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Almost two months ago, we reported that Samsung's latest update for the Galaxy M31 at the time had bricked some units sold in India . Samsung later pulled that update from the air and recommended that users manually flash firmware on their device to get it working again. Now, the company has released a new software update for the Galaxy M31 in India, one that will hopefully not cause any trouble for owners of the value-for-money budget smartphone. The update comes carrying firmware version  M315FXXU1ATD5. It has already been available in other markets since early May so it should work without issues, though we would still recommend backing up your data using Samsung Smart Switch before installing the update. The changelog is generic and mentions device stability, performance and feature enhancements, which is to say it doesn't tell us anything useful. The security patch remains unchanged as well – you get security fixes included in the April security patch , not the May ...

Thanks to the high-resolution 108MP sensor, the main camera on the Galaxy S20 Ultra is more capable of taking zoomed-in pictures without losing detail compared to the 12MP cameras on the Galaxy S20 and S20+. But the S20 Ultra also has a limitation: Its main camera is less capable than the 12MP Galaxy S20 and S20+ camera when it comes to focusing on close objects, owing to a longer-than-usual focal length. In layman terms, the Galaxy S20 Ultra's main camera doesn't let you get as close to objects as the camera on the smaller Galaxy S20 models without losing focus, which is a hardware limitation that cannot be corrected with software. To get around this, Samsung has added a new camera function to the Galaxy S20 Ultra with the latest update . Like a macro mode without a macro camera This new camera function is like a macro mode of sorts: Every time you get too close to an object and the Galaxy S20 Ultra realizes it cannot properly focus, it will now show a toggle called  U...

We have found that after setting a given image as wallpaper on any Samsung mobile will make your device crash and will give you a mini heart attack. The issue was reported by a well-known leaker Ice Universe on Twitter and confirmed by dozens of other users. Many users on Twitter report running into the issue. As user Sebastian noted, the issue can also be reproduced on the emulator bundled with Android Studio. #Download  Warning This is the original image that can cause ur device soft brick or crash it. So we don't suggest you save and put this image as a screenshot. You can download the below image by saving on your mobile. WARNING Never set this picture as wallpaper, especially for Samsung mobile phone users! It will cause your phone to crash! Don't try it! If someone sends you this picture, please ignore it. At this point, it's not clear what's causing it, but considering it's happening on d...

Samsung should unveil its next high-end tablet by the end of the summer, likely alongside the Galaxy Note 20 and the sequel to the Galaxy Fold . This year, the upcoming Galaxy Tab S7 might not be alone, as evidence suggests that Samsung is planning to release a larger Galaxy Tab S7+ model at the same time. The Galaxy Tab S6 was without a doubt the best Android tablet of 2019 , and we expect the Galaxy Tab S7 lineup to be worthy of carrying the same label. As we're getting closer to the tablets' debut with each passing day, we can't help but think of all the ways in which Samsung could or should improve its high-end tablet formula. The Galaxy Tab S7, or at least the Galaxy Tab S7+, could be perfect, and we think the following features and/or improvements would help the series achieve greatness. Water resistance (IP67/IP68) An IP rating that guarantees dust and water resistance has become the norm for the majority of Samsung's high-end mobile products, and we thi...

Consider yourself a superfan of Samsung? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers every week to test their knowledge of our favorite company. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google. We intend to make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you'll participate and learn a thing or two about Samsung in the process! Don't forget to share the results of the quiz with your friends and see if you can outscore them. A little competition never hurt anybody! Remember, if the quiz isn't loading properly, please access the non-AMP version of this webpage. The post Weekly SamMobile Quiz 28 – Come test your Samsung knowledge! appeared first on SamMobile . #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

We have good news for those who have been wondering if the physical rotating bezel will ever come back to Samsung's smartwatches. Samsung's upcoming Galaxy smartwatch  will  have a physical bezel, sources have confirmed to us. That pretty much means the upcoming watch is going to be a followup to the Galaxy Watch, so we will call it the Galaxy Watch 2 for the time being. Welcome back physical bezel, we've missed you Last year, Samsung released two smartwatches — the Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Watch Active 2 — within a span of eight months, and neither of them had a physical bezel. Samsung did introduce a virtual touch bezel with the Galaxy Watch Active 2 that works pretty well for a software feature, but nothing beats the feel and convenience of an actual bezel ring, and it's good to hear it's still going to be a part of Samsung's smartwatch lineup. FCC certification for the upcoming watch had revealed that it will come in a 45mm size, which is right...

Samsung is gearing up to launch two new Galaxy M series smartphones in India. The Galaxy M01 and Galaxy M11 are slated to launch in the country on June 2, according to teaser images released by Samsung on social media. These images show both phones and mention a couple of specs for the Galaxy M11, but they don't mention what might be their most attractive aspect for many customers. As you can guess from the title, we're talking about the silicon inside the Galaxy M01 and M11. The M01 has the Snapdragon 439 chipset under the hood and the M11 is powered by the Snapdragon 450. Last year, Galaxy M smartphones launched in the same price range as the M01 and M11 were powered by the outdated Exynos 7870 and 7884 chipsets. