost half yet still delivers strong performance, a much larger battery, and solid everyday usability. The gap in real-world experience isn’t as big as the price difference suggests, which is why Redmi often feels like the smarter buy, while iQOO 15 makes more sense for those who want a complete flagship experience without budget concerns.
Redmi K90 Max is the smarter choice for value, battery life, and sustained performance. iQOO 15 is better suited for users seeking flagship-level performance, camera versatility, and a more premium overall experience.
Disclaimer: This comparison is based on the specifications provided and is intended for general informational purposes. Actual performance, camera results, battery life, and overall experience may vary depending on real-world usage, software updates, and individual preferences.
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Asus has introduced the ProArt PA40SU, a new USB4 external SSD enclosure designed for content creators. The PA40SU supports ultra-fast 40Gbps data transfer speeds and includes active cooling to maintain performance during extended workloads. This release adds to Asus’s ProArt lineup, known for its professional design and focus on creative users.
The PA40SU uses USB4 technology via a USB-C connection to deliver high-speed transfers. It supports NVMe M.2 SSDs in 2230, 2242, 2260, and 2280 form factors, with storage capacities up to 4TB. Asus says the enclosure performs well for tasks like 4K video editing, transferring large media files, and managing backups.
Asus has integrated a four-level smart cooling fan and a thermal pad to keep the drive temperature stable. According to the company, the enclosure transferred 2960GB of data continuously over a 30-minute test period without experiencing throttling. The fan operates quietly, with noise levels as low as 18.2 dB(A) even during heavy data workloads.
The enclosure features a slim design with a thickness of just 13.5mm and weighs 127 grams. The Stealth Black finish gives it a professional look suitable for studio settings and on-location use. Asus has included a tool-free, push-to-open mechanism for installing or replacing SSDs quickly, making the enclosure user-friendly and convenient.
The device comes with a ProArt SSD Dashboard application that provides real-time monitoring of SSD health and performance, ensuring optimal operation during demanding projects.
The enclosure supports Windows 10, Windows 11, and macOS 14.4 or later, ensuring compatibility with most current systems. It works with USB4, as well as older USB 3.2 and USB 2.0 interfaces.
In related news, Asus has recently launched the ROG Open Wireless Earbuds, featuring new design elements, extended battery life, and updated specifications.
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The stable One UI 8.5 update rollout could begin any moment, and if you’re unsure whether your Galaxy device will receive it, this is the right time to find out. We’ve put together a list of devices that are eligible for this feature-rich One UI upgrade.
Galaxy S series
Galaxy Z series
Galaxy Tab series
Galaxy A series
Galaxy M series
Galaxy F series
Galaxy XCover series
It’s important to highlight that Samsung hasn’t published the eligible devices list yet. However, the One UI 8.5 update is almost certain to reach every Galaxy device that received the One UI 8.0 update or launched with it.
Yes, the list is too big for a minor One UI upgrade, given that past have typically been reserved for Galaxy Z and S series devices. However, this time, Samsung is preparing for a wider rollout.
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Samsung hasn’t commented on when it will begin the stable rollout of One UI 8.5. However, based on the beta program’s progress so far, we can expect the stable rollout to begin later this month or early May 2026. Undoubtedly, the Galaxy S25 series will be the first recipients. The rollout will then gradually expand to the rest of the Galaxy S and Z series devices. Several budget models could also receive the update alongside premium models, but the rest will have to wait a bit longer.
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Choosing between the OnePlus Nord 6 and Poco F7 isn’t as simple as it looks. Both pack flagship-level performance at mid-range prices, but take different approaches in design, battery, and overall experience. For buyers looking to get the most value without compromising on power, this comparison highlights which one actually makes more sense.
| Feature | OnePlus Nord 6 | Poco F7 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | Glass front, plastic frame, plastic back, IP68/IP69K | Glass front (GG 7i), aluminum frame, glass back, IP68 | Poco F7 – More premium materials |
| Display | AMOLED, 165Hz, HDR10+, 1800 nits HBM, 3600 nits peak | AMOLED, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 1700 nits HBM, 3200 nits peak | Nord 6 – Higher refresh rate & brightness |
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | Tie – Same chipset |
| GPU | Adreno 825 | Adreno 825 | Tie – Same GPU |
| RAM & Storage | Up to 12GB RAM, UFS 4.1 | 12GB RAM, UFS 4.1 | Tie – Similar setup |
| Main Camera | 50MP (f/1.8, OIS) | 50MP (f/1.5, OIS) | Poco F7 – Wider aperture |
| Ultrawide Camera | 8MP (112°) | 8MP | Tie – Same resolution |
| Selfie Camera | 32MP, 4K video | 20MP, 1080p video | Nord 6 – Higher resolution & 4K |
| Video (Rear) | 4K@60fps (main) | 4K@60fps + more slow-motion options | Poco F7 – More video modes |
| Battery | 7500mAh (Global) / 9000mAh (India) | 6500mAh (Global) / 7550mAh (India) | Nord 6 – Much larger battery |
| Charging | 80W wired, reverse charging | 90W wired, faster charging | Poco F7 – Faster charging |
| Audio | Stereo speakers | Stereo + Hi-Res audio | Poco F7 – Better audio support |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 | Tie – Same connectivity |
| OS | Android 16, OxygenOS 16 | Android 15, HyperOS 2 | Nord 6 – Newer Android version |
| Price | ~$460 / ₹39,000 | ~$350 / ₹32,000 | Poco F7 – Significantly cheaper |
The OnePlus Nord 6 goes for a practical yet durable approach with its plastic frame and back, but adds strong protection with IP68/IP69K ratings. It feels more rugged and functional than premium. The Poco F7, on the other hand, clearly leans into a flagship-like feel with its aluminum frame and glass back, giving it a more refined and premium in-hand experience. Both are well-built, but Poco’s materials create a more polished impression, while OnePlus prioritizes durability over aesthetics.
The Nord 6 pushes ahead with a 165Hz AMOLED panel, making it noticeably smoother for gaming and scrolling. Brightness levels are also slightly higher, especially outdoors. Poco F7 counters with Dolby Vision and better color depth, delivering richer visuals for streaming and HDR content. The difference comes down to smoothness versus cinematic quality, and both approaches feel intentional.
Poco F7 feels more premium in build, while Nord 6 offers a smoother and brighter display. Choice depends on whether fluidity or visual richness matters more.
Both devices run on the same Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, so raw performance is nearly identical. Gaming, multitasking, and heavy workloads feel equally fast and stable. However, OnePlus benefits from OxygenOS optimization, which tends to feel cleaner and more consistent over time. Poco’s HyperOS is feature-rich but can feel slightly heavier in comparison. The difference isn’t huge, but it’s noticeable in daily usage smoothness.
This is where things get interesting. The Nord 6 offers a significantly larger battery, especially in India, making it ideal for heavy users or gamers. Poco F7 charges faster with 90W, reaching high percentages quickly, which suits users who prefer quick top-ups. OnePlus focuses on endurance, while Poco prioritizes speed. Both approaches are practical depending on usage habits.
Performance is equal, but Nord 6 wins on battery life, while Poco F7 leads in charging speed. Endurance vs speed defines this segment.
Both phones feature a 50MP main sensor with OIS, but the Poco F7 has a slightly wider aperture, helping in low-light scenarios. In real-world usage, Poco images tend to look slightly brighter and more contrasty, while OnePlus delivers more balanced and natural tones. Ultrawide cameras are similar on paper, but neither stands out significantly, making them more of a utility feature than a highlight.
The Nord 6 clearly takes the lead with a 32MP front camera capable of 4K video, making it a better choice for content creators and video calls. Poco’s 20MP selfie camera is decent but feels more basic, especially with limited video capabilities. This is one area where the difference is easy to notice.
Poco F7 has a slight edge in main camera brightness, but Nord 6 wins overall thanks to a stronger selfie camera and more balanced tuning.
The OnePlus Nord 6 is priced around $460 (₹39,000), while the Poco F7 comes in at about $350 (₹32,000). That’s a noticeable gap, especially considering both share the same chipset and core performance. Poco clearly positions itself as the value-focused option, while OnePlus leans slightly premium.
The Nord 6 justifies its price with a bigger battery, smoother display, and better selfie camera. It feels like a more complete and long-term device. However, Poco F7 offers almost the same performance and a more premium build at a significantly lower price, making it extremely hard to ignore. For most buyers, Poco delivers more for less, while OnePlus focuses on refinement.
Poco F7 is the better value pick, while Nord 6 justifies its price with specific upgrades rather than overall superiority.
The Nord 6 stands out with its massive battery, 165Hz display, and stronger selfie capabilities, making it ideal for heavy users and content creators. Poco F7 counters with a premium design, Dolby Vision display, faster charging, and aggressive pricing. Both devices feel well-positioned but target slightly different priorities.
Poco F7 is the smarter buy for most users due to its pricing and premium feel. However, Nord 6 becomes the better choice for those who prioritize battery life, smoother visuals, and a stronger front camera. The decision ultimately depends on whether value or specific feature upgrades matter more.
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Dyson has launched the Supersonic Travel Hair Dryer in global markets, with a price tag of $299.99. In China, the device is available for ¥1,899. The new model aims to address the challenges of styling hair while traveling by combining a compact design with powerful performance.
The Supersonic Travel Hair Dryer is 32% smaller and 25% lighter than Dyson’s standard Supersonic model. It weighs just 0.7 pounds, making it easy to pack in a suitcase or handbag. Despite its smaller size, Dyson claims the travel version delivers the same performance as its full-sized counterpart.
Dyson included its signature Air Multiplier technology in the new model, along with a 110,000 RPM digital motor. This setup creates a strong yet controlled airflow, which allows fast and effective hair drying. According to Dyson, 94% of users believe it is more powerful than hotel hair dryers.
The travel hair dryer features intelligent heat control, which monitors the air temperature over 100 times per second. This prevents extreme heat damage and protects hair, keeping it healthier and shinier. Dyson says this feature results in hair that is 138% shinier compared to when conventional dryers are used. The dryer offers three heat settings and two speed options, catering to different styling needs.
Dyson designed the travel model to work anywhere in the world. With a universal voltage of 100-240V, it adapts to different power systems without compromising performance. It also offers to attach accessories from their existing Dyson Supersonic model.
The device measures 8.7 inches in length and 2.6 inches in height, ensuring it fits within luggage restrictions. Dyson equipped the dryer with a 6.5-foot cable for flexibility during use, whether at home or on the go.
In related news, Dyson has recently introduced its first handheld bladeless fan, priced at $99.
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Oppo Find X9 Ultra and the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max highlight two very different approaches to flagship smartphones. One focuses on pushing hardware limits with bigger batteries, higher megapixels, and faster charging, while the other emphasizes refinement, ecosystem strength, and consistent real-world performance. This comparison matters for buyers deciding between raw specs and polished experience, especially in the ultra-premium segment where expectations are high, and compromises are minimal.
| Feature | Oppo Find X9 Ultra | iPhone 17 Pro Max | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 6.82″ LTPO AMOLED, 144Hz, 1440p | 6.9″ LTPO OLED, 120Hz, 1320p | Oppo – higher resolution & smoother refresh rate |
| Brightness | 1800 nits peak | Up to 3000 nits peak | iPhone – significantly brighter outdoors |
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple A19 Pro | iPhone – better optimization & real-world performance |
| RAM & Storage | Up to 16GB / 1TB (UFS 4.1) | 12GB / up to 2TB (NVMe) | Draw – Oppo more RAM, Apple faster storage |
| Rear Camera | 200MP + 200MP + 50MP + 50MP | 48MP + 48MP + 48MP + LiDAR | Oppo – more versatile & higher-resolution hardware |
| Zoom | 3x + 10x optical | 4x optical | Oppo – superior long-range zoom |
| Video | 8K, 4K 120fps, Dolby Vision | 4K up to 120fps, ProRes, Log | iPhone – industry-leading video tools |
| Selfie Camera | 50MP | 18MP + 3D depth | Oppo – higher detail selfies |
| Battery | 7050mAh | ~4800–5100mAh | Oppo – much larger capacity |
| Charging | 100W wired, 50W wireless | ~25W wired, MagSafe wireless | Oppo – far faster charging |
| OS | Android 16 (ColorOS) | iOS 26 | iPhone – longer support & ecosystem |
| Durability | IP66/IP68/IP69 | IP68 (up to 6m) | iPhone – deeper water resistance |
| Price | ~$1100 / ₹1,03,000 | ~$1200 / ₹1,50,000 | Oppo – better value for money |
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra leans into a premium yet slightly experimental design with options like eco leather, giving it a more tactile and distinctive feel compared to typical glass builds. It also brings extreme durability certifications (IP66/IP68/IP69), which subtly makes it feel more rugged and future-proof. The Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, on the other hand, sticks to a refined, minimalist approach with Ceramic Shield 2 and a polished finish. It feels more uniform and familiar, appealing to users who prefer consistency over flair.
Oppo pushes hardware boundaries with a sharper 1440p LTPO AMOLED panel and a smoother 144Hz refresh rate, making scrolling and gaming feel more fluid. Meanwhile, Apple’s display is brighter at peak levels and benefits from superior tuning, resulting in more natural colors and better outdoor visibility. The difference is subtle, but Apple’s calibration often feels more “finished.”
Oppo impresses with raw display specs and durability, but Apple delivers a more balanced, polished visual experience overall.
The Find X9 Ultra, powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, is built for peak Android performance with aggressive clock speeds and strong GPU output. It feels slightly more flexible for multitasking and heavy workloads. The iPhone 17 Pro Max’s A19 Pro chip, however, focuses on efficiency and optimization, delivering smoother real-world performance, especially in apps and gaming ecosystems. Apple’s silicon tends to feel more consistent over time.
Oppo clearly dominates in battery hardware with a massive 7050mAh capacity and ultra-fast 100W wired plus 50W wireless charging. It is designed for users who want minimal downtime. Apple’s battery is smaller but optimized well, easily lasting a full day, though charging speeds feel conservative in comparison.
Oppo wins on battery and charging innovation, while Apple edges ahead in long-term performance consistency and optimization.
Oppo takes a bold approach with dual 200MP sensors and advanced periscope zoom options, making it extremely versatile for long-range and high-detail photography. The Hasselblad tuning adds a cinematic touch, especially in color science. Apple, however, prioritizes reliability with its triple 48MP setup and LiDAR, producing consistently accurate photos and industry-leading video capabilities. Apple’s video tools, including ProRes and Log, clearly cater to creators.
Oppo offers a higher-resolution 50MP front camera, delivering sharper selfies and more detail. Apple’s 18MP sensor, paired with 3D depth technology, focuses more on natural tones, stable video, and secure facial recognition. It feels less about specs and more about dependable output.
Oppo excels in zoom and raw imaging versatility, but Apple remains unmatched in video quality and overall camera consistency.
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is priced around $1100 (₹1,03,000), while the iPhone 17 Pro Max comes in higher at about $1200 (₹1,50,000). The price gap is significant, especially in markets like India, where Apple commands a clear premium.
Oppo offers more aggressive hardware for the price, including a bigger battery, faster charging, and higher camera megapixels. It feels like a spec-heavy flagship aimed at delivering maximum value. Apple, however, justifies its pricing through ecosystem integration, software longevity, and resale value. The premium is not just about hardware, it’s about the overall experience.
Oppo delivers better value on paper, but Apple’s higher price feels justified for users invested in its ecosystem and long-term reliability.
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Prices are approximate and may vary based on country, region, and applicable taxes.
The Find X9 Ultra stands out with extreme battery capacity, ultra-fast charging, and a highly experimental camera system that pushes boundaries. It feels like a flagship built to impress with numbers and innovation. The iPhone 17 Pro Max, meanwhile, focuses on refinement, offering unmatched video tools, seamless ecosystem integration, and consistent performance across years of use. Features like satellite connectivity and Apple’s ecosystem add practical long-term advantages.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra wins on specs with a bigger battery, faster charging, and higher camera numbers, but the iPhone 17 Pro Max delivers a more consistent and refined experience. With better optimization, more reliable camera output, and longer software support, the iPhone feels stronger in everyday use and over time.
If only one has to be chosen, iPhone 17 Pro Max is the better overall pick thanks to its more consistent performance, superior video capabilities, longer software support, and a refined ecosystem that holds up better over time.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra impresses with a bigger battery, faster charging, and bold camera hardware, but the iPhone delivers a more balanced and reliable flagship experience that feels stronger in everyday use and long-term value.
Disclaimer: This comparison is based on the specifications provided and is intended for general informational purposes. Actual performance, camera results, battery life, and overall experience may vary depending on real-world usage, software updates, and individual preferences.
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CHUWI AuBox X is a new ultra-compact mini PC designed for the AI-powered computing era. With a tiny 0.67L palm-sized body, it focuses on delivering strong performance without taking up desk space. It comes pre-installed with Windows 11 Pro and is built for creative professionals, home offices, and modern work setups. Despite its size, it aims to handle demanding tasks like content creation, multitasking, and AI workflows efficiently.
One of the biggest highlights of the AuBox X is its AI power. It delivers up to 115 TOPS on the Ultra 7 model and 97 TOPS on the Ultra 5. This performance comes from a combination of CPU, GPU, and a dedicated NPU. The system is designed to run AI tasks locally, meaning no cloud dependency. This results in faster speeds, lower latency, and better privacy. Tasks like photo enhancement, real-time background removal, and AI-assisted workflows run smoothly on-device.
The mini PC includes an integrated Intel AI Boost NPU, offering up to 47 TOPS on the Ultra 7. This enables efficient AI processing and supports advanced features like live captions, smart search improvements, and creative tools. It also supports an open-source AI assistant, which can run on Windows or through WSL. This setup allows continuous AI operations with low power usage, making it ideal for long sessions.
CHUWI AuBox X also supports OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant designed for automation and continuous workflows. It can run directly on Windows or through WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), giving users flexibility depending on their setup. Since it runs locally, OpenClaw delivers near zero-latency responses while keeping all data private. It can handle tasks like automation, AI assistance, and background processing 24/7 with low power usage. This makes the system especially useful for developers, creators, and users who want full control over their AI tools without relying on cloud services.
Powered by Intel’s Lunar Lake processors, the AuBox X comes in two variants: Ultra 5 and Ultra 7. Both feature 8 cores and boost speeds up to 4.8GHz with configurable power usage. The integrated Intel Arc graphics deliver impressive results for a mini PC. The higher model offers performance close to entry-level dedicated GPUs, making it capable of handling photo editing, light video work, and even some 3D tasks. Despite this, the system remains quiet, with noise levels under 45dB.
The AuBox X offers strong connectivity options, including USB4 with eGPU support, HDMI 2.1, and multiple USB-A ports. It supports up to three displays and can output up to 8K resolution. Networking includes 2.5Gb Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3. Storage and memory are also fast, with LPDDR5X RAM and dual SSD slots supporting high-speed PCIe drives.
The Ultra 5 model is ideal for everyday tasks, office work, and media consumption. It offers balanced performance at a more affordable price. The Ultra 7 model is better suited for creative professionals who need more power for video editing, AI tasks, and heavier workloads.
Pre-orders begin in mid-April, with pricing starting at $699 for the Ultra 5 and $829 for the Ultra 7. An early-bird discount of $70 is also available for a limited time, making it a competitive option in the compact PC market.
CHUWI AuBox X stands out by combining a compact design with serious AI capabilities. It offers a strong balance of performance, efficiency, and modern features, making it a smart choice for users looking to upgrade to an AI-ready desktop without sacrificing space.
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OnePlus has already begun developing its next major software upgrade, OxygenOS 17, which will be based on Android 17. The update will be rolled out to over a dozen eligible devices later this year (check the full list here), but for a few of them, this will be the last major upgrade.
Review the list below to find out if Android 17-based OxygenOS 17 will be the last major upgrade for your OnePlus device.
The OnePlus Open was released in late 2023 with Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 out of the box, with a promise to receive four major Android upgrades. So far, OnePlus has released three OS updates for the device, and it’s also eligible for Android 17, but unfortunately, that would be the last major update.
The OnePlus 12R launched in January 2024 with Android 14 pre-installed. The company promises three major upgrades for the device, and as a result, it will receive Android 17 as its final OS update.
The OnePlus 11 guarantees four major OS upgrades. Since it was launched with Android 13, the upcoming Android 17 upgrade would be the final one.
The OnePlus Pad 2 also joins the list as it was launched with Android 14 and guarantees only three major OS upgrades, which end with Android 17.
These four OnePlus devices will receive their last major OS upgrade, Android 17, later this year or early next year. After that, they would become ineligible for major upgrades, although the devices will continue to receive security updates for a while.
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1. OnePlus devices eligible for OxygenOS 17 update: Full list
2. Android 17: Every new feature discovered so far
The Android 17 update for OnePlus devices will come with the OxygenOS 17 custom skin on top, bringing additional features and enhancements on top of Android 17’s core features and changes. While we don’t know much about OxygenOS 17, Google has already released four Android 17 betas, offering us an early look at the upcoming changes and upgrades. Check out this post to read about them.
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Honor has officially introduced the Honor 600 series in Malaysia, bringing a mix of flagship-level features and aggressive pre-order offers. The lineup includes the Honor 600 and Honor 600 Pro, both focusing on camera performance, battery life, and AI-driven features.
The Honor 600 series centers around a 200-megapixel main camera with a large 1/1.4-inch sensor. The Pro variant adds a 50-megapixel telephoto lens with up to 120x zoom and enhanced image stabilization, while the standard model supports up to 30x zoom. Both devices are designed to handle low-light photography with improved color balance and exposure control.
On the performance side, the Honor 600 Pro runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, delivering strong gains in both CPU and GPU performance. The Honor 600 is powered by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset, offering balanced performance for daily tasks and gaming.
The 600 series come preloaded with MagicOS 10-based Android 16. The series also introduces AI Image to Video 2.0, allowing users to turn still images into short videos with customizable prompts and templates.
Both models feature a 6.57-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and peak brightness reaching up to 8000 nits. Powering the devices is a 7000mAh battery with 80W fast charging and reverse charging support, while the Pro model also includes 50W wireless charging. Durability is another highlight with IP68 and IP69 ratings, along with reinforced build quality.
The Honor 600 Pro is priced at RM3,099 (~$785) for the 12GB + 256GB variant and RM3,299 (~$835) for the 512GB version. The Honor 600 is available at RM2,599 (~$660) for the 12GB + 512GB model. The series comes in Orange, Golden White, and Black color options.
Pre-orders are open until April 29, with added benefits including instant rebates, bundled accessories, and extended warranty coverage. Sales will begin from April 30 through Honor stores and partner retailers.
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Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Lenovo, Honor, and other smartphone brands under the Gold Standard Alliance in China are trying to fix one of Android’s long-standing issues: inconsistent performance.
The alliance has announced a new effort to reduce lag, overheating, and random app crashes across Android devices.
The group says it will soon announce a new unified memory management standard for developers that aligns with changes coming in Android 17. The goal is for apps to use memory more responsibly, regardless of which Android phone they run on.
Right now, that consistency doesn’t really exist. As apps get more complex, they demand more memory, while differences between Android skins and hardware make optimization harder.
The alliance says this leads to higher development costs, longer testing cycles, and ultimately a worse experience. Things like apps getting killed in the background, phones heating up, or performance slowing down over time.
Google has already started tightening things on its end. With Android 17, the system will set clearer memory limits based on a device’s total RAM and target extreme cases like memory leaks. The alliance is essentially building on top of that with what it calls a “fair memory mechanism.”
There are three parts to it. First is a unified standard that defines how much memory apps should use.
Second is a smarter notification system where apps are warned when memory is running low, so they can free up resources before the system steps in. Third is a set of contextual rules that decides when and how those notifications should appear.
Developers have until June 30, 2026, to adapt their apps. The alliance says each member company will provide documentation and technical support to make the transition easier.
Established in 2021, Gold Standard Alliance is a non-profit initiative formed by companies, including Lenovo, alongside the major Chinese smartphone makers. It also runs a certification program that highlights apps meeting standards for performance, stability, and efficiency across participating app stores.
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Motorola has introduced the Motorola Edge 70 Pro in India, expanding its premium mid-range lineup with a focus on performance, display quality, and battery life. The device brings a combination of powerful hardware and a refined design, aiming to appeal to users looking for a balanced smartphone experience.
The Motorola Edge 70 Pro features a 6.8-inch 1.5K pOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and peak brightness reaching up to 5200 nits. The panel supports HDR10+, 10-bit color depth, and Pantone validation for accurate colors.
Powering the Edge 70 Pro is the Dimensity 8500 Extreme chipset paired with up to 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB UFS 4.1 storage, running on Android 16. It will be treated with three years of OS upgrades and five years of security patches. Under the hood, it packs a 6500mAh battery with support for 90W fast charging.
For photography, the phone includes a 50-megapixel main camera with OIS and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide sensor with macro support. On the front, it houses a 50-megapixel camera capable of 4K video recording. The device also integrates several AI-based imaging tools and editing features.
The Edge 70 Pro comes with stereo speakers tuned with Dolby Atmos and offers IP68 and IP69 ratings along with military-grade durability. Connectivity options include 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, and NFC. The phone is available in multiple Pantone-inspired finishes, including Lily White, Tea, and Titan.
The Motorola Edge 70 Pro is priced at Rs 38,999 (~$415) for the 8GB + 256GB variant, while the 12GB + 256GB model costs Rs 41,999 (~$450). It will go on sale from April 29 via Flipkart, Motorola’s official website, and offline stores. Launch offers include a Rs 2,000 discount with select bank cards or an equivalent exchange benefit.
Motorola is also expected to introduce another variant, the Edge 70 Pro+, in India soon. While there is no official confirmation yet, it is likely to debut in the coming weeks.
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Google has now acknowledged a battery drain issue affecting Pixel phones after the March 2026 update, and it’s been frustrating quite a few users.
Reports started showing up not long after the update rolled out. People noticed their phones losing charge much faster than usual, sometimes even when the device was just sitting idle. For many, what used to be an easy full-day battery is now barely getting through half a day.
Most of the complaints have been popping up on forums like Reddit, where users describe overnight battery drops or phones struggling with fairly normal usage. Some have tried the usual fixes, turning on battery saver, adjusting settings, even installing the April patch, but for a lot of people, nothing really seems to help.
Google has since listed the issue on its Issue Tracker and marked it as a P1 priority, which usually means it’s being treated as urgent.
From what’s been shared so far, one possible cause is that affected devices aren’t properly entering Deep Doze mode after the update. That’s the system that’s supposed to limit background activity when the phone isn’t in use. If it doesn’t kick in as it should, the phone just keeps doing more than it needs to in the background, and the battery takes the hit.
To get a sense of how widespread this might be, Android Authority ran a reader poll. Around 75.9% of respondents said they noticed increased battery drain after a recent update, while about 15% said nothing really changed. It’s not a perfect measure, but combined with all the reports online, it does suggest this isn’t just a small batch of affected users.
The issue doesn’t seem limited to one model either. Reports mention everything from older Pixel 7 units to newer Pixel 10 devices.
For now, Google says it’s investigating, but there’s no confirmed fix or timeline yet. Most likely, any proper solution will arrive through a future update.
In the meantime, some users are trying temporary workarounds like switching network modes or limiting background activity. Results are mixed, though.
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Vivo has just confirmed that the launch date for the highly anticipated Vivo X300 Ultra and Vivo X300 FE in India is May 6. Following weeks of speculation, the official landing pages for both flagship devices are now live on Vivo India’s website. These pages have finally confirmed the key specifications for both models, signalling a major push into the premium photography segment.
The X300 Ultra is set to redefine mobile photography in India and will be available in two striking finishes, Victory Green and Eclipse Black.
A standout feature confirmed on the landing page is the support for professional-grade optics through two dedicated accessories. Users can choose the ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 Ultra, a 400mm equivalent lens that offers 4.7x magnification for extreme long-range capture, or the more portable 200mm equivalent ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2, which has been refined to a lightweight 153g.
Beyond the optics, Vivo is doubling down on longevity for its top-tier flagship. The X300 Ultra is confirmed to receive 5 years of Android OS upgrades and 7 years of security updates, ensuring the device remains current well into the decade.
Under the hood, it retains the powerhouse specs from its Chinese debut, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor and a massive 5800 mm² ultra-large VC cooling area. The device is fueled by a 6,600mAh battery that supports 100W wired and 40W wireless charging. Readers can read the rest of its specs here, as it was recently unveiled in China.
The Vivo X300 FE arrives as a versatile alternative, blending high-end specs with a sleek form factor. Indian consumers can choose from Urban Olive, Lilac Purple, and Noir Black. Notably, the Urban Olive variant is currently exclusive to the Indian market, providing a unique aesthetic for local buyers.
The FE also gets its own dedicated photography gear in the form of the 200mm equivalent ZEISS Telephoto Extender Gen 2 (same as the X300 Ultra). Weighing just 153g, this compact accessory offers 2.35x magnification and is designed to work seamlessly across photo, video, and stage modes.
The landing page also confirms a few specs, such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 paired with a 6,500mAh battery that supports 80W wired and 40W wireless charging. The other specs are already known, as the phone was recently unveiled globally.
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Framework is expanding its modular laptop lineup with the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro. This is a more performance-focused version of its 13-inch system, still built around repairability and upgrades, but now with a clearer focus on Linux users.
The company is offering the laptop with a pre-installed Ubuntu option, alongside the usual bring-your-own OS approach. CEO Nirav Patel describes it as a “MacBook Pro for Linux users,” which is thanks to the combination of hardware polish and first-party Linux support.
At the center of the device is Intel’s third-generation Core Ultra “Panther Lake” lineup. Buyers can choose between the Ultra 5 325, Ultra X7 358H, and Ultra X9 388H, with AMD Ryzen AI 300 options also available. The higher-end Intel chips pair with Intel Arc B390 graphics and up to 50 TOPS of NPU performance, while power profiles range from a 15W efficiency mode to a 60W boost under load.
One of the more notable changes is the shift to LPCAMM2 memory. It’s a modular LPDDR5X format that runs at up to 7467MT/s, but unlike typical soldered memory, it can be replaced or upgraded. Framework says this allows up to 64GB of RAM while still keeping the efficiency benefits of LPDDR5X, including claimed battery life beyond 20 hours.
Storage is handled through a PCIe Gen5 M.2 2280 slot, with support for up to 2TB Gen5 SSDs or larger Gen4 drives. Like previous models, the laptop sticks to a flexible expansion card system, letting users swap ports like USB-C, HDMI, or Ethernet as needed.
The display is a 13.5-inch 2880×1920 LTPS touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a variable 30–120Hz refresh rate. It covers 100 percent of the sRGB color space and reaches up to 700 nits brightness, with a matte finish to reduce glare.
The Framework Laptop 13 Pro now uses a CNC-machined aluminum chassis for a more premium build. The keyboard has 1.5mm of travel, along with a haptic touchpad that uses piezoelectric feedback. The system includes a 74Wh battery rated for 1,000 cycles, Wi-Fi 7 support, and a 1080p webcam with a hardware privacy switch.
Despite the changes, compatibility remains a key part of the story. Framework says the new Laptop 13 Pro keeps parts compatibility with earlier Framework Laptop 13 models, meaning existing users can upgrade components without replacing the entire system.
The DIY Edition, which requires users to assemble parts themselves, takes around 10 to 20 minutes and starts at $1,199 for a barebones configuration. As before, memory, storage, ports, and even the operating system can be customized or brought in separately.
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DJI had quite a bit going on with its latest announcements, but while the Mic Mini 2 grabbed most of the attention, there was also a quiet tease of something more interesting in the background, the Mic Mini 2S.
The Mic Mini 2 has already been listed with complete specifications and pricing, and it’s clearly aimed at everyday creators. Now the Mic Mini 2S is teased, and it looks like it’s meant for a different crowd. DJI hasn’t shared everything yet, but from what’s been hinted so far, this is the version for people who need a bit more flexibility, especially when things get slightly more complex than a one-person setup.
One of the bigger changes is the multi-transmitter support. The Mic Mini 2S is said to use a four-transmitter, one-receiver setup, which basically means you can run up to four mics through a single receiver. For things like panel discussions or group shoots, that could make life a lot easier. No need to juggle multiple receivers or patch things together.
Then there’s internal recording, which wasn’t included in the Mic Mini. Each transmitter of the 2S can record audio on its own, using built-in storage. It’s one of those features you don’t think much about until something goes wrong. A signal drop, interference, or just moving out of range, it happens. Having that backup running in the background can save an entire take.
Put those together, and the 2S feels like DJI addressing the usual weak spots with wireless audio. Managing multiple people and making sure you don’t lose audio if the connection isn’t perfect.
Pricing is expected to land above 1,000 yuan, so it’s clearly positioned above the standard model. There’s no full spec sheet yet, and DJI hasn’t confirmed a release timeline either. But from this early look, the direction is pretty clear. The Mic Mini 2S isn’t trying to replace the Mini 2, it’s building on it for users who need something a bit more dependable.
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Qualcomm is said to adopt an entirely different strategy for the upcoming Elite chips in the Snapdragon 8-series this year. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 will reportedly have a “Pro” sibling for the first time, marking a shift toward a tiered structure similar to Apple’s standard and Pro chips.
While both Snapdragon Elite SoCs will use TSMC’s most advanced 2nm node, the “Pro” variant is rumored to carry significant upgrades that could even beat Apple’s upcoming A20 chips. The official unveiling is still months away, but we already have plenty of details to give you a solid overview of what’s to come.
| Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro | |
|---|---|
| Launch window | September 2026 |
| Process node | 2 nm (TSMC) |
| CPU | 2 x prime cores 3 x performance cores 3 x efficiency cores |
| Peak CPU speed | up to 5.0 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 850 Snapdragon Elite Gaming features ray tracing support |
| GPU GMEM/cache | 18 MB GMEM |
| System cache (LLC) | 8 MB LLC |
| Memory | LPDDR6 (quad-channel 4 × 24) and LPDDR5X (4 × 16) |
| Storage | UFS 5.0 with two high-bandwidth lanes |
| Cooling reference design | HPB (Heat Pass Block) cooling structure |
| Model number | SM8975 |
The spec sheet has been prepared based on the leaks and rumors we’ve gathered so far, and therefore, it isn’t guaranteed to be absolutely accurate. We’ll update it periodically as we receive fresh details.
Qualcomm will be one of the first brands to produce smartphone chips using TSMC’s 2nm advanced node, with MediaTek and Apple also expected to unveil their 2nm chips around the same time later this year. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro goes a step further as it’s said to utilize TSMC’s newer ‘N2P’ architecture instead of ‘N2’. Rumors suggest it could maintain a slight edge over Apple’s upcoming A20 Pro.
MediaTek is also rumored to adopt the newer N2P node for the upcoming Dimensity 9600 Pro to better compete with Qualcomm and Apple. N2P offers roughly 5% better performance than the standard N2 node while enabling manufacturers like Qualcomm to easily port their 2nm designs to this more efficient process without costly redesign.
Qualcomm has kept the same ‘2+6’ cluster (2 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores) for all Snapdragon chipsets featuring Oryon CPU. That could change this year, as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro is said to feature a ‘2+3+3’ cluster (2 prime cores, 3 performance cores, and 3 efficiency cores) to achieve better efficiency.
The three efficiency cores could operate at a much lower speed, reducing power draw for tasks that do not require much processing power. The chip could also offer higher CPU performance, as it’s rumored to reach a peak clock speed of 5 GHz. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 can already reach a peak speed of 4.61 GHz, with the ‘Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy’ variant reaching up to 4.74 GHz. Looking at them, it wouldn’t be surprising to see 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro hitting the 5.0 GHz mark. If that happens, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro would be the first smartphone chip to enter that territory.
A tipster recently suggested that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro may not deliver a significant CPU performance uplift (less than 20%), but will double down on efficiency. However, the GPU could offer a radical jump.
While the rumored CPU upgrades look modest, the GPU on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro is said to bring substantial gains. According to recent leaks, the SoC will use an Adreno 850 GPU with a dedicated 18 MB of GMEM. For those unfamiliar, GMEM refers to a high-performance graphics cache that accelerates rendering, ray tracing, and AI workloads.
The chipset could come with a 50% increase in GPU bus width and memory capacity compared to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This would directly benefit high-resolution gaming, advanced ray tracing, and on-device AI inference.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro is said to bring support for LPDDR6 memory, in addition to LPDDR5X. A leak noted that the chip could support either quad-channel 24-bit LPDDR6 or quad-channel 16-bit LPDDR5X, alongside 18MB GMEM and 8MB LLC, thereby offering greater bandwidth and cache.
The Pro chipset reportedly supports UFS 5.0 storage with two high-bandwidth lanes. The chip would likely deliver peak bandwidth and better sustained performance in memory-bound tasks such as high-fps gaming, large-language-model inference, and heavy multitasking.
Qualcomm has reportedly upgraded thermals on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro to deliver sustained performance for longer sessions without severe thermal throttling. A leaked block diagram shows a new HPB (Heat Pass Block) cooling solution for the Pro chip, similar to the HPB solution in Samsung’s Exynos 2600.
The HPB solution features a dedicated heat transfer block positioned directly over the chip package to improve heat spreading to the phone’s vapor chamber or other cooling elements. This could only be introduced in the Pro model, with uncertainty around whether the standard Gen 6 will receive the same cooling design.
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Oppo has begun seeding its April update for ColorOS 16 in India, bringing a couple of subtle yet noticeable changes to the Photos app. The update aligns with seasonal trends and introduces improvements that aim to make everyday media interactions smoother.
The latest update introduces a UEFA Champions League-inspired watermark feature within the Photos app. This allows users to add a football-themed identity to their pictures, particularly useful for those capturing or sharing match-related moments. The integration feels timely, especially during the ongoing tournament period.
Another update comes in the form of refined playback controls for videos. Users can now adjust playback speed on the fly with options, such as 0.5x, 1.0x, 1.5x, and 2.0x. This addition simplifies the process of reviewing clips, whether for casual viewing or quick edits, without relying on external apps.
Oppo has confirmed that the rollout started on April 8 and will continue in stages until April 30. Users who have not received the update yet can check manually through the software update section in settings.
Devices included in this phase are the Find X9, Find X9 Pro, Find X8, Find X8 Pro, Reno 15 Pro, Reno 15, Reno 14 Pro, and Reno 14.
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At the launch event yesterday, Oppo introduced a new pair of open wireless earbuds called the Oppo Enco Clip 2. Unveiled alongside the Find X9 series and other wearables, it is set to go on sale in China starting April 24, priced at CNY 899 (around $120), with a limited-time offer bringing it down to CNY 849.
The Enco Clip 2 stands out primarily for its open-ear, clip-style design. Instead of sitting inside the ear canal like traditional earbuds, these wrap around the outer ear. Each earbud weighs just 5.2 grams, and the design uses an ultra-thin adaptive titanium plate, which Oppo says helps with both fit and durability.
On the audio side, Oppo says the earbuds are co-developed with Dynaudio, a Scandinavian audio company, and include a dual dynamic driver setup combining 11mm and 9mm units.
The setup is tuned to produce more natural sound, with better mids and extended highs. There’s also support for a wide 20Hz to 40kHz frequency range, along with spatial audio for a more immersive effect.
Internally, the Enco Clip 2 uses dual DACs and what Oppo claims is the industry’s first 6nm chip in this category. According to the company, that chip boosts noise reduction computing power by up to 100 times, which mainly benefits call clarity. A three-microphone system, paired with AI processing and a VPU sensor, handles noise reduction during calls.
The earbuds can last up to 9.5 hours on a single charge, with the case extending total playback time to around 40 hours. The case itself packs a 530mAh battery and charges over USB-C in about 80 minutes.
Connectivity is handled over Bluetooth 6.1, with support for dual-device pairing and a range of up to 10 meters. The earbuds also support common audio codecs like SBC, AAC, and LHDC. Interestingly, Oppo says the Enco Clip 2 supports Apple voice commands, allowing users to control playback, adjust volume, and manage calls hands-free.
The earbuds are available in two finishes: High-Gloss Gold and Space Grey. It also has an IP55 rating for dust and water resistance.
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Lenovo has quietly expanded its mini PC lineup in China with the launch of the Lecoo AI Mini Pro. The device introduces Intel’s latest Lunar Lake platform in a compact chassis, hinting at a growing push toward AI-ready desktop solutions in smaller form factors.
The Lecoo AI Mini Pro is powered by Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors, including configurations up to the Ultra 7 258V. It is paired with up to 32GB LPDDR5x-8533 memory and up to 1TB PCIe SSD storage, with support for dual M.2 2280 slots for expansion. Integrated Intel graphics handle visual workloads, while the updated architecture focuses on improved CPU and AI performance.
Designed for space efficiency, the mini PC features a 0.9L aluminum body measuring 128mm × 134mm × 52mm. Lenovo has included a custom cooling system that keeps noise levels around 34.5dB under load. Connectivity is a strong point, with a front-facing USB-C 40Gbps port, two USB-A 10Gbps ports, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The rear panel adds dual 2.5GbE LAN ports, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and additional USB ports. Wireless support includes Wi-Fi 6.
The device also integrates AI-focused software features, enabling quick deployment tools, document handling, and local task processing. It ships with Windows 11 Home, positioning it for productivity and lightweight workstation use.
The base variant with Core Ultra 5 226V, 16GB RAM, and 512GB storage is priced at 3799 Yuan (~$555). A higher configuration with Ultra 5 228V, 32GB RAM, and 512GB storage costs 4299 Yuan (~$630), while the 1TB version is priced at 4799 Yuan (~$700). The top-end model with Ultra 7 258V, 32GB RAM, and 1TB storage is available for 5799 Yuan (~$850).
The Lecoo AI Mini Pro is currently available in China, and there is no confirmation yet regarding its global availability.
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The Oppo Watch X3 Mini is one of the devices that went official alongside Oppo’s mega launch event that also introduced the Find X9 Ultra, Find X9s Pro, Pad 5 Pro, Pad 5, and Enco Clip 2. As the name suggests, it is a more compact version of the Watch X3, which was announced recently in China.
The Oppo Watch X3 Mini features a 1.32-inch circular OLED display with a 466 x 466 resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate, protected by sapphire crystal glass. It is powered by the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip paired with a BES2800BP co-processor, along with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage, plus additional memory for RTOS operations. The smartwatch runs on ColorOS Watch 16 and supports eSIM functionality for standalone connectivity.
The device focuses heavily on health tracking with an upgraded wrist temperature sensor, menstrual cycle tracking with exercise guidance, an 8-channel heart rate sensor, and a 16-channel blood oxygen sensor. It also supports sleep monitoring, independent GPS, running posture analysis, and a professional swimming mode.
Battery capacity is rated at 345mAh, delivering up to 2.5 days in smart mode and up to 7 days in extended mode. It supports Watch VOOC fast charging, offering up to 24 hours of usage with a 10-minute charge and a full charge in about 60 minutes.
Other highlights include NFC, 5ATM water resistance, IP68 rating, and a lightweight build at 40.4 grams. The watch is available in premium finishes including high-gloss gold with 18K gold stainless steel, mocha brown, and starlight silver variants.
The Oppo Watch X3 Mini is priced at 2,499 Yuan (~$370) for the high-gloss gold variant, while the mocha brown and starlight silver models are priced at 1,999 Yuan (~$295). The Bluetooth-only starlight silver version is priced at 1,799 Yuan (~$265). Option watch straps are priced at 149 Yuan (~$22).
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After teasing the Vivo Y600 Pro for the past few days, Vivo has finally confirmed its launch date. The device is set to debut on April 27, and Huang Tao, Vice President of vivo China, has shared several key details about what to expect, especially around battery and endurance.
Huang Tao has highlighted that the Y600 Pro represents a major step forward in battery capacity for the Y series. The device is equipped with a 10,200mAh battery, which is the largest ever on a Vivo phone so far.
It is designed around five key aspects: long-lasting performance, stable output across a 60°C temperature range using second-generation semi-solid battery tech, efficient power management with chip-level AI optimization and certified energy efficiency, long-term durability with up to six years of battery health, and fast charging with 90W support capable of a full charge in under 80 minutes.
The phone also aims to deliver over 24 hours of light usage and more than 12 hours under heavy workloads. Additional highlights include a premium design, IP68 and IP69 ratings, improved connectivity, OriginOS 6, and a 1.5K eye-care display.
The Vivo Y600 Pro recently appeared in China Telecom’s product listing, revealing its complete specifications. It is expected to feature a 6.83-inch OLED display with a 1.5K resolution of 2800 x 1260 pixels.
The phone will be powered by the Dimensity 7300e chipset and run on Android 16 with OriginOS 6. It includes a 50-megapixel rear camera and a 32-megapixel front camera. The device will be available in multiple configurations, including up to 12GB RAM and 512GB storage.
The phone measures 8.15mm in thickness and weighs 221 grams. It also includes an in-display fingerprint scanner and will be offered in Floating Gold, Bright Moon Black, Vast Blue, and Starry Purple color options. The selling date in China is expected to begin from April 30.
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“Fan Edition” phones usually follow a pretty predictable formula. You get something that looks like the flagship, but with a few compromises under the hood to keep the price in check. The Vivo X300 FE, at least based on early leaks, doesn’t seem to be going that route.
Fresh images shared by tipster Yogesh Brar give us a first look at the device, and there’s one thing that immediately stands out. Not just the phone, but what you can attach to it.
The X300 FE appears to support the external Zeiss G2 lens attachment, similar to what Vivo has done on its higher-end models. The images show the phone alongside a dedicated case and a clip-on lens, which locks onto the camera module at the back. It’s a bit unusual for something positioned as an FE model. Usually, this kind of modular camera setup is reserved for the more expensive variants.
The phone shown is in a green finish, which is said to be exclusive to India. There are also expected to be Purple and Black options, but the green one definitely stands out a bit more.
On paper, the hardware doesn’t look toned down either. The phone is tipped to run on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, which would make it the first FE model from Vivo to use a Qualcomm flagship chip. Up front, there’s a 6.31-inch LTPO AMOLED display with 1.5K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.
The camera setup includes a 50MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide, and a 50MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom. Not the most extreme setup, but still pretty solid for this segment.
Battery-wise, it’s expected to pack a 6,500mAh unit with 90W fast charging. On the software side, it should ship with OriginOS 6 out of the box.
Launch timeline
Vivo has already locked in the launch date for India. The X300 FE is set to be announced on May 7, alongside the X300 Ultra, with sales expected to begin from May 14.
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About a week ahead of its teased global reveal, the DJI Mic Mini 2 briefly appeared on DJI’s China website, revealing full details. The listing has since been taken down, so this isn’t an official global launch just yet. Still, the information is already out there, and it gives us a pretty clear look at what DJI is preparing.
Most bundles include a black and white faceplate by default, while the top-end kit gets the full set. It’s a small change, but it makes the mic a bit more fun to use on camera.
You get 48 kHz 24-bit recording, automatic anti-clipping, and basic noise cancellation with two levels. Battery life also looks similar, around 11.5 hours for the transmitter and 10.5 hours for the receiver, with up to 48 hours total when using the charging case.
There are three voice tone presets: Normal, Bright, and Rich. It’s a simple feature, but useful if you want to tweak how your voice sounds without editing later. It also supports 32-bit floating-point internal recording.
Pricing and availability:
Based on the now-removed listing, the Mic Mini 2 starts at CNY 179 (around $26) for just the transmitter. From there, it goes up to CNY 329 (~$48) for a basic transmitter and receiver combo, or the same price if you opt for a transmitter with a charging case instead. A more complete bundle with a charging case, one receiver, and two transmitters is listed at CNY 429 (~$63).
Going further up, configurations with additional transmitters are priced at CNY 599 (~$88) and CNY 698 (~$103). As for accessories, windscreens and magnetic faceplates are listed at CNY 99 (~$15), while special edition versions of the faceplates go for CNY 199 (~$29).
One thing that’s a bit uncertain is availability in the US. A version of the Mic Mini 2 had shown up in FCC filings earlier this year, but those listings have since disappeared. That’s similar to what happened with the Osmo Pocket 4, which didn’t launch in the US right away. So for now, it’s not clear if or when this one will make it there.
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Noise has launched a new smartwatch in India called the NoiseFit Diva Araya. It sits in the brand’s premium range and focuses heavily on design, with a look that leans more towards jewellery than typical smartwatches.
The Diva Araya is the company’s first ceramic smartwatch. It uses a scratch-resistant ceramic body that is meant to keep its finish over time. Around the dial, there are 60 precision-set stones, which give it a more polished, high-gloss appearance. The watch is available with three strap options: ceramic, metal, and mesh, with the ceramic version being the main highlight.
It comes with a 1.28-inch AMOLED display that can go up to 850 nits of brightness. This should make it usable both indoors and outdoors without much trouble. There are over 100 cloud-based watch faces available, along with options to customise them.
The smartwatch supports Bluetooth calling and runs on Bluetooth 5.3. Other features include an AI voice assistant, notifications, music and camera controls, weather updates, and a find my phone function. It also includes basic tools like a calculator, timer, stopwatch, and world clock.
On the health side, the watch tracks heart rate, SpO₂ levels, sleep, and stress. It also includes cycle tracking with phase insights and overnight skin temperature monitoring. An SOS feature with live location sharing is included for emergency situations. The battery is rated to last up to five days on a single charge. Charging is done using a magnetic cable. The device comes with a one-year warranty.
The NoiseFit Diva Araya is priced at Rs. 4,999 as an introductory offer and is now available through the company’s website and Amazon India.
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Anker has officially launched the Soundcore Space 2 over-ear headphones, following its introduction last month. These headphones have debuted as a follow-up to the Space One released in 2023. The new model is priced at $129.99. It is available in Seafoam Green, Linen White, and Jet Black through the company’s official store and major retailers, including Amazon.
The Space 2 focuses on everyday listening and travel use. It comes with a four-stage active noise cancellation system that targets low-frequency sounds, such as traffic or engine noise during flights and train rides. There is also a transparency mode, so users can hear announcements or conversations without taking the headphones off.
For audio, the headphones use 40 mm double-layer diaphragm drivers. Wired playback supports Hi-Res Audio, while wireless listening uses the LDAC codec for higher data transfer compared to standard Bluetooth audio. LDAC can reach up to 990 kbps, but it is only available on Android devices and needs to be turned on through the Soundcore app.
Call quality is handled by a three-microphone setup with AI noise reduction, designed to keep voices clear in noisy environments. The app also includes extra features such as EQ controls, hearing protection settings, a built-in assistant called Anka, and real-time translation for over 100 languages.
The headphones weigh 264 grams and use memory foam with protein leather ear cushions for comfort. Wear detection sensors inside the ear cups can pause or resume playback automatically.
Battery life is rated at up to 70 hours without noise cancellation and up to 50 hours with it turned on. A quick five-minute charge can deliver up to four hours of playback under standard test conditions. The Space 2 also supports dual device connection over Bluetooth 6.1 and uses physical buttons for controls.
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Ugreen has announced the launch of its new Nexode 45W GaN charger in China. The device supports the latest PD 3.2 protocol and is priced at 99 yuan ($14), with an introductory offer of 79 yuan ($11).
The Ugreen charger delivers up to 45W of power via a single USB-C port, supporting devices like smartphones, tablets, and lightweight laptops. It features support for USB PD 3.2 with AVS (Adjustable Voltage Supply), along with PPS, QC 3.0, and SCP fast-charging protocols, ensuring broad compatibility across devices. The charger intelligently adjusts its output based on the connected device, ensuring safe and efficient charging.
Ugreen built the charger around its seventh-generation GaN (gallium nitride) technology. The advanced chipset improves power efficiency and reduces heat generation compared to silicon-based chargers. The charger achieves an energy conversion efficiency of up to 93%, which ensures consistent performance during charging. The GaN technology also allows for a more compact design, reducing the overall size and weight.
The charger weighs only 49.5 grams and measures 30.7 mm x 30.7 mm x 36.1 mm. Ugreen designed it for travel portability with foldable prongs, making it easy to carry in a pocket or bag. The device supports a wide input voltage range of 100V to 240V, allowing it to work internationally with suitable plug adapters.
Ugreen added robust safety features, such as protections against overvoltage, overcurrent, overheating, short circuits, and lightning surges. It also includes a proprietary thermal management algorithm for real-time temperature monitoring.
The charger features smooth, rounded corners and a premium exterior finish. The top section includes a transparent panel that enhances its visual appeal. It comes in Grey, White, and Orange colors.
In related news, Ugreen has recently introduced the MagFlow Air 10,000mAh power bank with 30W fast charging and Qi2 magnetic support, and it has also launched a 17-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 docking station with up to 140W power output.
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Dangbei has introduced the Smart Fish Tank 2S Ultra to the Chinese market. It features AI-powered automation to simplify fishkeeping and is priced at 599 yuan ($88). The tank will be available for purchase on JD.com starting April 26.
The Smart Fish Tank 2S Ultra leverages AI technology for image recognition to identify fish species and automatically adjust feeding, lighting, water flow, and sterilization based on the fish’s type, size, and number. It also features a real-time water quality monitoring system with high-precision sensors to analyze conditions and send alerts for any issues.
The product features a dual filtration system with dry-and-wet separation to prevent waste from dissolving into the water. It includes mineral and biochemical filtration, optional UV sterilization, and high-density filter media with activated carbon, mineral balls, and nano-porous chambers to promote beneficial bacteria growth and remove harmful substances like ammonia and nitrites.
Dangbei equips the tank with a dual water pump system, each pumping up to 350 liters per hour. The pumps use durable ceramic shafts for quiet performance at under 30dB and include a rainfall-style oxygenation outlet and a directional water-flow system for consistent oxygenation and circulation.
The tank uses a full-spectrum lighting system with 45 LED beads. The light covers a 380-730nm wavelength range, making it suitable for aquatic plants, corals, and ornamental fish. Dangbei lets users customize lighting modes, including natural daylight simulations, while a 45-degree angled design enhances viewing depth and vibrancy.
The tank also includes an automatic feeder with a large food container. It offers dual feeding outlet sizes and moisture-resistant construction to prevent clogging. The feeder can support up to 180 days of scheduled feeding when fully loaded.
The tank uses automotive-grade UHA glass with 91.3% light transmittance for clear viewing. It has a water capacity of 32 liters, a 16:9 aspect ratio, and a modular top design that supports ventilation, prevents fogging, and provides easy access to the tank.
Dangbei supports connectivity features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for remote management, and a Type-C power input allows backup power during outages using a power bank. The tank measures 505 x 295 x 318.5 mm and also includes a smart expansion dock for accessories like UV sterilizers and oxygen pumps.
In related news, Dangbei last year launched the Smart 2 portable projector with 550 CVIA lumens brightness, 1080p resolution support, and 65W PD fast charging.
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Xiaomi has introduced the Mijia Cordless Vacuum Cleaner 4C, a new addition to its home appliance lineup. The device is now available for pre-order on major e-commerce platforms, including JD.com, and will officially go on sale on April 29. Xiaomi has priced the vacuum cleaner at 799 yuan ($117).
The Mijia Cordless Vacuum Cleaner 4C features a 450W brushless motor that delivers 170AW suction power and operates at 110,000 RPM. It is designed to clean fine dust, larger debris, crumbs, and pet hair across various surfaces.
Xiaomi has equipped the device with a 180-degree wide-angle blue light dust detection system that highlights hidden dust in dark areas within a 30cm range, such as under beds and along wall edges. It also features a right-edge cleaning design for efficient cleaning along walls and baseboards in a single pass.
The device comes with multiple attachments for whole-home cleaning, including an all-surface floor brush for hard floors, tiles, and carpets, an electric anti-mite brush for removing allergens from bedding and furniture, and a 2-in-1 crevice brush for tight gaps and delicate surfaces like curtains and keyboards.
Xiaomi has prioritized convenience with a dual anti-tangle brush system to prevent hair entanglement and a one-button dust disposal system for contact-free dirt emptying. It also features a five-stage filtration system that captures 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns, ensuring cleaner exhaust air.
The vacuum cleaner offers a 7-cell, 2600mAh battery with 75 minutes of runtime in eco mode and three cleaning modes: Eco, Standard, and High-Power. It also includes washable filters, wall-mounted storage, and an LED battery indicator.
In related news, Xiaomi has recently introduced an affordable 1HP air conditioner with both cooling and heating support, alongside a new hair dryer featuring nano water ion technology and smart scalp protection.
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OPPO Find X9s Pro has been launched in China alongside the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, bringing a compact flagship with a focus on camera hardware and battery capacity. The device runs on the Dimensity 9500 chipset and ships with Android 16-based ColorOS 16.
The phone features a 6.32-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2640 × 1216 pixels and a 144Hz refresh rate. It supports Dolby Vision and reaches up to 1800 nits peak brightness. The panel uses ultra-narrow 1.1mm symmetrical bezels and includes an in-display 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. OPPO also adds a 1nit eye protection mode for low-light viewing.
In terms of build, the device measures around 8.4mm in thickness and weighs 198g for most variants. The Breeze Green version is slightly heavier at 200g and 8.60mm thick. It uses a one-piece cold-carved glass back and carries IP66, IP68, and IP69 ratings for dust and water resistance. Color options include Wind Rider Green, Free White, Vibrant Orange, and Original Titanium.
Camera hardware is a key highlight. The rear setup includes a 200MP main sensor (1/1.4-inch Samsung HPE, f/1.6, OIS), a 200MP periscope telephoto (Samsung HP5, 1/1.56-inch, f/2.6, 2.8x optical zoom, OIS), a 50MP ultra-wide (JN5, f/2.0), and a 3.2MP multispectral sensor. The front camera is 32MP with f/2.4 aperture. Video recording supports up to 8K at 30fps and 4K at 120fps. The system uses a LUMO imaging engine and includes Hasselblad Master Mode with nine styles, such as Gentle Light and Rich.
The phone packs a 7025mAh battery with 80W wired and 50W wireless charging. It supports 5G SA/NSA, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.1, and multiple navigation systems, including GPS, NavIC, and Beidou. Other features include stereo speakers, an infrared sensor, and USB Type-C audio.
Pricing starts at 5,299 yuan for the 12GB + 256GB variant and goes up to 6,999 yuan for the 16GB + 1TB model. A Hasselblad teleconverter kit is priced at 1,299 yuan. Sales in China begin on April 24.
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The Find X9 Ultra launch event saw the arrival of several other devices, including the Oppo Pad 5 Pro, a flagship tablet powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. While the spotlight was largely on smartphones, this new tablet quietly brings a mix of performance, large-screen entertainment, and productivity features. With upgrades across display, battery, and software, it sets the tone for Oppo’s premium tablet lineup in 2026.
The Oppo Pad 5 Pro features a 13.2-inch LCD panel with a resolution of 3392 × 2400 pixels and a 7:5 aspect ratio, making it suitable for both media and work. It supports a 30Hz to 144Hz adaptive refresh rate and peaks at 1000 nits brightness. The panel also offers DCI-P3 color coverage and a DeltaE of around 0.7, indicating accurate color reproduction. It also offers features like Dolby Vision and HDR Vivid to further enhance the viewing experience, while TÜV-certified eye protection and DC dimming aim to reduce strain during long sessions.
Under the hood, the tablet runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. Oppo claims noticeable gains in CPU and GPU efficiency, which should translate into smoother gaming and multitasking. The device also supports high frame rate gaming modes, with some titles running at up to 144Hz, alongside improved thermal control for sustained performance.
The tablet packs a 13,380mAh battery with 67W fast charging support, targeting extended usage for streaming, gaming, and work. Oppo highlights long playback times and efficient power management, making it suitable for all-day usage.
On the software side, it runs Android 16 with ColorOS 16, bringing features such as multi-window support, PC-level WPS tools, and enhanced file management. The tablet also supports stylus input, AI-powered note organization, and cross-device connectivity, including seamless interaction with phones and PCs.
An eight-speaker setup further enhances the multimedia experience, while accessories like a keyboard aim to deliver a laptop-like workflow. Despite the large battery, the device maintains a slim profile at 5.94mm and weighs around 672 grams.
The Oppo Pad 5 Pro starts at 3,799 CNY (~$560) for the 8GB+256GB storage variant, while the 12GB+256GB model is priced at 3,999 CNY (~$580). The 12GB+512GB version comes in at 4,499 CNY (~$650), and the top-end 16GB+512GB configuration is listed at 4,999 CNY (~$720). It is available in Dawn Gold, Mocha Brown, and Monet Purple.
There is no clarity whether the Oppo Pad 5 Pro will be released outside of China. It is also being said the OnePlus Pad 4 scheduled to launch on April 30 in India could be a rebranded version of the Oppo Pad 5 Pro.
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Oppo has expanded its flagship lineup with the introduction of the Find X9 series, offering premium experiences at various price points. While both the Oppo Find X9s (MYR 3,599) and the standard Oppo Find X9 (MYR 3,999) share the same striking 7025mAh battery and 6.59-inch ProXDR display, the MYR 400 price gap hides several critical hardware distinctions.
If you are trying to decide which flagship deserves a spot in your pocket, here are the seven main differences between these two powerhouses.
The most significant internal difference lies in the chipset. The standard Find X9 is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, built on a 3rd-gen 3nm process designed for peak “unbound power.” In contrast, the Find X9s utilizes the Dimensity 9500s. While the “s” variant is still a flagship-grade 2nd-gen 3nm chip, it is tuned slightly differently, prioritizing efficiency for travel and daily tasks over the raw, sustained gaming performance found in the standard model.
In the Malaysian market, the Find X9s is positioned with a 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB UFS 4.1 ROM configuration. The Find X9, justifying its higher price tag, bumps the base memory up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM paired with 512GB of UFS 4.1 storage. That extra 4GB of RAM on the standard model ensures smoother multitasking and better longevity for AI-heavy workloads.
Both devices support blazing-fast 80W SUPERVOOC wired charging, but only the Find X9 offers the convenience of 50W AIRVOOC wireless charging. If you have invested in a wireless charging ecosystem or prefer the “drop and charge” lifestyle, the Find X9 is the mandatory choice, as the Find X9s lacks wireless charging coils entirely.
While both phones feature a 50MP triple-camera array, the hardware behind the lenses differs. The Find X9 boasts a pro-level 1/1.4-inch large sensor with an f/1.6 aperture, allowing it to take in significantly more light. The Find X9s uses a slightly smaller 1/1.56-inch sensor with an f/1.8 aperture. For night photography and natural depth of field, the standard Find X9 has a clear edge.
The Find X9 is a tool for creators, supporting 4K video recording at 120fps and featuring a professional 4K 120fps Log mode for cinematic color grading. The Find X9s, while still very capable, caps its 4K recording at 60fps. If you intend to shoot high-quality slow-motion footage or professional-grade travel vlogs, the Find X9’s 120fps capability is a game-changer.
The Find X9s surprisingly features a newer Bluetooth 6.1 standard, whereas the standard Find X9 is listed with Bluetooth 6.0. While both offer Low Energy support and high-end codecs like LHDC 5.0, the X9s might offer slightly better future-proofing for next-gen wearables. However, the standard Find X9 includes a dedicated NetworkBoost Chip S1 for better signal stability in “dead zones” like subways, which is absent in the X9s.
Oppo has targeted different vibes with the color palettes. The Find X9s leans into a youthful, “travel companion” aesthetic with vibrant options like Lavender Sky and Sunset Orange. The Find X9 opts for a more sophisticated, “executive” look with its Velvet Red and Titanium Grey finishes, the latter featuring a fingerprint-resistant matte texture. Both phones also come in Space Black edition.
The choice ultimately depends on your workflow. If you want the absolute best camera performance and wireless charging, the Find X9 is worth the extra MYR 400. However, if you prefer vibrant colors and a slightly lighter price tag without sacrificing that massive 7025mAh battery, the Find X9s is a stellar value proposition.
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DJI has introduced the Power 1000 Mini, a more compact portable power station featuring a 1008Wh battery. It’s about half the size of the standard Power 1000 and is designed for users who need a smaller, travel-friendly power solution for outdoor shoots, trips, and light backup use. The device was first unveiled in China in January and has now been made available in global markets.
The unit measures 314 × 212 × 216 mm and weighs 11.5 kg. It delivers 800W continuous AC output, with a peak of 1000W. Depending on the region, bypass output can go higher. It can also run select appliances rated up to 1200W. The port setup includes two AC outlets, two USB-A ports, one USB-C port, a retractable 100W USB-C cable, and an SDC port for DJI devices.
It uses an LFP battery rated for around 4000 charge cycles while maintaining about 80 percent capacity. Charging options include wall power, solar, and car input. With an AC input, it reaches 80 percent in 58 minutes and a full charge in 75 minutes. Car charging uses a 400W system and takes about 160 minutes for a full recharge. Solar charging is supported through a built-in 400W MPPT module with MC4 connectors.
The Power 1000 Mini also works as a UPS with a 0.01-second switchover during outages. It supports pass-through charging when connected to solar panels. There is a built-in LED light with adjustable brightness.
On the durability side, the body is flame-retardant and tested to handle up to one ton of pressure. It is rated to operate at altitudes up to 5000 meters. The sealed inverter design helps protect it from rain and salt exposure. Internally, it uses a 10-sensor battery management system. The unit can be monitored through the DJI Home app over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0.
The SDC port supports up to 300W output and allows fast charging for compatible DJI devices, including Air 3, which can go from 10 to 95 percent in about 30 minutes with a separate cable.
The Power 1000 Mini is priced at USD 467 and is now available globally through DJI’s official store and retail partners.
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Less than a week after announcing the Osmo Pocket 4, DJI has unveiled the Osmo Mobile 8P in China today. The new gimbal brings a major design overhaul with a removable display module that allows it to function even as a wireless remote control.
The controller attaches magnetically and can be removed for remote shooting. It has its own display that mirrors what the camera sees, including subject detection boxes. You can tap on the screen to choose who or what to track, and switch targets without going back to the phone.
The remote also doubles as a control hub. Its joystick doesn’t have fixed directional limits, which means it can be used more fluidly for gimbal movement, zoom, or adjusting lighting.
At the center of the update is Smart Follow 8.0, which comes through the updated DJI Mimo app. DJI says the new version is designed to hold onto a subject more reliably, even in crowded environments like concerts or exhibitions. The system can identify a subject on-screen and continue tracking without losing focus when other people or objects move through the frame.
There’s also a new multi-functional tracking module 2, which expands what the gimbal can follow. It’s not limited to people anymore; it can lock onto pets like cats and dogs, and even track objects or vehicles. That module also includes a built-in fill light with adjustable brightness and color temperature, controlled directly from the remote.
On the connectivity side, the Osmo Mobile 8P supports Apple DockKit, allowing quick pairing through NFC and Bluetooth.
Hardware-wise, DJI is combining several features into one unit. The gimbal includes a built-in extension rod, tripod, and fill light, along with up to 10 hours of battery life. There’s also a USB-C port that can be used to charge your phone while shooting.
The Osmo Mobile 8P continues to support gesture controls, automated camera movements, and composition assistance. For iPhone users, DJI is also offering a magnetic quick-release back sticker for faster mounting and removal.
The DJI Osmo Mobile 8P starts at 899 yuan (around $130) for the standard version. A step-up option, the Osmo Mobile 8P AI, is priced at 1,099 yuan (roughly $160) and bundles in the Tracking Module 2.
At the top end, the Osmo Mobile 8P Vlog combo costs 1,299 yuan (about $190), adding both the Tracking Module 2 and the DJI Mic Mini 2 for a more complete shooting setup.
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While Oppo unveiled the Find X9s Pro, Find X9 Ultra, Pad 5 Pro, Pad 5 Mini, and a few other devices in China, it introduced the Find X9s in Malaysia. Currently, it is the only other phone in the market to feature the Dimensity 9500s after the Poco X8 Pro Max, which debuted last month. While the Poco offering was a performance-focused model, the Find X9s, being part of Oppo’s X-series, aims to deliver top-notch photography along with all-round performance at a reasonable price.
The Oppo Find X9s houses a 6.59-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and FHD+ resolution, offering smooth visuals and sharp clarity. The panel supports 10-bit colours and peaks at high brightness levels, making it suitable for outdoor usage.
Under the hood, it runs on the Dimensity 9500s chipset paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. This combination should deliver stable performance across gaming, multitasking, and daily usage. The device also includes a large vapour chamber cooling system, helping maintain consistent performance during extended workloads.
The camera system is built around three 50-megapixel sensors, covering wide, ultra-wide, and periscope telephoto focal lengths. The telephoto lens supports 3x optical zoom and advanced image processing, while features like Hasselblad tuning, AI enhancements, and 4K 60fps video recording aim to improve overall output across different scenarios.
Battery life appears to be one of the key highlights, with a 7,025mAh unit supported by 80W fast charging. The phone runs on ColorOS 16 and includes features like AI tools, improved animations, and cross-device connectivity. It is an IP68/69-rated phone, and the design keeps things slim at under 8mm thickness, with a weight of around 202g, giving it a balanced in-hand feel.
Oppo Find X9s price and availability
Pricing for the Oppo Find X9s is set at MYR 3,599, which roughly converts to $910. It is available in Midnight Grey, Lavender Sky, and Sunset Orange color options.
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Samsung is reportedly leasing 140,000 square feet warehouse at the Park79 Commerce Center, an industrial park sitting right on US 79 near its chip plant in Taylor, Texas.
According to TaylorPress, the source had direct knowledge of the deal, while Samsung declined to comment. That’s 40% of the entire Park79 development, locked up by a company that officially won’t admit it’s the tenant.
Samsung’s Taylor fab is inching toward full operation, anchored in part by a reported $16 billion chip contract with Tesla running through 2033.
The Taylor plant was announced in November 2021 with an initial $17 billion investment. By the end of 2026, it’s expected to directly employ around 1,500 people, with hundreds more supplier jobs trailing behind.
Samsung has operated in Texas since breaking ground in Austin back in March 1996. It knows how this state works. Now it’s quietly stitching together real estate around Taylor before the doors are even fully open.
The warehouse lease isn’t a footnote; it’s a signal that Samsung is building something permanent here, and doing it without asking anyone’s permission first.
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vivo started teasing the X300 Ultra and X300 FE in India last week, and today, the brand announced that both smartphones will be launched in India on May 6 at 12 PM local time. vivo X300 Ultra and vivo X300 FE launching in India on May 6 In addition to announcing the launch date, vivo also revealed that the X300 Ultra will be available in India in Victory Green and Eclipse Black colors. The flagship will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, pack a 6,600 mAh battery with 100W wired charging support, and feature the same rear camera setup as the global and Chinese X300...
The OnePlus Watch 4 made it to the Google Play Console a few days ago, and now it's been listed by the brand on its official website, and this has officially revealed its most important specs. The watch has an all-titanium case and it's going to be offered in two colors: Evergreen Titanium and Midnight Titanium. As you can see, the former is basically silver with a green band, while the latter option is darker and comes with a gray band. The OnePlus Watch 4 is "built to MIL-STD-810H military-grade standards" and supports wet-hand touch and "full seawater corrosion resistance". The...
Apple wants internal documents from Samsung to help fight its antitrust case, but the US DOJ just made that a lot harder.
Earlier this month Apple asked a US court for permission to pull documents directly from Samsung Electronics. Apple wants to show that users can jump freely between iPhone and Android, that the so-called walled garden isn’t actually trapping anyone.
US DOJ fired back (via 9to5Mac) in a new court filing, and the core complaint isn’t really about Samsung. The US regulator pointed out that Apple has known for months just how central Samsung’s data is to this case.
Here’s where it gets awkward for Apple: the process required to obtain documents from a foreign company runs through the Hague Convention, a slow-moving international legal mechanism that nobody confuses with fast.
There’s a real chance the Samsung data arrives after the discovery phase has already closed. The DOJ is essentially saying Apple knew all this and stalled anyway.
The DOJ explicitly told the court not to extend deadlines or push the trial back just because Apple is scrambling for evidence. The DOJ’s position is narrower: keep the schedule, don’t let Apple turn a late evidence request into a delay tactic.
Samsung sits at the center of a case it didn’t ask to be in, watching Apple and the US government argue over whether its internal data can arrive on time to save Cupertino from itself.
The irony is that Apple needs Samsung to prove it doesn’t need anyone.
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The Motorola Edge 70 Pro has been launched in India as the latest addition to the Edge 70 lineup. It joins the Edge 70 Fusion, introduced in early March, and the Edge 70, which debuted late last year. It comes with a 6.8-inch AMOLED display that offers a Full-HD+ resolution, a refresh rate of up to 144Hz, and a peak brightness of 5,200 nits. The phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme chipset, which is paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.1 internal storage. At the back, the Edge 70 Pro features a 50MP Sony Lytia 710 primary sensor with OIS,...
Samsung’s mobile business could be heading into unfamiliar territory this year. TM Roh, who leads the company’s Device eXperience division, has internally warned of a possible full-year loss for the MX unit, according to industry sources.
According to MoneyToday, TM Roh internally warned that Samsung’s mobile unit could face an annual loss. If that happens, it would mark the first annual loss since Samsung reorganized its mobile operations under the MX business.
Samsung has already hiked the price of the Galaxy S26 series. The company is also rising prices of existing products that were released in the past. Future products don’t seem to be safe from a price bump, given the current scenario.
At the center of the issue is LPDDR, the low-power memory used in nearly every smartphone. For years, it was a mobile-first component designed for efficiency.
Smartphones ship in millions, but each device uses relatively small amounts of memory. AI infrastructure, on the other hand, consumes massive quantities in a single deployment. As a result, suppliers are prioritizing high-value AI demand.
LPDDR costs nearly doubled in the first quarter compared to the previous one, with expectations of another steep jump in the current quarter. DRAM and NAND are both rising together, amplifying the pressure on manufacturers.
An industry official said, “As the AI industry absorbs even mobile memory, smartphone manufacturers are struggling to secure sufficient supply. Prices have already increased, and further hikes may occur in the second half of the year.”
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Asus officially confirmed its exit from the smartphone market in January, but apparently that doesn't apply to tablets. Today a new leak brings us our first look at the upcoming Asus Pad with some nice-looking renders. As you can see, the bezels are reasonably thin for a tablet. The Asus Pad is rumored to sport a 12.2-inch dual-layer OLED screen (think Apple's Tandem OLED and you get the idea) with a 144Hz refresh rate. There will be support for Dolby Vision as well as Dolby Atmos. Asus Pad leaked images The Asus Pad will have a 9,000 mAh battery which will support fast...
This just in, the freshly announced Honor 600 Pro is in the office and joining our review queue. It joins the vanilla 600 and the 600 Lite with emphasis on great cameras and big batteries, the Pro is the flagship. Pictured with the Honor 600 below, the Honor 600 Pro isn't bigger as both share the same 6.57-inch display. The two also share the same battery - a 7,000mAh unit outside of Europe, and a 6,400mAh unit in Europe. In terms of body durability, the pair is very robust, with coverage for both IP68, IP69, and IP69K
Leak season for the next Galaxy S lineup has already begun. A new leak sheds light on specs and features of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 6 Pro that will potentially power the Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra globally.
Weibo leaker DCS revealed key specs of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, and the chips powering the Galaxy S27 series may be made by TSMC.
TSMC’s 2nm process node means better efficiency, sustained performance, and improved thermal behavior. Qualcomm is also considering a 2nm Snapdragon chip, but it seems unlikely to be from the 6th generation.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950) configuration:
The Pro variant keeps the same layout but pushes it harder. Higher clocks are expected, but Qualcomm is also stacking more resources around it.
The standard chip reportedly uses 16MB L2 + 6MB SLC cache, while the Pro bumps system-level cache to 8MB SLC. It may sound minor, but SLC plays a big role in reducing memory latency during heavy workloads like gaming and AI tasks.
Graphics processing unit:
Memory support:
LPDDR6 is not just about speed; it is about bandwidth efficiency and power scaling. Both chips still share the essentials: integrated 5G with sub-6 and mmWave, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, UFS 5.0 storage, and 10Gbps USB-C.
The Galaxy S27 and S27+ are expected to use Samsung’s in-house Exynos 2700 in most markets. Meanwhile, regions like the US, Canada, and China could get the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6.
Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra are tipped to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro globally, which at least brings some consistency at the top end.
Samsung may launch the Galaxy S27 series early next year.
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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has been spotted in Korea meeting with Samsung executives. The trip is all about manufacturing chips on the 2nm process, and there's a chance that Qualcomm will turn to Samsung to fabricate the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoCs. Back at CES in January, Amon revealed that Qualcomm was talking to Samsung about this, and it seems like the discussions are still ongoing. If all this pans out and Qualcomm does indeed pick Samsung to fab the next top of the line Snapdragon SoC, it would mark a return to the Korean company for the first time since 2022, which is...
While last year's Honor 500 and 500 Pro remained exclusive to China, the brand-new Honor 600 and 600 Pro are making their debuts internationally from the jump. The newest members in Honor’s lineup bring a revamped design which takes some clear inspiration from the iPhone 17 Pro series with the oversized camera island and vibrant orange colorway. But outside of the iPhone look, Honor’s new phones offer impressive batteries, top-tier IP69K ingress protection and 200MP main cams. Honor 600 (left) and Honor 600 Pro Both phones are built around 6.57-inch AMOLEDs with 2,728 x 1,264px...
Google Wallet may start showing live flight and travel updates on the Samsung Now Bar. This update will make tracking travel status easier than ever.
Recently, the Google Wallet app silently rolled out support for Live Update. Pixel phones running Android 16 (and Android 17 Beta) have started showcasing flight updates on the lock screen and always-on display.
Android’s Live Update is quite similar to Samsung Now Bar, so expect an imminent Google Wallet support rollout to the latter system.
A flight ticket stored in Google Wallet will trigger tracking of the flight and display status in real time. It will go beyond the existing notification system that alerts you with updates like boarding time changes.
On Pixel phones, the Status bar displays the Google Wallet logo for flight tracking. Expanding it shows the estimated arrival time and airline. On the AOD and lock screen, you see a progress bar that shows flight duration.
The alert is interactive too; when you tap the pill, the system takes you to the Google Wallet app. It’s the usual functionality of Live Update and the Now Bar system to stay linked with roots.
Samsung’s Now Bar should feature a similar appearance. When it arrives, Google Wallet will join the existing services, including Sports from Google, Google Finance, and Google Maps.
Google and Samsung closely work to tailor Galaxy experiences. Like existing ones, Google Wallet will be integrated into Now Bar, but the timeline is not known yet.
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Rumors about Apple testing a 200MP rear camera for the iPhone have been circulating for a while, with the first leak emerging in May last year. Now, a tipster suggests that the first iPhone to feature a 200MP sensor may not arrive until 2028. According to tipster Digital Chat Station, Apple is currently testing a 200MP periscope telephoto camera for the iPhone. However, Apple may still take a few years to bring the technology to market. This aligns with a recent Morgan Stanley investor note, which claims that an iPhone with a 200MP camera is unlikely to arrive before 2028. The...
You may not have minded that your Galaxy Buds 2 Pro earbuds haven’t received a new firmware update lately. Well, Samsung hasn’t forgotten, bringing a new update with stability and reliability improvements.
Galaxy Buds Able are in development with an open-clip design. Samsung has Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro as the latest hearable offering. Meanwhile, the company is also making sure older products function pretty well.
Earlier, Samsung rolled out new firmware to the Buds 3, Buds 3 FE, and Buds 3 Pro. Now, the company is rolling out (via TarunVats) the April 2026 update to the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro (and probably for the Buds 2 as well) in India.
The update carries PDA build version ending with AZD1. Samsung keeps security patches limited to mobile devices; that said, the earbuds are getting “stability and reliability” improvements.
Samsung’s update changelog says these OS-level tweaks improve the device behaviour. Expect an even more fluid experience while accessing your Buds 2 Pro settings through Galaxy Wearable, along with better listening.
The update weighs nearly 6 megabytes, and you can get it through the Galaxy Wearable app. Open the application to access connected Samsung wearables. Here, you need to access Buds settings, followed by Buds software update.
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Samsung has announced that it will enter the 2026 World IT Show in Seoul to showcase its Galaxy S26 series, Galaxy Buds 4 series, Galaxy XR series, and other products. The event kicks off on April 22 to April 24, 2026.
Samsung has installed Spatial Signage, a glasses-free 3D screen, at the entrance of its exhibition hall to provide guidance on products and the experience program for each section. The exhibition also includes Micro RGB for visitors to experience the immersive picture quality.
A dedicated space will showcase the Galaxy S26 series with an upgraded camera and Galaxy AI features. Visitors are allowed to test the camera quality with the main and telephoto cameras. People can also test the Super Steady with Horizontal Lock for super stable video recording.
Visitors can check the upgraded photo assist to edit images with generative AI and view the result on a large display in the exhibition area.
Furthermore, Samsung is hosting a special AI session, “Galaxy AI Live Show,” to help people understand the Galaxy AI features that come with the Galaxy S26 series. The show consists of two segments – Creative Show to walk through creative and editing features. The privacy show will focus on security features such as call screening and privacy display.
Additionally, the Galaxy Buds 4 will demonstrate high-quality sound, and the Galaxy XR has a dedicated section for an on-site XR experience.
A Cross-Platform Zone will enable visitors to enjoy top games on Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S11 series tablets, Galaxy Book 6 series PCs, OLED smart TVs, and Odyssey gaming monitors.
Samsung’s Gaming Section at the 2026 World IT Show
Additionally, the FreeStyle+ AI portable projector and Vision AI companion are coming to Samsung TVs.
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Samsung Art Store has launched 22 art collections by Tamara de Lempicka, a Polish painter and preeminent artist of the Art Deco movement, renowned for her highly polished, glamorous, and sensual portraits of aristocrats, celebrities, and wealthy socialites.
Her art style fuses classical tradition with machine-age modernism. It is often described as “soft cubism”, bridging the gap between decorative and the fine arts.
The latest collection on the Samsung store includes the iconic Autoportrait from 1927, a self-portrait painted in Paris and commissioned by the German fashion magazine Die Dame to celebrate women’s independence.
Another art is St. Moritz, which depicts a skier, likely her muse Ira Perrot, embodying 1920s liberation. The painting is recognized for its vibrant red sweater, which contrasts with a geometric alpine landscape.
“At the heart of Tamara de Lempicka’s work is a powerful sense of identity, elegance, and modernity,” said Marisa de Lempicka, President of the Tamara de Lempicka Estate. “It is important for us to continue sharing that vision in ways that resonate with contemporary audiences. This collaboration with Samsung Art Store enables her work to enter new spaces.”
“Tamara de Lempicka’s work has a timeless quality that feels especially relevant as Art Deco comes back into focus,” said Marta Di Gioia, Curator for Samsung Art Store Europe.
The newest Tamara de Lempicka art collection is now available on Samsung Art Store for Frame TV lineup, Neo QLED, Micro RGB, Micro LED, and OLED TVs.
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Samsung Electronics is seeing massive progress with the Harman audio unit, which is becoming a core pillar of Samsung’s automotive electronics business. According to reports, this subsidiary has recorded 15 trillion won ($10.1 billion) of sales in just 10 years after Samsung’s acquisition.
In 2025, Harman reached 15.7833 trillion won from sales, with an operating profit of 1.5311 trillion won, marking a record high. Compared to this, the company had 7.1034 trillion won in 2017. So, its sales revenue has doubled in the past decade.
Samsung acquired Harman in November 2016 and finalized all of the acquisition process in March 2017 for 9.4 trillion (about $8 billion), which was the largest merger and acquisition of a foreign firm by a South Korean company at that time.
Since then, Samsung has integrated Harman in all of its electronics products, including home appliances, smartphones, semiconductors, telecom devices, smart TVs, and electronics. However, the most notable application was Smart Car’s cockpit and in-car audio systems.
The Korean tech giant is planning to put more investment in the audio business to improve its technologies. In December, Harman acquired ZF’s ADAS division in Germany for 1.5 billion euros to harness an autonomous driving smart camera module.
It also purchased Marvell’s audio brand for 500 billion won. The next plan in line is to invest 131.18 million euros in Hungary to improve Harman’s automotive production base and set up a research and development center for autonomous driving software and hardware.
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Alongside the K90 Max smartphone, Redmi today also unveiled the K Pad 2 tablet. Like its predecessor, it's a mini tablet with very high performance. It's powered by the Dimensity 9500, which is MediaTek's current top dog. This is paired with 8/12/16GB of RAM and 256/512GB of storage. The tablet has an 8.8-inch 3008x1880 LCD screen with 165Hz refresh rate, 1,100-nit peak brightness, and Gorilla Glass 5 on top. Redmi K Pad 2 official images On the rear sits a 13MP camera, and on the front you get an 8MP snapper. The Redmi K Pad 2 has a 9,100 mAh battery with support for 67W wired...
HBM5E plans may be pushed back as Samsung quietly shelved its mass production plans for D1d DRAM, its 10nm-class 7th-generation memory process.
Sources familiar with internal operations (via Chosun) confirmed that the management pulled the plug after reviewing D1d DRAM yield numbers that simply didn’t justify the investment. Without a stable D1d supply, HBM5E doesn’t ship.
D1d isn’t just another node; it’s the backbone of HBM5E, Samsung’s 9th-generation high-bandwidth memory. Earlier HBM generations, from HBM4 through HBM5, can lean on the more mature 1c DRAM process.
This creates a compounding problem for Samsung’s AI ambitions at a moment when the market for high-bandwidth memory is as competitive as it’s ever been. HBM is no longer a niche product, but the beating heart of AI accelerator systems.
Back in March, at GTC 2026 in San Jose, Samsung Memory VP Hwang Sang-jun told the audience that D1d would serve as the core DRAM for HBM5E.
Somewhere around 400 people assigned to the D1d mass production task force are idle.
The roadmap is now under comprehensive review. Samsung says it will keep working on yield improvement and delay mass production indefinitely until targets are met, while no timeline has been set.
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Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Beta Program is counting its last days, as the official release is expected to kickstart on April 30, 2026.
Galaxy S25 series is first in line to upgrade to the Stable firmware. As always, the update will first show up for Beta participants, followed by users who are running the One UI 8.0.
Seasoned Samsung fans know that Beta 10 is almost the same as the Stable update. Meanwhile, some of our readers, especially those who participated in the Beta for the first time, are unsure whether to stay on One UI 8.5 Beta or leave.
In simple terms, the answer is – “it’s up to you”.
You decide the software status of your device, either Beta or Stable. Samsung doesn’t have any requirement that keeps you stuck to the Beta Program. You can stay on Beta or roll back to the One UI 8.0 software version.
If you’ve installed the 10th Beta, the next update will replace the Beta status with Stable. It will be an incremental upgrade, weighing nearly the same as a security update.
On the other hand, rolling back to One UI 8.0 is also possible, but the installation of One UI 8.5 will require you to install the full OTA. Be prepared for a complete data wipe on rollback; so we recommend that you stay on Beta until Stable rolls out.
Still, if you’ve decided to jump back to One UI 8.0 right before One UI 8.5 arrives, Samsung Members is the key to leave the Beta Program. Steps are as follows:
Samsung Members > Settings > Beta program settings > Withdraw from beta program
Once done, you should receive an update, taking you back to the One UI 8.0 version.
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Oppo unveiled the Find X9s and Find X9 Ultra yesterday in China, but these smartphones will also be launched in international markets. Oppo hasn't revealed the international rollout dates for the Find X9s and Find X9 Ultra yet, but the company has announced that the two smartphones will launch in India in May, without providing pricing or availability details. Oppo Find X9 Ultra The Find X9 series also includes the Find X9, Find X9 Pro, and Find X9s Pro. The Find X9s Pro remains China-exclusive for now. The Find X9 and Find X9 Pro are available in India at base prices of INR74,999...
Motorola is launching the Edge 70 Pro tomorrow, and it may be joined by the Edge 70 Pro+ and even the Edge 70 Pro Lite. We have no new information about the latter, but some renders showing the Edge 70 Pro and Edge 70 Pro+ have been outed today. Before you take a look, note that we don't know specifically which device we're looking at here. The X post that is the source of these implies that they show both models, and that may well be true - in that case, the differences between the Pro and Pro+ shouldn't be that many, if they look identical and are offered in the exact same...
Samsung showed up to Milan Design Week 2026; the exhibition is called “Design is an Act of Love,” and it’s running at Superstudio Più on Via Tortona through April 26.
At Milan Design Week 2026, Samsung is not bringing a product roadmap or a specs sheet dressed up in gallery lighting, but a thesis. A genuine philosophical argument about what design is supposed to do for people.
Visitors have free entry across 12 immersive zones, covering over 120 products across 36 categories. Samsung is calling the space an “open laboratory.”
The 12 zones are organized around two big ideas: Human Centricity and Expressive Design.
The Welcome Show opens with Samsung’s vision of AI as a unified system spanning personal and shared environments.
The Goodbye Show closes the loop, the same AI companion returning through music, light, and what Samsung calls “human touch.”
Samsung attaching it to a human-centered AI formula, specifically AI multiplied by emotional and human intelligence, suggests the company is trying to correct something.
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Samsung kicked off a global collaboration tied to 20th Century Studios’ “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and Galaxy S26 Ultra with Circle to Search is taking the center stage.
The centerpiece is a custom spot featuring Helen J. Shen as her character Jin, who handles a last-minute Miranda Priestly crisis with Circle to Search with Google on the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
At the film’s world premiere, Samsung deployed the first-ever Runway Cam, a red carpet photo experience shot entirely on the S26 Ultra.
Stars including Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Heidi Klum, and Winnie Harlow stepped up for the photo moment.
Influencer Haley Kalil, a Team Galaxy member, was on the ground working the experience and documenting it all on social. She also used the event to show off Circle to Search in action while getting ready for the premiere.
“Through our collaboration with Circle to Search with Google and The Devil Wears Prada 2, we’re not just showing up in culture – we’re shaping how people discover and engage with the world around them,” said Keena Grigsby, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President, Mobile eXperience, Samsung Electronics America.
Lylle Breier from The Walt Disney Studios described the goal as extending storytelling beyond the screen. What that really means is getting the Galaxy S26 Ultra into the hands of people who care about fashion and film.
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Last month, we heard that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 will have a 4,300 mAh battery, the same as last year's Galaxy Z Flip7. A new rumor out of South Korea confirms it, while also shedding light on the Flip8's battery charging speed. The source claims that the Galaxy Z Flip8 won't get any charging speed upgrades either, meaning the smartphone will support 25W wired charging. That's not just the same as last year's Flip7, but also the Flip4 launched in 2022, as Samsung hasn't upgraded the charging speed on the Flip models since then. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8's leaked CAD-based render...
The 'vanilla' iPhone 18 has long been rumored to miss its traditional September launch window this year. It's instead said to land next spring at the same time as the iPhone 18e, leaving only the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the iPhone Fold (or is that iPhone Ultra?) to be unveiled at Apple's annual event in September. Now, a leaker from China claims that not only will the iPhone 18 launch alongside the iPhone 18e, but it will be more similar to the affordable model than you may expect. That's because Apple is allegedly going to cut some costs in the iPhone 18, we assume due to...
Google has now introduced new touch-up tools in the Google Photos image editor. These let you "apply subtle enhancements" that refine skin texture, remove blemishes, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth. To use the new tools, select a face in a photo and choose one of the options: heal, smooth, under eyes, irises, teeth, eyebrows, or lips. Once you've selected an effect, you can then adjust its intensity. These tools are currently rolling out globally in the Google Photos app for Android, for devices with at least 4GB of RAM that are running Android 9.0 and later. Source
Back in January, Motorola unveiled the Moto G67 and the Moto G77. It seems there is a third model planned, based on some help pages on Motorola.com plus one Italian retailer. The Motorola Moto G87 can be seen on this page – Learn about the moto g87 over on Motorola.com. The page contains a hardware overview, alas, with no details. From the schematic images, we can tell that it looks like a typical Motorola, which isn’t much. We did find some good news – here’s how to insert a microSD card into the G87, which apparently supports cards up to 2TB in a hybrid slot. Moto G87 hardware...
Oppo took the wraps off its latest tablet entries with the Pad 5 Pro and Pad Mini. Pad 5 Pro is Oppo’s flagship slate featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, a 13.2-inch LCD and a sizeable 13,380mAh battery with 67W charging. Pad Mini is a more compact version with an 8.8-inch AMOLED, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (non-Elite) and an 8,000 mAh cell with the same charging speeds as the Pad 5 Pro. Oppo Pad 5 Pro Pad 5 Pro is the logical successor to last year’s Pad 4 Pro, which eventually made its way internationally as the OnePlus Pad 3, and it seems we’ll see a similar scenario soon with the...
A while back, Samsung added the option to join your SmartThings and IKEA smart home networks – but you needed both a SmartThings hub and an IKEA hub. Today, the company announced that you can connect IKEA smart devices directly to your SmartThings hub, which simplifies the setup. There are 25 compatible IKEA smart devices including: a scroll wheel remote, smart bulbs, plugs, temperature and humidity sensors, air quality sensors, motion sensors, door sensors and water leak sensors. Here is an example setup. IKEA has an air quality sensor that monitors temperature, humidity, carbon...
Motorola’s next-gen Razr 70 series is expected to launch soon with no less than three members. Razr 70 will be one of them, and we stumbled across a listing by a Ukrainian retailer that has the phone on sale ahead of its official unveiling. The listing is complete with detailed renders, specs and pricing. As previously rumored, the Razr 70, which will be called the Razr 2026 in North America, features a 6.9-inch LTPO AMOLED main display with 2,640 x 1,080px resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Motorola Razr 70 (aka Razr 2026) It is joined by a 3.6-inch AMOLED cover screen...
Samsung Pay (Wallet) could gain access to Japan’s Suica and FeliCa systems along with the Galaxy S27 launch. Samsung phones come with all the necessary hardware and software, yet feel incomplete when an overseas user lands in Japan.
Japan runs on a different contactless backbone altogether, and at the center of it is Sony’s FeliCa technology. It features the fast, offline, and embedded NFC-F standard that powers everything from metro gates to vending machines.
While Apple added global FeliCa support starting with the iPhone 8, and Google followed with Pixel 6, Samsung kept FeliCa locked to Japan-only Galaxy variants.
Samsung is reportedly working with East Japan Railway Company to bring FeliCa support globally, starting with the Galaxy S27 in 2027. This is not just about adding a chip, and it’s about integrating into Japan’s payment ecosystem properly.
JR East is said to be enabling Samsung Pay inside Mobile Suica and its tourist-friendly counterpart. Galaxy users could top up balances, buy passes, and manage transit directly from their phones, just like iPhone users already do.
FeliCa is used in convenience stores, lockers, taxis, and even office access systems. That said, the Galaxy S27 could be removing a real-world friction point that has existed for over a decade.
This shift is expected to start with devices launching in 2027. That means current models, including the Galaxy S26 lineup, are unlikely to get it.
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Last week, vivo announced that it would launch the X300 Ultra and X300 FE in India soon, while also revealing that the X300 FE will be available in green in India. Now, the brand has posted a couple of images on its X account, giving us our best official look yet at the X300 FE's green model. vivo X300 FE in green Additionally, the images shared by vivo confirm that the Indian X300 FE will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC - the same chip that powers the global model. The Indian X300 Ultra is also likely to have the same chip as its global counterpart under the hood -...
25 IKEA smart home devices now carry full Matter-over-Thread support, which means they connect directly to a Samsung SmartThings hub without requiring a separate IKEA hub.
The list of devices covers smart bulbs, plugs, motion sensors, door sensors, water leak sensors, air quality sensors, temperature and humidity sensors, and a scroll wheel remote.
Previously, getting IKEA devices into SmartThings required both companies’ hubs running in parallel. Two hubs for one ecosystem is the kind of friction that pushes first-time buyers straight back to doing nothing.
SmartThings was the first platform to adopt Thread 1.4. Samsung isn’t just adding compatibility; it’s actually collapsing the infrastructure overhead that made multi-brand setups annoying.
Once your IKEA sensors, like the air quality sensor and door sensor, are in SmartThings, they are ready to ease your life. Samsung and IKEA ran multiple rounds of validation before launch and built a dedicated interface inside the SmartThings app for these devices.
Jaeyeon Jung, Executive Vice President of SmartThings, framed it plainly: affordable entry, familiar experience, no financial burden.
“By connecting IKEA devices to SmartThings, even first-time smart home users can enjoy a familiar and easy connectivity experience without financial burden,” said Jaeyeon Jung, Executive Vice President of SmartThings, AI Platform Center at Samsung Electronics. “SmartThings will continue to expand its ecosystem through partnerships, enabling more consumers to enjoy seamless and convenient smart home experience within the SmartThings ecosystem regardless of brand or communication protocol.”
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Samsung continues to lead the U.S. customer choices for TVs, soundbars, monitors, and solid-state drives (SSDs), according to data by Circana. The leading consumer behaviour analyst underscores Samsung’s dominance in a diverse range of products and technologies.
So, how is Samsung doing this?
The company continues to launch new products in the market. It currently offers various screen sizes and soundbars based on consumer requirements. Here is the list of product lineups available for U.S. consumers.
Its latest monitors are gamer-friendly, with a wide view and high-quality visuals. The 2026 Odyssey gaming monitor lineup brings 3d, 6K glasses-free display for a whole new viewing experience.
The existing G8 series is now expanding with 32-inch 6K resolution and 27-inch 5K resolution models. On the other hand, the 32-inch version offers 4K resolution with a 240Hz refresh rate. Meanwhile, the 27-inch Odyssey G6 monitor has a 1,042Hz monitor for those who want something immersive.
That’s not it, the 9100 Pro series SSD brings unmatched performance with PCIe 5.0, offering twice the transfer speed compared to the predecessor. Users can choose up to 8TB of storage to build a massive library of files and store games in one place.
Ease of access is what makes them even more buyer-friendly, making it more preferable among customers.
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The Redmi K series is consistently pushing the envelope in terms of specs, and the just-announced Redmi K90 Max is the latest example. It arrives with a flagship chipset, a built-in cooling fan and a generous 8,500mAh Si-C battery with 100W charging. Redmi K90 Max The K90 Max brings MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 9500 chipset, armed with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. The chip is paired with a dedicated Xiaomi D2 graphics chip, with Redmi boasting a 4,161,374 score on AnTuTu v11. Redmi K90 Max brings a dedicated cooling fan and MediaTek's Dimensity 9500...
Alongside the Find X9 Ultra, today Oppo has also launched the Find X9s for global markets and the Find X9s Pro for China. The Find X9s comes with a 6.59-inch AMOLED screen with 1256x2760 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, and Gorilla Glass 7i on top. It's powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset, paired with 12GB of RAM and 256/512GB of storage. On the rear there's a triple camera setup with a 50MP main snapper with OIS, a 50MP telephoto with OIS, and a 50MP ultrawide with autofocus. For selfies you get a 32MP snapper. The phone has a 7,025 mAh...
After weeks of teasers, the Oppo Find X9 Ultra is now official. Oppo unveiled its latest cameraphone flagship in China, and promised to roll it to select global markets. The star of the show is obviously the Hasselblad quad-rear camera setup, so let’s start with that. The Find X9 Ultra comes with a 200MP Sony LYT-901 main rear camera with a 1/1.12-inch sensor size, f/1.5 aperture, and OIS. It gets a 200MP OmniVision OV52A periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and another 50MP Samsung JNL periscope telephoto camera with 10x optical zoom and sensor shift optical...
Oppo has packed so much tech into the Find X9 Ultra that it’s going to take multiple presentations to cover everything. So, the company is getting a head start before tomorrow’s unveiling with this detailed description of the quad camera system. First, Oppo focuses on 10x optical zoom (230mm). It says that previous devices have attempted it without naming names, but it says that cramming this focal length into a phone came at the cost of “severely limited light intake and low pixel counts”. So, Oppo developed the world’s first 10x 50MP smartphone camera. It designed a quintuple prism...
Oppo has just dropped the Find X9 Ultra, and it instantly turns the ultra-flagship space into a real fight instead of a predictable upgrade cycle. On one side is a phone built to push limits, with a bigger battery, bolder camera hardware, and faster charging. On the other hand is the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which plays the long game with refinement, ecosystem features, and consistency. This comparison isn’t just about specs, it’s about choosing between raw innovation and a polished, reliable flagship experience.
| Feature | Oppo Find X9 Ultra | Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design & Build | Premium glass, bold camera module | Armor aluminum, Gorilla Armor 2, S Pen | Samsung – More refined & durable |
| Display | 6.82″ AMOLED, QHD+, 120Hz, 1800 nits | 6.9″ LTPO AMOLED, QHD+, 120Hz, 2600 nits | Samsung – Brighter & anti-reflective |
| Processor | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Tie – Same flagship chip |
| RAM & Storage | Up to 16GB + 1TB (UFS 4.1) | Up to 16GB + 1TB (UFS 4.x) | Tie – Similar configs |
| Main Camera | 200MP (OIS) | 200MP (OIS) | Tie – Same resolution |
| Telephoto | 200MP + 50MP periscope (10x) | 50MP periscope (5x) + 10MP (3x) | Oppo – Better zoom hardware |
| Ultra-Wide | 50MP | 50MP | Tie – Similar |
| Selfie Camera | 50MP | 12MP | Oppo – Higher resolution |
| Video | 8K, 4K 120fps, Dolby Vision | 8K, 4K 120fps, HDR10+ | Samsung – Better stabilization & consistency |
| Battery | 7050mAh | 5000mAh | Oppo – Much bigger battery |
| Charging | 100W wired, 50W wireless | 60W wired, 25W wireless | Oppo – Faster charging |
| OS & Updates | ColorOS 16 (Android 16) | One UI 8.5 (7 years updates) | Samsung – Longer support |
| Extra Features | Satellite messaging, Hasselblad tuning | S Pen, DeX, UWB | Samsung – More ecosystem features |
| Price (Base) | ~$1050 | ~$1300 | Oppo – Better value |
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra leans into a bold flagship identity with its large camera module and premium finish, offering a more futuristic and slightly experimental aesthetic. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, on the other hand, sticks to a refined and minimalist design with its integrated camera layout and S Pen support, giving it a more professional appeal. Samsung’s Armor Aluminum frame and Gorilla Armor protection add durability and confidence, while Oppo focuses more on visual impact and innovation. The S26 Ultra feels more polished in hand, while the Find X9 Ultra feels more cutting-edge.
Both devices offer sharp QHD+ AMOLED panels with LTPO tech and 120Hz refresh rates, but Samsung pushes ahead with higher peak brightness and superior anti-reflective coating, making outdoor visibility noticeably better. Oppo counters with excellent color depth and immersive visuals that feel slightly more vibrant. Samsung’s display tuning feels more natural, while Oppo’s leans toward punchy visuals that stand out instantly.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra wins for its refined design and class-leading display usability, though Oppo impresses with bold styling.
Both phones are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, delivering flagship-level performance with smooth multitasking and top-tier gaming. Samsung’s software optimization and long-term update promise give it an edge in sustained performance and longevity. Oppo’s ColorOS feels fast and fluid, but Samsung’s ecosystem integration and stability feel more mature and consistent over time.
This is where Oppo clearly dominates. The 7,050mAh silicon-carbon battery is significantly larger, offering longer endurance for heavy users. Combined with 100W wired and 50W wireless charging, it feels built for power users. Samsung’s 5,000mAh battery is reliable and efficient, but charging speeds are comparatively conservative. Oppo’s approach feels more future-forward, especially for users who prioritize fast top-ups and all-day usage.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra wins with a massive battery and faster charging, while Samsung stays strong with optimization and long-term reliability.
Both phones feature a 200MP primary camera, but their approaches differ. Oppo goes aggressive with dual 200MP sensors and extended zoom capabilities, offering more flexibility for long-range photography and creative shooting modes like Hasselblad tuning and XPAN. Samsung focuses on consistency, delivering balanced results across its quad-camera system with reliable color science and excellent video stabilization. Oppo feels more experimental and versatile, while Samsung feels more dependable in everyday use.
Oppo’s 50MP front camera delivers sharper and more detailed selfies, especially in good lighting. Samsung’s 12MP shooter prioritizes natural tones and consistent results, making it better for video calls and social-ready output. Oppo is clearly more spec-heavy, but Samsung maintains a more realistic look.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra wins for camera hardware and zoom versatility, while Samsung excels in consistency and video reliability.
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra starts at around $1,050 for the base variant and goes up to roughly $1,370 for the top-end configurations. The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra sits higher at around $1,300 for the base model. The gap isn’t massive, but Oppo clearly undercuts Samsung slightly while offering more aggressive hardware on paper.
Oppo feels like a better value on paper, delivering more raw specs for less money. The massive battery, faster charging, and advanced camera setup make it appealing for power users. Samsung justifies its higher price with software longevity, refined experience, and ecosystem features like DeX and S Pen. It feels less about specs and more about overall polish.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra offers better value for hardware, while Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra justifies its price through experience and longevity.
Disclaimer:
Prices are approximate and may vary based on country, region, and applicable taxes.
The Oppo Find X9 Ultra stands out with its massive silicon-carbon battery, ultra-fast charging, and aggressive camera hardware, making it ideal for users who prioritize performance and innovation. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra differentiates itself with S Pen support, DeX productivity features, superior display tuning, and long-term software updates, making it more versatile for productivity and daily reliability. Oppo feels like a powerhouse built for enthusiasts, while Samsung feels like a complete ecosystem device designed for consistency.
The choice depends on priorities: Oppo Find X9 Ultra is the better pick for raw power, battery, and camera versatility, while Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is the smarter choice for long-term usability, refined experience, and ecosystem integration.
Disclaimer: This comparison is based on the specifications provided and is intended for general informational purposes. Actual performance, camera results, battery life, and overall experience may vary depending on real-world usage, software updates, and individual preferences.
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Motorola is getting ready to expand the Edge 70 lineup with the Pro and Pro+ models. Detailed renders of the Edge 70 Pro+ have now surfaced, courtesy of Evan Blass. While the overall design doesn’t change much, a few details stand out on closer look.
At first glance, it’s familiar territory. Curved edges on the display, a square-ish camera module, and the same general shape Motorola has been sticking with. Nothing surprising there. What does stand out is the finish.
The Edge 70 Pro+ is tipped to come in five colors, white, turquoise, dark blue, red, and brown, and they’re not just different shades. Each version seems to have a different material or texture. The blue and turquoise options look like they use a fabric back, while the white one has a marble-style finish. The brown variant, interestingly, leans into a wood-like texture.
On the camera side, the renders reveal a couple of key details. There’s an ultra-wide lens with a 12 mm equivalent focal length, along with a telephoto lens at 81 mm, which works out to roughly 3.5x optical zoom.
Specs for the Pro+ aren’t fully out yet, but the Edge 70 Pro gives a rough idea of what to expect. That model is said to use a Dimensity 8500 Extreme chip, paired with a 6.8-inch 144 Hz AMOLED display. As for imaging, it’s expected to include a “3-in-1 light sensor”, along with a 50MP Sony LYT710 primary camera and a 50MP ultra-wide.
Motorola is also sticking with its usual software promise: three Android updates and five years of security patches. Decent, though still a step behind some of the competition.
While the Pro model is set to launch in India on April 22, 2026, there’s still no word on the Pro+. However, with official-looking renders already out there, it probably won’t stay quiet for long.
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Oppo has launched the Watch X3 in global markets, following its introduction in China last month. The smartwatch debuts alongside the company’s latest flagship smartphone, the Find X9 Ultra. In Europe, the Oppo Watch X3 is priced at €379.
The Watch X3 uses an aerospace-grade titanium alloy case and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass. Oppo has reduced the weight to 43 grams and the thickness to 11mm, making it lighter and thinner than its predecessor. The 1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED display supports 3,000 nits of peak brightness, ensuring excellent visibility even in direct sunlight.
The smartwatch integrates a dual-chip system that includes the Snapdragon W5 processor and an energy-efficient secondary chip to balance performance and battery life. Oppo claims the battery lasts up to five days in smart mode and 16 days in power saver mode. The watch supports VOOC Flash Charge, which delivers a full day of power with a 10-minute charge.
The Oppo Watch X3 supports more than 100 sports modes. It offers automatic recognition for six activities, including running, walking, cycling, swimming, rowing, and elliptical training. The watch includes dual-band L1+L5 GNSS with support for GPS, Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, and QZSS.
For health tracking, the Watch X3 offers continuous heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen tracking, sleep analysis, wrist temperature measurement, and heart rate variability analysis. It features an ECG function to detect atrial fibrillation, a 60-second Wellness Overview for key health metrics, as well as fall detection and emergency SOS support.
The watch uses Wear OS 6 alongside RTOS for better performance and efficiency. It comes with 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, and 4GB EMMC for RTOS. The smartwatch integrates with Google services like Assistant, Wallet, and Maps, and offers Oppo-exclusive features like camera control and instant notifications.
The Watch X3 carries IP68 and IP69 ratings for water and dust resistance. It also supports 5ATM water resistance and meets MIL-STD-810H durability standards.
The watch comes in Misty Titanium and Obsidian Black color options.
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Apple might be rethinking how it handles its base iPhone next time around. A new leak suggests the standard iPhone 18 could arrive with a few compromises to keep costs under control.
The regular iPhone 18 and the more affordable iPhone 18e may not show up until spring 2027. Instead, Apple is expected to use its usual September event to focus on the higher-end models, likely the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and maybe even a foldable or “Ultra” variant if those plans hold. If that happens, it would be the first time in a while that Apple splits its iPhone launch this way.
The reasoning comes down to costs. Memory prices have been climbing due to the ongoing DRAM situation, and Apple is reportedly looking at ways to offset that. According to tipster Fixed Focus Digital, one approach seems to be bringing the standard iPhone closer to the “e” model in terms of hardware and production.
Exactly what gets cut isn’t fully clear yet, but a few possibilities have been mentioned. For context, the current iPhone 17 stands out from the 17e with things like a 120Hz OLED panel, an extra ultra-wide camera, and Dynamic Island.
Going back to 60Hz doesn’t sound likely, but some of the newer additions could be on the chopping block. That might include the dedicated camera button, a slightly toned-down chipset (with fewer GPU cores), the upgraded front camera, and faster wireless charging.
None of this is confirmed, of course. Apple’s plans tend to shift quite a bit before launch, and early leaks don’t always land exactly right. Still, the overall direction is interesting. It looks like Apple could be trying to draw a clearer line between its standard and Pro models. Whether that ends up feeling like a smart trade-off or a step back will depend on how much actually gets cut.
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Oppo has finally taken the wraps off the Find X9 Ultra, and if you have been keeping up, you’ll know this isn’t just another all-purpose flagship. It’s a camera first, and a phone second.
In fact, the Find X9 Ultra is the only flagship in 2026 to pack not one but two 200-megapixel rear cameras. Nearly everything Oppo is doing here revolves around that idea.
The Find X9 Ultra is built around a six-lens system, trying to cover as many use cases as possible. And as mentioned earlier, the headline feature is the dual 200MP setup.
There’s a 200MP main camera with an f/1.5 aperture that Oppo claims can take in more light than traditional 1-inch sensors. Alongside it sits a 200MP 3x telephoto camera with a large 1/1.28-inch sensor that is meant for portrait or close-up shots.
Then there’s a dedicated 50MP 10x optical zoom telephoto lens, which can also snap “20x optical quality zoom” photos. The 50MP ultra-wide camera has also been upgraded to take 56% more light intake compared to the previous generation.
Together, these cameras are meant to deliver full focal length coverage in 8K image quality, which Oppo says is a first for its lineup.
On the software side, the new Hasselblad Master Mode is doing a lot of the work. It includes:
There are nine film-style presets in total, and unlike typical filters, these are meant to simulate real film tone and color behavior.
Oppo is also touting the Find X9 Ultra as a cinematic productivity tool, and this is where things get more technical.
The phone supports 8K video at 30fps and 4K at 120fps, both in 10-bit Log format. That’s paired with a new O-Log2 profile that is said to preserve more detail in shadows and midtones. For users working across multiple cameras, there’s support for the ACES color management workflow, which is typically used in professional production.
There’s also support for custom 3D LUTs, so that creators can preview and apply color grading directly on the device.
Beyond the camera itself, Oppo is building an ecosystem around it. In collaboration with TILTA, the company is offering accessories like ND filters and manual focus grips. The phone also supports HDMI output for easier integration into multi-camera setups.
For storage and workflow, Oppo has partnered with NAS brand Flyniu to enable private cloud management.
The Find X9 Ultra’s design takes cues from the Hasselblad X2D 100C Earth Explorer Limited Edition, which focuses on materials and finish rather than just aesthetics.
The back uses a new generation of environmentally friendly leather, where we can clearly see the Hasselblad branding too. The phone comes in three color options: Earth Tundra, Polar Glacier, and Velvet Sand Canyon.
On the durability side, Oppo is using Crystal Shield Glass and claims full-level waterproofing with IP66, IP68, and IP69 ratings. The device has also received a five-star drop and shock resistance certification from SGS.
Outside of the camera system, the Find X9 Ultra still checks the usual flagship boxes. It runs on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 paired with Oppo’s Tide Engine tuning. The company says the phone can maintain 144Hz performance in demanding games, including MOBA and FPS titles.
The display is a 6.82-inch 2K panel with a 144Hz refresh rate. It also includes pixel-level gamma correction and eye-protection features.
The Find X9 Ultra is backed by a 7050mAh “Glacier Battery,” which uses a silicon-carbon anode and a dedicated energy management chip. Charging is handled via 100W wired SuperVOOC and 50W wireless charging.
The phone supports dual-satellite communication for calls and messages when there’s no cellular signal. It is backed by a dedicated communication enhancement chip.
Other additions include symmetrical dual speakers, a bionic vibration motor, and upgrades to haptics and audio.
The Find X9 Ultra starts at 7,499 yuan (~ $1099) for the 12GB + 256GB model.
There’s also a higher-end “Hasselblad Earth Explorer Master Set,” priced at 11,999 yuan (~ $1759), which includes a 16GB + 1TB variant with satellite communication and a bundle of professional accessories.
Additional accessory kits are sold separately, including a professional imaging kit priced at 2,499 yuan (~ $366).
| Model / Configuration | Chinese Price (CNY) | USD Price (Converted) |
| Find X9 Ultra (12GB + 256GB) | ¥7,499 | $1,099.00 |
| Find X9 Ultra (12GB + 512GB) | ¥7,999 | $1,172.28 |
| Find X9 Ultra (16GB + 512GB) | ¥8,499 | $1,245.55 |
| Find X9 Ultra (16GB + 1TB) | ¥9,299 | $1,362.80 |
| Find X9 Ultra (16GB + 1TB) Satellite Edition | ¥9,499 | $1,392.11 |
| Hasselblad Master Explorer Set | ¥11,999 | $1,758.49 |
| Professional Photography Accessory Kit | ¥2,499 | $366.24 |
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Xiaomi recently launched the Redmi A7 Pro 5G in India, and the company has now followed it up with a 4G variant of the A7 Pro, alongside the standard Redmi A7 4G. The Redmi A7 4G features a 6.88-inch LCD, while the A7 Pro 4G gets a 6.9-inch panel. Both devices offer a 120Hz refresh rate, HD+ resolution, and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. Under the hood, both smartphones are powered by the Unisoc T7250 chipset, paired with up to 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of UFS 2.2 storage. They also include a microSD card slot for expandable storage. As for the cameras, the Redmi A7 4G and A7 Pro...
After months of quiet speculation and the occasional well-sourced rumor, Apple officially confirmed that Tim Cook will step down as CEO and be replaced by John Ternus, effective September 1, 2026.
Just last month, Cook made a claim that he wasn’t going anywhere, that he couldn’t imagine life without Apple, and then this happened. Either something shifted fast behind closed doors, or that statement was always a spin.
Cook will stay through the summer, presiding over WWDC 2026, which now reads as an extended farewell tour. Then September arrives, Apple announces a new iPhone as it always does, and Ternus walks into the frame as CEO.
The new boss, John Ternus, has been at Apple for 25 years. When Jeff Williams, the previous frontrunner for the CEO seat, retired, Ternus absorbed that momentum and never gave it back.
Cook’s endorsement was glowing to the point of being almost cinematic. “John Ternus has the mind of an engineer, the soul of an innovator, and the heart to lead with integrity and with honor.”
Ternus himself struck a humbler tone. He spoke about the talent around him, about the values that have defined Apple for half a century, about being humbled by the responsibility.
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US smartphone demand picked up in early March, led by new launches. New data reveals that the Galaxy S26 series, specifically the Ultra model, is selling much faster (despite a price hike) than the Galaxy S25 series in the US.
Data from Counterpoint Research shows weekly sales rising 24% week over week and 3% year over year during March 8 to 14. Over the next three weeks, the market expanded 5% YoY, reversing a weak start to the month.
Galaxy S26 series recorded a 29% YoY increase in the US sell-through during its first three weeks of availability. Preorders climbed nearly 25% across channels, with some retailers reporting twice the preorder volume compared to the S25 series.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra accounted for 71% of total S26 series sales, up from 61% last year.
Pricing adjustments on base and Plus models pushed buyers upward, with changes in the features also mattering a lot. The new Privacy Display on Ultra offered a clear use case, which supported conversion at retail.
At the same time, AT&T and T-Mobile both offered the Ultra for free with trade in or new line offers from launch. Early channel checks suggest strong traction at T-Mobile.
Samsung’s early S26 cycle shows stronger upgrade intent than last year, with a higher Ultra mix and faster initial sell through.
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Samsung quietly hiked the prices of the Galaxy S25 lineup in India. A few weeks back, Samsung actually cut prices on last year’s flagships.
Memory chip costs were climbing, and yet Samsung made the phones cheaper, which drew in buyers who’d passed on the Galaxy S26 or felt the upgrade wasn’t worth it.
Well, Samsung has now reversed those cuts entirely.
Not only are the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Galaxy S25 FE back to their original prices, some variants got pushed even higher.
The base Galaxy S25 with 128GB storage jumped from INR 56,999 to INR 74,999. The 512GB model went from INR 77,999 to INR 104,999.
The S25 FE took hits too, with the 128GB model creeping up from INR 56,999 to INR 59,999, and the 256GB variant went from INR 62,999 to INR 69,999.
Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra 256GB (with the same 12GB RAM ) now costs INR 1,19,999, while the 512GB model matches the entry price of Galaxy S26 Ultra (INR 1,39,999).
Galaxy S26 has seen a steep price hike, selling for higher than the S25 series. In that case, making the Galaxy S25 and S25 Ultra even more affordable may have started hurting the sales of S26 series.
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The Oppo Find X9 Ultra is almost here – it will be officially unveiled later, April 21. Until then, the company is posting teasers and videos to build up hype for its camera flagship. Several videos just went up on Oppo’s YouTube page that showcase what the X9 Ultra can do in the hands of professionals. In the first video below, photographer Jerome and explorer Guille travelled to Kyrgyzstan to capture one perfect shot – an eagle hunter in the mountains with the moon up in the sky. The team shot at 600mm (using the 300mm Hasselblad add-on lens) to make the moon appear huge. The next...
Motorola is unveiling one or more new Razrs internationally on April 29, as revealed earlier today. Now, a new report from France brings us more information about the US market. Like last year, the lineup will be rebranded over there, and there's an extra model. So, the international Razr 70 will be known in North America as the Razr 2026, the Razr 70 Ultra will be the Razr Ultra 2026, and there will be a Razr+ 2026 sitting in between them with no international correspondent. The new lineup will allegedly become available in North America on May 21. There will be price hikes: $100...
Samsung expanded Galaxy S26’s Document scan camera tool to various older devices. This handy feature allows Galaxy fans to have a soft copy of their documents and important paperwork without requiring a physical scanner.
Scanning a document has always been pretty easy on Android devices. There are plenty of third-party apps available that assist in scanning docs. But Samsung added Document scan as a camera tool as part of One UI 8.5 update.
A community moderator earlier confirmed that the feature will be provided to Galaxy S25 series. Samsung yesterday released the tenth One UI 8.5 Beta update to Galaxy S25 series and a similar build to even more devices.
We can confirm the Galaxy S25 series has added a Document scan feature inside the native camera app. It should have also added in devices like the Galaxy S24 series, S25 FE, the Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6.
Document scan has been added but you may not be able to use it right away. The OS has kept it in a disabled setting and it can be activated inside camera settings. You can also have a quick launch icon in the app drawer.
Additionally, Samsung has expanded four new AI features, including the Enhanced Audio Eraser, Creative Studio, Photo Assist with text input and Call Screening. One of the AirDrop issues (location tag) has also been addressed.
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Samsung announced a major expansion of Galaxy Connect to all Windows 11 PCs. Not just Galaxy Book laptops, but all PC users with the latest Windows 11 can now access Samsung’s cross-device ecosystem application.
The newly introduced Galaxy Connect app is not just another utility buried in the Microsoft Store. For a company that has long leaned into vertical integration, this feels less like a feature drop and more like a strategic correction.
Galaxy Connect acts as a bridge between Galaxy phones, tablets, and Windows PCs. Previously, this level of integration was locked to Galaxy Books, but now, Samsung is pushing that same continuity layer to a much wider Windows install base.
Download from the Microsoft Store, sign in with a Samsung account, and you’re in.
Features include:
Continue where you left off
Web sessions from your phone can be picked up instantly on your PC, especially if you are using Samsung Internet.
Universal copy and paste
You can move text, images, files, even videos across devices with a simple copy-paste flow.
File Explorer with Shared Storage
Your Galaxy phone or tablet essentially appears inside Windows File Explorer. That means direct access to files without manually transferring anything.
Multi Control and Second Screen
You can use a single mouse and keyboard to control your PC, phone, and tablet. Additionally, your Galaxy tablet can double as a secondary monitor.
Opening these capabilities to non-Samsung PCs removes one of the biggest barriers in Samsung’s ecosystem strategy. It makes Galaxy devices more attractive without demanding full brand lock-in.
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The vivo Y500 Pro launched back in November is getting a successor soon, and it is already listed on China Telecom’s database. The vivo Y600 Pro (V2561A) will bring several updates, including a larger 6.83-inch AMOLED display featuring 2,800 x 1,260px resolution and a massive 10,200mAh battery with 80W charging. vivo Y600 Pro listing The device is listed with the MT6858T chipset, which is rumored to be the upcoming MediaTek Dimensity 7300e. It will be available with up to 12GB RAM and 512GB storage and boots Android 16, presumably with OriginOS 6 on top. vivo Y600 Pro...
The Poco M8s 5G is the latest addition to the company’s M8 lineup. It features a large 7,000mAh battery and a 6.9-inch display. The handset is now available in global markets, starting at $189 for the base variant. It is equipped with the Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 chipset, which can be configured with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The phone also offers expandable storage via a microSD card slot. The Poco M8s 5G sports a 6.9-inch LCD display that offers a Full-HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of up to 144Hz. There’s an 8MP selfie camera up front housed...
vivo today made the Y6t official. The smartphone is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC, and it comes with a 6.74-inch LCD screen with 720x1600 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. On the rear there's a 13MP camera, while on the front you get a 5MP snapper for selfies. Keeping the lights on is a 6,500 mAh battery with support for 15W wired charging. The phone runs Android 16 with OriginOS 6 on top. vivo Y6t official images There's a side-mounted fingerprint scanner embedded into the power button, 5G support, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The device measures 167.4 x 77.1 x...
Samsung has already started testing early internal firmware builds for the latest Galaxy S-series flagship device. The first build was spotted around mid-March 2026 for the Galaxy S26 series, including the S26 Ultra, and some testers have installed it on real devices.
Samsung’s One UI 9 development is moving fast because Google’s Android 17 Beta program has been rolling since February 2026, with platform stability reached by late March.
Now the big question is when we will get our hands on the early One UI 9 features. Let’s talk about it.
Here’s the expected release date based on Samsung’s recent patterns and leaks:
This is faster than some past One UI rollouts because Samsung has been accelerating its update schedule.
The official One UI Beta Program will be available through the Samsung Members app. The beta program is currently open (One UI 8.5) in these countries: US, UK, Germany, Poland, South Korea, and India. If you are living in any of these countries, you will be eligible as soon as the One UI 9 registration banner appears in Samsung Members.
Easy steps (same as past betas):
1. Open Samsung Members app, log in with your Samsung account.
2. Look for the “Notice / Banner / Beta card” or “Registration for One UI Beta Program”.
3. Submit your device info (it must be a supported model on the latest stable or beta firmware).
4. If selected, you will get an OTA beta build (sometimes multiple waves).
Important: You can unenroll and return to stable, but expect bugs, battery drain, and possible data wipes in early builds.
Samsung One UI 9 Eligible Devices: (Tentative List)
Samsung hasn’t published an official list yet (It usually does right after beta is completed), but eligibility follows its 4–7 year major OS update promise. Devices that received One UI 8/8.5 are almost certain to get One UI 9 unless already hit the eligibility limit.
Galaxy S series:
– S26 / S26+ / S26 Ultra (first in line for beta)
– S25 series (S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, S25 Edge, S25 FE)
– S24 series (S24, S24+, S24 Ultra, S24 FE)
– S23 series (S23, S23+, S23 Ultra, S23 FE)
Galaxy Z series:
– Z Fold 8 / Z Flip 8 (launch with stable)
– Z Fold 7 / Z Flip 7 (and FE variants)
– Z Fold 6 / Z Flip 6
– Z Fold 5 / Z Flip 5
Galaxy A series (select mid-rangers):
– A57, A56, A55, A37, A36, A35, A26, A25, A17, A16, A15, A07 (and LTE/5G variants)
Tablets:
– Tab S11 / S11 Ultra
– Tab S10 series (S10+, S10 Ultra, S10 FE/FE+)
– Tab S9 series (S9, S9+, S9 Ultra, S9 FE/FE+)
– Tab Active 5 / Active 5 Pro
Others: Galaxy XCover 7 (and some region-specific M/F models in limited cases).
Devices likely stopping at One UI 8.5: S22 series, Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, older A-series like A53/A54 in some regions, etc.
What’s new in One UI 9 (From leaks & early builds)
One UI 8.5 already brought some visual refresh (glassy effects, new icons, etc.), so you can expect more polishing, refinements, and deeper Android 17 integration rather than a total redesign in One UI 9. Early internal builds show mostly subtle tweaks, but the first public beta will likely add more. Here’s what we have so far.
UI & Design improvements:
– Thicker, easier-to-reach brightness and volume sliders in Quick Settings.
– Enhanced lock-screen media player widget with colorful waveform animations and circular buttons.
– Possible expanded “glassy”/translucent blur effects across Quick Panel, notifications, and panels.
– Redesigned “About Phone” section in Settings.
– Squarer/customizable widget corners and more uniform home-screen widget styling.
– Gallery app gets a clean multi-image selection preview with blur effect.
– Refined spacing, animations, and overall fluidity (Material 3 Expressive influences from Android 17: new icons, layouts, possibly frosted-glass panels).
New Samsung Features:
– Tap to Share (NFC-based quick file/photo/contact/location sharing with a glow animation).
– Bixby home-screen widgets (voice/mic and keyboard options for quick commands).
– Warranty & Care central hub in Settings: warranty info, diagnostics, repair options, remote assistance, and Bixby voice integration for all your linked devices.
– Improved Galaxy AI (proactive features, enhanced Photo Assist with AI suggestion “pills” in the editor, more Agentic AI capabilities).
You can expect these Android 17 features on One UI 9:
– Floating app bubbles/windows for any app (great on foldables/tablets).
– System-level selective contacts picker (apps only see contacts you explicitly grant).
– Advanced Protection Mode + better privacy controls.
– Improved satellite connectivity and UWB distance measurement.
– Notification Rules: super-granular per-app/per-contact rules (Silence, Block, Highlight, Bundle, etc.).
– Per-app dark theme options, better location permissions, multitasking enhancements (pinned bubbles), 14-bit RAW camera support, gaming optimizations, and adaptive apps across screen sizes.
One UI 9 looks like a solid upgrade, with a more refined UI, smarter AI, tighter Android 17 integration, and useful additions like Tap to Share and Notification Rules.
Watch for the official announcement in the Samsung Members app or on Samsung’s newsroom/developer site in the next 4–6 weeks. If you have a supported device (especially S26), you will be able to test early.
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A fresh rumor has surfaced suggesting the Galaxy Z Flip 8 will arrive with the exact same 4,300mAh battery and 25W charging speed as the Galaxy Z Flip 7.
Samsung last bumped the charging speed on its flip lineup back in 2022, when the Galaxy Z Flip 4 debuted with that spec. It’s going to be the fourth time in a row that the company’s clamshell foldable is retaining the charging speed.
The South Korean tech giant may upgrade other aspects, including the chip and camera.
The Galaxy Z Flip 8 could land with a newer chipset, which should bring the usual performance and efficiency bumps. Just like the S26, Samsung may split the chips between its in-house Exynos and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon.
There are whispers of camera improvements, too. Such enhancements will make the company’s next Flip phone even more appealing. That said, Samsung isn’t completely sleepwalking through the development cycle.
Samsung is expected to hold its next Unpacked event in London, a slight departure from its usual rotation. The new foldables, including the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Wide, and Z Flip 8, are anticipated for a second-half launch.
Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide is going to be a brand-new debut to the lineup. The phone is expected to enter as an alternative to Apple’s foldable. The design is influenced by the OG Pixel Fold, featuring a passport-like look.
More leaks will almost certainly surface between now and then.
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Samsung owns Android, which has been true for years, and the Galaxy maker has done little to pretend otherwise, but quietly, methodically, Motorola has been building something worth paying attention to.
Over the past few years, Motorola has made a series of smart, deliberate choices. The company found a real balance between value-focused midrange devices and genuinely compelling premium foldables.
Most manufacturers stumble badly when they try to play both ends of the market; meanwhile, Motorola hasn’t stumbled.
Now, with the Razr Fold and the new Moto G Stylus surfacing for 2026, the picture is getting clearer. Motorola isn’t just competing anymore; it’s positioning itself as the answer to every frustration Samsung has handed its users.
When Samsung stripped S Pen support from the Galaxy Z Fold 7, it chose thinness. Engineering tradeoffs are real, and the digitizing layer was genuinely in the way of a slimmer device, but it removed an iconic feature.
Stylus users on the Z Fold lineup felt abandoned. They bought into an ecosystem, paid premium prices for years, and got told their preferred way of working didn’t fit the new design. That’s a rough message to send to your most committed buyers.
Motorola heard it loud and clear, with the Razr Fold debuting stylus support baked in. We’re talking a large inner display that was practically built for pen input. Motorola just plugged a gap Samsung left open with its latest Fold.
Source – Motorola
Samsung removed the battery from its S Pen, starting in the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Motorola turned around and added one to its stylus a year later. The new Moto G Stylus brings pressure sensitivity and tilt recognition.
It won’t match peak S Pen precision, and nobody’s claiming it will, but that’s not the point. The point is that stylus users now have a credible place to go, at a price that is significantly lower than Samsung’s Ultra and Fold lineup.
Samsung spent years teaching people what a premium Android phone should feel like. Motorola is just reminding the Korean tech giant to sync with evolving dynamics.
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After Samsung blurred the lines between the S Plus and the S Ultra models a few generations ago, users each year are wondering which one to get. The top-tier and more expensive Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra or the Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus variant that gives you roughly the same user experience at a more manageable price? "Roughly the same" won't cut it for some users, so naturally, the Ultra will give you a few extra exclusive features. And it's not just the S Pen, so let's explore the nuances. Table of Contents: Design Display Battery Life Charging Speaker Test ...
Motorola is unveiling a new Razr smartphone on April 29. The company has just revealed this via its official account on X. There's also a teaser video to go with it. The Razr 70 and Razr 70 Ultra have both been leaking a lot lately, and it stands to reason that their maker would finally decide to make them official. And the timing is impeccable too, seeing as how the Razr 60 and Razr 60 Ultra arrived in late April of last year. Get ready to experience something new 👀. pic.twitter.com/cHYgYVwz8H— motorola (@Moto) April 20, 2026 Based on past leaks, expect the Razr 70 to be identical...
Samsung yesterday rolled out the One UI 8.5 Beta 10, which improved the metadata function of AirDrop connection.
Galaxy users have received an upgraded Quick Share, which lets them share files across Apple’s various operating systems that support AirDrop. Both sides don’t require installation of any additional apps; just a few settings need tweaking.
Samsung to AirDrop sharing works fine, but users found different issues. Recently, we’ve reproduced the issue where images and videos lack crucial metadata info, including location data, when shared from a Samsung phone.
It improved with the recent update.
Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Beta 10 partially fixed AirDrop metadata issues. Location data is now attached to photos, but is lacking for videos. Apple devices are showing location info on images received from Samsung phones.
While images automatically showcase a map preview based on the location tag, videos show an option to manually add a location. That said, Samsung’s AirDrop requires another correction to fix the location problem on videos as well.
The improvement is observed on the 10th Beta of the Galaxy S25 series. Meanwhile, the same level build was also provided to the Galaxy S24 series, S25 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, Z Fold 6, and Z Flip 6 smartphones.
Samsung also expanded various AI features from the Galaxy S26 series to existing flagships with the ZZDD Beta update. The list includes enhanced Audio Eraser, Photo Assist with text input, AI-powered Call screening and Creative Studio.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra, Watch Ultra, and Galaxy Ring were deployed during The Speed Project, an underground-style endurance desert race stretching from Los Angeles to Las Vegas through Death Valley.
A 547-kilometer relay across desert terrain is not the kind of environment where consumer hardware usually gets tested. The Polish team, Swords Athletics, with six runners, became the first from the country to take on the route.
The runners carried a tightly integrated set of Galaxy devices handling navigation, communication, and physiological monitoring under sustained stress.
Galaxy S26 Ultra handled route tracking with stable GPS synchronization across remote desert sections where signal consistency can vary. Real-time positioning data ensured runners stayed aligned with the course.
At the core of the setup was the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, used for continuous health metric tracking. Runners relied on real-time heart rate monitoring and pace analysis as they rotated through relay segments.
Recovery management was handled through the Galaxy Ring. Between running shifts, athletes used the ring’s tracking capabilities to assess recovery patterns, likely focusing on sleep fragments, heart rate variability trends, and overall readiness.
Additionally, the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro earbuds supported hands-free communication between team members and support drivers. This setup reduced friction during transitions, particularly in low-visibility or night segments.
Creators embedded with the team used the S26 Ultra’s imaging system to document the run, capturing stills and video. Meanwhile, the Tab S11 Ultra functioned as a control hub for route planning and live content production.
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Qualcomm CEO is moving through Seoul on a tight schedule, sitting down with executives from both Samsung and SK Hynix in what is shaping up to be one of the more significant chip industry visits amid the 2nm generation.
Cristiano Amon landed at Gimpo Airport on Monday and got straight to work. The headline meeting is with Han Jin-man, president of Samsung’s Foundry Business Division, as reported by Korean outlet KEDGlobal.
Heads of Qualcomm and Samsung Foundry are deep in discussions about manufacturing the Snapdragon chip on the latter’s 2nm process node.
Qualcomm CEO Amon actually announced at CES 2026 in January that talks had started and design work was already wrapped. If it closes, Qualcomm’s cutting-edge orders come back to Samsung after five years away.
Samsung’s yield and thermal performance numbers have apparently moved enough to rebuild trust. That $16.5 billion Tesla deal signaled to the whole industry that Samsung Foundry could handle serious volume on serious nodes.
There’s the TSMC factor, because wafer prices there aren’t getting financially favorable. Splitting production between suppliers is exactly the kind of cold, calculating move Qualcomm’s procurement team lives for.
Well, Amon skipped a meeting with TM Roh, who runs Samsung’s mobile business and is one of Qualcomm’s biggest Snapdragon customers.
This visit is about fabs and memory, not phones. The smartphone relationship is already locked in. What Amon came to Seoul to sort out is the next five years of chip architecture
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Samsung has another pair of earbuds in the works called Galaxy Buds Able, and their design has apparently leaked in One UI firmware.
Nobody knows what “Able” is supposed to mean. Samsung’s product naming has always been a mix of aspirational English and corporate blur, so this fits. “Able to hear” is the obvious read, but obvious isn’t always right with Samsung.
SammyGuru dug up an icon buried inside One UI firmware, and it gives us our first real look at the Galaxy Buds Able design. The name has floated around since last March, but the design is nothing like what Samsung has ever shipped.
The icon shows a clip-style earbud, the kind that hooks onto your outer ear rather than plugging into it. The design is heavily influenced by the open-ear approach that Anker’s Soundcore line and Bose usually introduce.
The speaker faces your ear canal without sealing it off, so you stay aware of the world around you. It’s a legitimate design philosophy with a real audience, and Samsung has never touched it until now.
The clip design itself is far more interesting than the name anyway. If Samsung executes it well, the Galaxy Buds Able could finally give the open-ear category a product with real mainstream reach.
Bone conduction rumors have trailed this “Able” name for over a year now. The category is niche but growing, and Samsung clearly wants a piece of every segment of the audio market.
Meanwhile, what the firmware icon actually shows is a clip design, not the kind of hardware architecture bone conduction requires.
So either Samsung quietly pivoted to a more conventional open-ear approach, or there are two separate products in development and the leaks just haven’t caught up yet.
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One UI 8.5 beta saga continues, and we now have our hands on the latest software with new Galaxy S26 AI features, expanding to previous Galaxy devices. Samsung has kept this update under development since the release of its latest Galaxy S-series flagship. However, the new update has revealed the newest additions before all public devices could explore them.
Here are the Galaxy 26 AI features coming to Samsung smartphones found in the recent One UI 8.5 update.
An AI assistant will answer the phone call and ask the caller who they are and why they’re calling. This helps to deflect calls from unknown numbers and spammers.
It’s available inside the Phone app > Call settings > Call screening. You can set it to auto-screen calls and change language and voices.
Samsung’s so-called daily AI briefing feature is getting the “Get richer insights” addition in the settings. You have to share a ton of your personal data with Google to get rich insights that you might not need.
The drawing assist feature is renamed to the Creative Studio. It has a revamped user interface and improved tools for creating new images from a sketch, photo, image, or text.
With the new creative studio app, you get access to more AI-supported wallpaper creation inside the AI section of the Wallpapers settings.
Generating wallpapers with the Creative Studio tool in One UI 8.5
Samsung is bringing real-time audio eraser capability for apps like YouTube. These expanded controls help you to reduce background noise in live-streams and help you to focus on the voice that matters.
Samsung has released a new photo assist improvement, allowing you to write down the edits to apply them to a specific area. For example, you can remove a car from the image by typing “remove the white car”. You can also add something from an image and ask the AI to blend it into the scene.
One UI 8.5 now gives you another way to access AI select by touching and holding the Edge panel handle.
There you have it, folks, these are the new Galaxy S26 series AI features, do you think Samsung has included all of them with One UI 8.5 for previous-gen devices?
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Samsung is preparing to launch its smart glasses, tentatively named Galaxy Glasses, which have been spotted in One UI 8.5.
Two models are in the pipeline, carrying model numbers SM-O200P and SM-O200J. One ship this year, while the other lands in 2027. Both models are rumored to carry a 155mAh battery, and one is expected to pack a 12MP Sony IMX681 CMOS sensor.
The glasses are closer than you think. SammyGuru discovered what appears to be Samsung Galaxy Glasses baked right into the One UI 8.5 SystemUI.
Specifically, icons buried inside the system’s design kit and what those icons reveal are pretty telling: the glasses will show up in your Bluetooth device list exactly like your Galaxy Buds or Watch.
One UI 8.5 placement tells us something beyond just aesthetics. It means the glasses ecosystem is already being incorporated into the core software layer. Samsung is building a wearables stack, and the glasses are the piece everyone’s been waiting on.
Last month, Samsung exec Jay Kim revealed that these glasses won’t function as standalone devices, but they are phone companions. Your handset does the heavy lifting on data processing, and the glasses just ride along.
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Samsung has confirmed the feature rollout that caused the Galaxy S25 users to create a massive outrage against the phone maker.
The latest One UI 8.5 beta comes with the call screening feature. Once enabled, a call assistant will answer calls and ask the caller who they are and why they’re calling. Users will see what the caller and the AI say on the screen even if they don’t answer the call. However, users can pick up the call at any time or switch to a text call instead.
To enable it, you should go to the phone app, and then settings, followed by Call screening at the top of the menu.
That’s a good feature, and it improves the calling experience for those who don’t want to talk to everyone. Samsung’s first call screening with the Galaxy S26 series, attracting previous-gen Galaxy S-series users.
Among these, the Galaxy S25 owners were pretty vocal about their device support. However, Samsung’s community moderator in Korea denied the feature’s backward compatibility. This was enough to generate a legitimate criticism. One, which the company cannot escape.
Users alleged that the company wants to keep new AI features limited to the S26 series, its latest release. This community-wide criticism spread to social media and was covered by media outlets.
As a result, Samsung has to change its decision and confirmed that the call screening feature, along with other AI capabilities, will be released for Galaxy S25 and other flagships with One UI 8.5. Though a stable rollout date is missing, the controversial feature is now available for beta testers. And soon, it will be available for all Galaxy S25 devices.
To conclude, if Samsung had plans to give this feature to Galaxy S25 and other devices, it should’ve announced it via community moderators without forcing users to outrage.
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Samsung sticks to a 5,000mAh battery on the Galaxy S26 Ultra and avoids Silicon Carbon technology’s adoption, but the Galaxy S27 Ultra may flip the script.
The industry has been obsessed with capacity numbers for too long. Bigger cells, thicker phones, yet marginal gains. Silicon Carbon changes that dynamic; it shifts the focus to energy density, efficiency, and smarter packaging.
Engineering documents suggest Samsung SDI has been actively testing Silicon Carbon based cells. The data points referenced include stack thickness targets, dual cell configurations, and cycle failure logs, via schrodingerintel.
One leaked configuration outlines a dual cell system combining a roughly 6,800mAh unit with a secondary 5,200mAh cell, both fitting within a sub 9.3mm stack.
Meanwhile, prototype Silicon Carbon cells are reportedly failing at around 960 charge cycles. That is well below Samsung’s commercial target of 1,500 cycles.
Teams are said to be iterating on separator materials, revising stacking architecture, and tuning battery management algorithms to stabilize degradation.
Around the Galaxy S26 launch window, Samsung’s own R&D leadership reportedly acknowledged internally that the company is behind on battery innovation.
If these targets are met, the Galaxy S27 Ultra is shaping up as the logical deployment model. Post Note 7, Samsung does not gamble on batteries, but the equation is now different.
If Samsung clears the 1,500 cycle barrier and locks down thermal stability, the Galaxy S27 Ultra will not just be another spec bump; it will represent the pivot.
Samsung has recently launched the Galaxy S26 series and the S27 lineup may arrive sometime in February 2027. The information is based on rumors swirling in supply chain, which can’t be considered final for the device.
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On April 20, during a high-profile luncheon hosted by Narendra Modi, Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong pulled out a Galaxy Z Flip 7 and captured a selfie with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and the Indian Prime Minister.
This was not just another diplomatic photo-op. The device in Chairman Lee’s hand was a Galaxy Z Flip 7 produced in Samsung’s Noida facility. Samsung has been building (not just assembling) phones in India since 1996.
The product itself fits the narrative.
The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is not just another Samsung smartphone. It is Samsung’s statement category. Foldables are where the company still leads, still pushes boundaries, still defines the conversation while others chase.
President Lee Jae-myung has had a complicated relationship with smartphones in public optics. Not long ago, he drew heat back home after using a Xiaomi phone, reportedly a gift from Xi Jinping, for a selfie.
It sparked criticism, questions, and a broader debate about national tech pride. He course-corrected fast: his recent selfie diplomacy with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni signaled a shift to prioritizing Samsung.
4/20(월) 이재명 대통령 인도 국빈방문 계기에 개최된 모디 총리 주최 오찬에 참석한 이재용 회장은 이재명 대통령 및 모디 총리와 함께 셀카를 찍었다. 이회장은 인도 노이다 공장에서 생산한 플립7으로 셀카를 촬영하였다.
삼성은 96년부터 노이다에서 휴대폰을 생산하고 있으며, 폴더블을 포함한… pic.twitter.com/JnFNgxbon1— 삼성전자 뉴스룸 (@SamsungNewsroom) April 20, 2026
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Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Beta 3 update for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 introduces new AI tools and everyday fixes that users will actually notice.
One UI 8.5 officially debuted with the Galaxy S26 series earlier this year. Samsung has provided the final Beta update to the Galaxy S25 series. Now, the Stable rollout is being planned, with the distribution beginning on April 30.
Users of the Galaxy S25 series are first in line to have the Stable update. May 4 would mark the first expansion, covering S25 models outside Korea. We may see May filled with One UI 8.5 rollouts for a plethora of Galaxy devices.
The highlight is the addition of AI features like Call Screening, Photo Assist with text prompts, Creative Studio, and Audio Eraser that can reduce background noise in real time across apps like YouTube and Instagram.
In addition, Samsung has cleaned up a few annoying bugs.
The screen flicker when hitting the back key is gone, the lock screen clock now stays in the right place, and the taskbar issue has been sorted. Media playback should also sound better now, with less unwanted noise.
Earlier, the South Korean tech giant released the fourth Beta for the Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7. Additionally, slab-type phones, including the S25 series, S24 series, and S25 FE, have also received a feature-rich firmware update.
The ZZDD software is available for download in South Korea. It should soon be available in more countries where Samsung brought the Beta. You can get it through Settings > Software update > Download and install.
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Samsung’s now releasing One UI 8.5 Beta 4 to the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7, with the firmware featuring new AI features from the latest flagships along with fixes for some specific problems reported by Beta testers.
Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 users on One UI 8.5 Beta can now download Beta 4, which can be identified via PDA build version ZZDD (via TarunVats). This release feels more like a refinement update than a major feature drop.
The highlight is a fresh set of AI tools.
You now get Call Screening to filter unknown callers, Photo Assist that lets you edit images using simple text prompts, Creative Studio for more advanced content tweaks, and an upgraded Audio Eraser that can remove background noise in real time.
These aren’t entirely new if you’ve been following the Galaxy S25 Beta program, but it’s good to see them expanding to foldables.
It also focuses heavily on fixing annoyances.
Samsung has addressed a slow upload issue that showed up when retaking scans in the Camera’s Add Scan feature. Routines that weren’t triggering properly should now behave as expected.
The Now Bar color glitch, where it changed every time you turned on the screen, has also been fixed. Automatic language detection is working again, and a crash affecting the Settings Intelligence service has been resolved.
If you’ve already seen the Galaxy S25 series getting its 10th beta with similar changes, this rollout puts Samsung’s foldables more or less in sync.
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Galaxy S26’s best AI features are now rolling out to the Galaxy S24 series and Galaxy S25 FE as part of the 3rd One UI 8.5 Beta update.
Samsung’s latest One UI 8.5 Beta ZZD8 update isn’t flashy, but it focuses on cleaning up a bunch of annoying day-to-day issues while quietly adding a few new AI features.
Owners of the Galaxy S24 series are getting the 3rd Beta update in Korea and India (via TarunVats), whereas the Galaxy S25 FE users are receiving it in Korea. An expansion will follow soon, covering Beta participants in Global markets.
On the AI side, Samsung is clearly expanding its toolkit.
You now get Call Screening, which helps filter unknown calls more intelligently. Photo Assist has been upgraded with text prompt input, letting you tweak images in a more flexible, almost generative way.
There’s also Creative Studio, aimed at giving users more control over content creation, and an Enhanced Audio Eraser that can reduce background noise in real time across apps like YouTube, Instagram, and Netflix.
Samsung is also tightening up the core experience.
Incoming call delays and black screen issues have been fixed, and the proximity sensor during calls should now behave more reliably. Camera bugs, especially the green line issue in 4K HDR recording on third-party apps, have also been addressed.
Bluetooth stability has been improved, and there’s a fix for multi-touch glitches that could show up after using accessibility zoom features.
The fact that the same changelog is now showing up on the Galaxy S25 series with its 10th Beta suggests the company is getting serious about polishing things before a stable rollout.
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New EU rules, including removable battery design, coming into effect from 2027, could become a massive headache for Samsung’s Galaxy S27 development team.
Samsung’s Galaxy S27 might not be defined by its camera or chipset. It could be defined by a door on the back. That is the uncomfortable reality facing Samsung’s internal design cycles right now.
The European Union’s battery regulation, approved by the EU Council on July 10, 2023, sets a hard deadline of 2027. By then, smartphones sold in the region must feature user-replaceable batteries.
For Samsung, this is not a minor tweak. It is a full reset.
The modern Galaxy S lineup is built on a sealed body design. Glass on front, glass on back, tightly packed internals, aggressive adhesive, and structural rigidity that helps achieve IP68 ratings.
That entire philosophy clashes with removable battery requirements. Galaxy phones can not have easy access and perfect sealing at the same time without compromise.
Samsung’s engineers may have been facing a brutal trade-off. Either redesign the chassis to allow tool-less battery access or attempt a complex modular workaround that preserves some level of water resistance.
Consumers associate sealed designs with high-end craftsmanship. Reversing that perception will not be easy, even if the change is driven by regulation.
Going back to removable covers feels like a step backward. Samsung would need to rethink component layout, battery housing, sealing methods, and even retail logistics.
The same regulation mandates up to 10 years of spare parts availability and service documentation. Devices are no longer meant to be replaced every three to four years.
Samsung could try region-specific designs, keeping sealed builds in markets without such regulations. More likely, the company will attempt a unified design that meets EU standards while preserving identity as much as possible.
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Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Beta 10 has finally arrived for Galaxy S25 users, bringing new AI features and plenty of bug fixes. It’s available to Beta participants in Germany, India, and South Korea, with Poland, the UK and the US joining shortly.
The One UI 8.5 Beta 10 (ZZDD) update for the Galaxy S25 series is a mix of meaningful AI upgrades and much-needed bug fixes. On the AI side, Samsung is clearly pulling features forward from its next-gen lineup.
You’re getting tools like Call Screening, which can automatically handle unknown callers, plus Creative Studio for generating and editing content more easily.
There’s also an upgraded Audio Eraser that does a better job cleaning background noise from recordings, and an improved Photo Assist that makes image edits smarter and more natural.
Additionally, this update quietly fixes some annoying issues. Incoming calls should now appear instantly instead of showing a delay or black screen. Call quality gets a boost, too, thanks to fixes for the proximity sensor acting up during calls.
Camera reliability has also been improved. If you were seeing green lines while recording 4K HDR video in certain third-party apps, that should now be resolved.
Samsung has also worked on stability across the board. Bluetooth crashes have been reduced, and a frustrating multi-touch issue that showed up after using accessibility zoom features has been fixed.
Overall, this update feels less about flashy changes and more about making the phone smarter with AI while quietly fixing the small things that affect daily use.
Get the Beta 10 now! Open Settings, then Software update and hit Download and install.
Samsung reportedly plans to begin the Stable One UI 8.5 rollout on April 30 in South Korea. Users outside the company’s home ground may start getting the official update starting May 4, if the OTA doesn’t encounter problems.
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Samsung has started rolling out the April 2026 security update to the Galaxy A56 smartphone. The company has already updated previous models, including the A53, A54, and A55, to the latest patch version.
Around three weeks ago, the phone received its recent update with March 2026 patches. Samsung categorized the Galaxy A56 for priority update support, promising monthly software releases; April 2026 version is the latest.
As spotted by TarunVats, the firmware is available in Europe, Galaxy A56’s BZD1 build will soon expand to Global markets. Meanwhile, Samsung could open One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy A56 in select markets.
For now, users of Galaxy A56 can grab the April update through Settings > Software update > Download and install. It’s expanding in batches, so the availability may vary by model (CSC), region, and carrier.
April patch contains fixes for a total of forty-seven problems. The OTA targets CVE and SVE items across Android and One UI. Samsung’s semiconductor division is specifically bringing four patches, addressing Exynos CVEs.
Even though the latest update has nothing exciting, you should update the software. It improves the system stability and reliability, with performance also seeing an increase. This is due to background cleanup during the OTA installation.
Seamless Updates ensure you don’t get stuck on the Samsung logo window for long. Updates install quickly as extraction takes place when you’re online. Just a normal reboot applies the firmware, reinstating immediate access.
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Samsung boss Jay Y Lee was among a group of South Korea’s most powerful business leaders who left for India on April 19, joining President Lee Jae-myung on a high-stakes economic mission that also includes Vietnam.
The delegation is large, expectations are bigger, and outcomes tend to be negotiated behind closed doors. Before his departure to India, the Samsung boss kept his cards close; just a brief smile before heading to the gate.
The scale of the trip stands out
Around 200 delegates have been assembled by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and and the Federation of Korean Industries. These are not symbolic visits; business forums, policy meetings, and MOU signings are already lined up across both countries.
Korea’s Samsung, LG and Hyundai run production hubs in the country. Samsung has built a deep footprint, from large-scale smartphone manufacturing to R&D operations that support both local and global markets.
President Lee landed in New Delhi on the same day, kicking off a tightly structured visit. For Samsung, the trip is not about announcements on day one. The real signals will come later, once negotiations settle and commitments take shape.
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Samsung walked away with four wins, including two Gold and two Silver at the US Edison Awards 2026, held April 15–16 in Fort Myers, Florida.
The Edison Awards, launched in 1987, are judged by industry experts and academics. Not every winner translates to market success, but they tend to signal where companies are placing bets.
Samsung lands 2 Gold, 2 Silver at US Edison Awards 2026
Gold awards went to Smart Modular House and Vision AI Companion, both centered on practical AI use, not demo-stage concepts. The Silver side is more hardware-driven, including commercial displays and washers/dryers.
Gold Award-Winning Innovations
Silver Award-Winning Innovations
Mauro Porcini, Chief Design Officer at Samsung Electronics, framed the results around design, sitting between technology and user needs. In simpler terms, the company is trying to make its tech feel less like tech.
“Design sits at the intersection of business, technology and humanity,” said Mauro Porcini, Chief Design Officer and President of the Device eXperience (DX) Division at Samsung Electronics. “Our role is to understand people deeply and translate their needs, dreams and emotions into meaningful experiences. We will continue to push innovation forward with the ambition of enriching people’s lives in ways that truly matter.”
Source – Samsung Newsroom
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I have seen countless reports of Samsung users over green line issue on Galaxy devices. Meanwhile, a recent incident is pretty much shocking as a 1-month-old Galaxy S26 Ultra allegedly became a victim of Samsung’s green line display problem.
Way back in 2022, we got green line as a built-in feature on our Galaxy Z Fold 4’s cover screen. Samsung then replaced the phone, but it has had a motherboard problem, and the repair costs have led it to become e-waste.
Our Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has also developed a green line, as well as the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The former is working with that vertical curse, but the problem worsened with the latter model due to the accumulation of display issues.
Now, I am seeing reports of Galaxy S23 Ultra users who are reporting a pink or green line issue on their devices after installing the recent software update. As always, users say there’s no physical or water damage, but the line has developed.
In search of more S23 complaints, I reached a viral post on X, showing a brand-new Galaxy S26 Ultra with a thick vertical green line. We can’t confirm the genuineness, but the user will surely get a display replacement if true.
Think you are spending $1,300 on an electronic device from a globally reputed brand. You spent such a huge amount of money for a top-notch experience, but what you are getting is a green line, which you could have gotten after two or three years.
Green Line issue now hits Galaxy S26 Ultrapic.twitter.com/b3Glv90GUR
— Samsung Software Update – One UI 9 #OneUI9 (@SamsungSWUpdate) April 20, 2026
The problem doesn’t seem limited to the Galaxy S23 phones, while the S26 Ultra is not a widespread problem. Users of Galaxy S21 FE and S22 Ultra report the problem at scale, and some of them get a free replacement from Samsung.
If you are facing a green line problem, the first step is to visit your nearest Samsung service center. Get your phone’s display replacement estimate and request a complimentary screen replacement, citing Samsung’s policy.
Service center staff may agree if they are aware of the green line policy. If they refuse, get the job sheet emailed to your ID and approach Samsung support. Claim quality issue, and they might offer a free screen replacement.
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Samsung just began the general rollout of a new Galaxy Enhance-X app update with One UI 8.5 redesign. The latest version splits the app’s interface, adds a Good Lock-like Plugins system, Documents Tools, and more.
Version 16.3.00.31 is giving One UI 8.5 Galaxy Enhance-X a noticeable refresh, centered around a redesigned interface split into three tabs: Plugins, Home, and History. Navigation feels more purposeful, with quicker access to tools and saved edits.
The new Plugins tab works like a mini marketplace, letting users install features such as Cinematic Glow and Film Style filters. Home brings everything together, including photo, video, and document tools in one place.
A useful change is the ability to edit multiple photos or videos in a single session, which should save time. There’s also a swipe-down section highlighting new features and updates directly inside the app.
Samsung is also pushing deeper into document editing. Users can now enhance scans, crop them, add annotations, translate content, and convert files into PDFs or JPEGs without leaving the gallery environment.
Two new creative plugins aim to improve visual output, especially for photography enthusiasts. Cinematic Glow and several film-inspired filters promise a more polished, professional look with minimal effort from the user.
Another small but practical addition is the press-and-hold comparison tool. It lets users quickly check before-and-after results, while built-in feedback options make it easier to report issues or suggest improvements.
Finally, all enhanced content is saved in standard formats like JPEG, MP4, and PDF for easy sharing. The update appears targeted at devices running Android 16 with One UI 8.5, including the Galaxy S26 series.
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It’s been a week since Samsung rolled out the 9th One UI 8.5 beta for Galaxy S25 beta testers, but some users from the U.S. reported that the update was delayed for their phones.
Samsung released the 9th beta for testers in South Korea, India, UK, and Germany. The software package includes two new additions – AirDrop file transfer support for Quick Share and three new camera filters. These two are accompanied by new bug fixes and improvements for user experience.
While many have been exploring the latest software update to find new AI features from the Galaxy S26 series, some of the users from the U.S. had a hard time finding the latest beta itself.
A few of those reached out to me on my X account, asking about the status of the 9th beta release. At first, it was strange to see that the beta was not delivered to those users. Second, these test firmwares have been distributed to all beta participants in these eligible markets since the very beginning.
Where is 9th One UI 8.5 beta software for the Galaxy S25 series for US owners?
— Matt Maier (@mattma43) April 14, 2026
Some of these users asked Samsung customer care service to get the rollout status update. Instead, they received information about the stable rollout and not the 9th beta. This is a good thing that we somehow got to know about the final release date.
Eventually, the latest beta took around a week to reach the U.S. Yet, the question remains unanswered: why did it take a week?
Meanwhile, we can speculate on something in this matter. Samsung has different firmware to validate before final rollout. Among the 9 beta software updates, the biggest feature upgrade could be the AirDrop support. It’s possible that Samsung stayed extra cautious over its release and delayed the rollout for the U.S. users but we can’t be so sure about that.
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A Galaxy S26 Ultra entry on Geekbench is grabbing attention due to the OS bump to Android 17, which is, of course, an internal testing build atop One UI 9.
Someone running an internal Android 17-based One UI 9 Alpha build on the Galaxy S26 Ultra (SM-S948B) submitted a Geekbench 6.7.0 result on April 17.
Meanwhile, one of the most recent entries of Galaxy S26 Ultra running a stable Android 16-based One UI 8.5 landed on the same benchmark.
Single-core took an 87-point hit, about a 2.4 percent drop, whereas the multi-core fell by 354 points, roughly 3.2 percent.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. Eight cores split across two clusters, six efficiency cores at 3.63 GHz, and two performance cores at 4.74 GHz, as well as 12 GB of RAM.
This is alpha software; of course, it’s not optimized. Drivers are half-baked, schedulers aren’t tuned, and the kernel team probably hasn’t finished work yet.
Samsung has months before any public One UI 9 release, and performance gaps like these close during that window all the time.
Back in February, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S26 series with Android 16-based One UI 8.5. The company is in final stage of rolling out the software to existing models like the Galaxy S25 series by the end of this year.
One UI 9 is a thing of the future, and users of Galaxy S26 can expect a Beta Program around the end of May this year. The official version will release with the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Flip 8, and Z Fold 8 Wide sometime in July 2026.
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Samsung could finally shut down the Galaxy S25’s One UI 8.5 Beta Program tomorrow. It’s not an official confirmation, but credible rumors indicate that the last Beta update could be coming tomorrow.
One UI 8.5 Beta has been running for more than four months. Users of the Galaxy S25 series may complete five months on One UI 8.5 Beta firmware, as the Stable release is expected to take place on May 4th globally.
As always, Samsung’s Beta Program is restricted to six countries. However, the Beta activity is still covering millions of Galaxy S25 users. A wide-scale rollout may kickstart on April 30, with Samsung planning May 4 for Global users.
Samsung has released nine Beta updates for Beta participants so far. The firmware is based on the latest stage of Android 16. Galaxy users will also receive fruitful upgrades from the Android operating system together.
Previous Beta updates focused on optimizing the software and adding new features. Some builds were solely targeted at system-wide improvements. Meanwhile, the 10th Beta is going to be a game-changer for Beta participants.
You can expect:
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Not just the S25 series, but Samsung is also preparing the Stable release for Galaxy S24 and S23 series, along with their Fan Edition models. Older flagship lineups would not wait much once the update arrives for 2025 models.
If you’re on Beta, the 10th Beta would bring almost everything a Stable release would. If you are still rocking One UI 8.0, intentially or forced to, the big upgrade isn’t much away; expect it in the first week of May 2026.
Before I wrap up, I repeat that Beta 10 is “most likely” to come tomorrow. Samsung hasn’t officially confirmed the Beta or Stable release dates. Even its chat support executives are repeating what X chatter assumes for rollout.
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Samsung has stretched the One UI 8.5 beta longer than expected, but its 10th beta could be the final piece of the puzzle that users have been searching for a while.
Began in December, the beta program has seen 9 software updates. A big feature pack rollout is still missing. Specifically, Samsung has been fixing bugs and optimizing the software with a few releases.
Some of the users accused the company of delaying the rollout so it can keep the newest AI features for the Galaxy S26 series. For now, that seems true because One UI 8.5 for the Galaxy S25 series is missing these new additions. In other words, Samsung is buying time to get these features included in the next update. Either way, Samsung just kept delaying the final rollout. However, the 10th beta could be different.
It’s reported that the 10th One UI 8.5 beta may pave the way for new AI features for the Galaxy S25 series. Specifically, call screen, improved Audio Eraser, and more. Connecting the dots, Samsung has nothing left to do with the beta program except for adding these new AI features. In fact, it’s done with the testing phase already. So, it’s time to close the program and get things started with One UI 9.
It’s also expected that this could be the final beta software before the stable update. The closest we can anticipate this rolling out is next week.
Early reports suggest that Samsung may release the stable update for all Galaxy S25 series users as early as April 30, starting with the home ground. It will expand to other countries from that day onwards.
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Consumer Reports magazine has ranked the Galaxy S26 Ultra its top-evaluated smartphone in the U.S., and one of its features has earned special praise in the tally.
This S-series phone has earned a total of 88 points for performance, reliability, and consumer satisfaction. It was followed by iPhone 16 Pro Max and 17 Pro Max alongside Galaxy S25 Ultra with 86 points. The phone has received a complete 5 in seven categories, including display, camera quality, battery, durability, and user experience.
The report found that the phone’s 6.9-inch display doesn’t stop it from offering the longest battery life. According to the test, the S26 Ultra served 51 hours and 30 minutes of power backup. That puts the phone at the top of the 29 other devices that entered the test.
Similar to Samsung, Consumer Reports also evaluates the battery life in its lab. It uses a robotic finger to perform different tasks to simulate a consumer’s average use cases. Some of these tasks are taking pictures, making calls, browsing the internet, using social media, and so on.
Compared to this, Samsung only shares battery performance results for video playback, which lasts 31 hours in the latest phone. An identical battery life to the S25 Ultra.
Samsung has been using this same battery capacity for the past five generations of S-series Ultra phones, and the S26 Ultra is the sixth generation.
Many users have noticed Samsung restricting this upgrade at a time when smartphones’ batteries are climbing higher than ever before. Yet, it is shown that Samsung is relying on its deep software optimizations to provide optimum power battery life. For example, each new Snapdragon processor is more power-efficient than the last. That helped to simplify the tasks and their power consumption.
Despite featuring the same old battery, the Galaxy S26 Ultra has earned this praise for its on-device optimizations that help users to get a long user experience.
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Sometimes small tweaks become a major upgrade, and that’s the case with the battery background removal option in One UI 8.5, improving the visibility factor.
The battery is the primary power source for a smartphone. The One UI, similar to every other phone software, brings a battery indicator icon that shows the remaining power level. With One UI 7, Samsung revamped this battery indicator, turned it horizontal, and added interesting animations.
Besides this change, the core feature remains the same. You can enable or disable the battery percentage in both cases. However, One UI 7 made it look better.
Coming to the latest update, One UI 8.5 has only one mode – battery percent inside the horizontal pill shape icon. Or, you can now remove the background and go solo with numbers only. So, I tried the second way for over a week, and I realized that this option should have been enabled from day one.
By removing the battery icon background, you see large numbers. This scenario improves the visibility and provides a cleaner status bar. On top of that, Samsung has tailored this new version with charging and low battery scenarios. All of that with the same animations as before.
To remove the battery background, go to Settings > Notifications > Status bar > Show battery background.
The new battery icon background removal feature is available for the One UI 8.5 software, which will soon be released for eligible devices. If you want to remove the battery icon, go to the Good Lock app’s Quickstar module and explore all of its customizations.
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Samsung has been rolling out the One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25 series since December 2025. This minor One UI upgrade is based on Android 16, which brings improvements focused on easier content creation, better sharing, smoother performance, and some AI tweaks.
The beta program has been one of Samsung’s longest and most active ones, with multiple builds released to fix bugs before the final stable version drops.
Here’s a simple, date-wise breakdown of the beta releases for the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra, based on what we have seen so far. Keep in mind that exact changelogs can vary slightly by region, and not every build brought new stuff, many focused on fixes and stability. Let’s start:
One UI 8.5 Beta 1:
On December 8, 2025, Samsung kicked off the One UI 8.5 beta program for the S25 series in select countries like the US, UK, South Korea, Germany, India, and Poland. This was the first build with most of the new features. You could sign up through the Samsung Members app. What it included:
Beta 2:
Around December 22-23, 2025, the second beta was released about two weeks later and expanded to a couple more regions. It was around 1.1 GB in size for new installs. What it included:
Beta 3:
Around January 5, 2026, this one brought the January 2026 security patch and focused on polishing the experience. What it included:
Beta 4:
Around early to mid-February 2026, Samsung kept the momentum with smaller, targeted updates. What it included:
Beta 5 and Beta 6:
Mid to late February 2026. These builds kept coming steadily. Beta 6, for example, started rolling out in places like India shortly after the Galaxy S26 series launched with stable One UI 8.5. What included:
Beta 7:
Around March 12, 2026, by this point, the beta was getting more stable. What it included:
Beta 8:
Late March 2026: Another incremental update that continued the stability push. What it included:
Beta 9:
Around April 9, 2026 (rolled out in South Korea, India, and later the US), this one landed in the US recently for carrier-locked models. What it included:
Beta 10:
Expected around April 20, 2026, Samsung reportedly has plans for a 10th beta. Testing for a build (ZZD9) has already started internally. What it might include:
The beta program has since expanded beyond the S25 series to older models like the S24, S23, foldables, and even some FE and Tab devices, but the S25 lineup got the most builds and earliest access.
Source – Samsung Mobile Press
When will the stable One UI 8.5 update come for the Galaxy S25 series?
We are getting close. According to reliable leaks and even some Samsung support chats, the stable One UI 8.5 version is starting to roll out on April 30, 2026, first in South Korea. Global rollout (including the US and other regions) should follow shortly after, likely around May 4, 2026.
The S25 series (including S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, and probably the FE/Edge variants) should be in the first wave. The stable build will include all the features and fixes from the betas, plus final optimizations.
Since the Galaxy S26 series already ships with stable One UI 8.5, Samsung has had time to refine it well. A quick tip:
If you are on the beta, you will likely get the stable update automatically once it drops (or you can unenroll and wait for it). For everyone else on the S25 series, just a couple more weeks, and you will get the stable version without joining the beta program.
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AirDrop to Samsung via Quick Share is a significant move, but the sharing system has one more issue, this time with PDF files with certain names.
The headline feature, cross-platform file sharing with AirDrop compatibility, is functional on paper. In practice, the current One UI 8.5 Beta exposes gaps in how Samsung is handling file systems and metadata during the handshake protocol.
The most immediate issue is with PDFs.
When a file is sent from an iPad using AirDrop, certain filenames break the transfer entirely. Specifically, filenames containing characters like “/” fail to land on Galaxy devices.
Android’s directory structure treats “/” as a reserved separator. The result is a silent failure: no error prompt, no fallback rename, just a dropped transfer. For a feature that aims to simplify sharing, that lack of feedback stands out.
Then comes the deeper problem, metadata loss. Files that do make it across are often stripped of their EXIF data. That includes GPS location tags, lens information, and camera hardware identifiers.
For anyone relying on file integrity, photographers, journalists, or even social media creators, this is a serious regression. The data is present on the source device but disappears during the Quick Share to AirDrop transfer.
Samsung moderators responded to users’ complaints, but mentioned that the team was not able to reproduce the issue in their testing. The user was asked to reshare the PDF file after removing the special character from the file name.
Quick Share engineering team is reportedly working on fixes, with a patch expected in the next Beta update cycle. For now, One UI 8.5 Beta users get a preview of the future, but also a reminder that polish still matters.
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Samsung’s One UI 8.5 seems to have entered the final phase for Stable rollout. Beta Program is underway, and the last update could be coming next week. Meanwhile, Samsung shifted its focus to Stable builds over the past few days.
Back in December, Samsung opened One UI 8.5 Beta Program for the Galaxy S25 series. The activity has arrived in six countries, while users in others are still stuck to the One UI 8.0, based on Android 16 operating system.
Samsung rolled out 9 Beta updates to Galaxy S25 series throughout the Beta Program. The last, 10th, Beta update could be pushed on April 20. Final rollout of the One UI 8.5 firmware is said to kickstart on April 30 in South Korea.
The Korean tech giant this week uploaded new Stable builds to its server. The latest builds belong to Galaxy S series smartphones. The Galaxy S22 series has yet to grab any attention in terms of a major software update.
The appearance of new Stable builds isn’t sudden, but strategic. With Samsung nearing the official rollout timeline, preparations are seeing notable progress. Pre-rollout testing is necessary to ensure reliable update distribution.
Samsung revealed nothing about the One UI 8.5 rollout timeline. What we know from rumors is April 30 as the Korean rollout date and May 4 as Global. Like Beta releases, the Stable distribution roadmap may also be accurate.
If you’re waiting for the One UI 8.5 update, the next two weeks are important. Once the rollout begins for the Galaxy S25 series, the company won’t waste much time expanding the availability of the Stable update for older models.
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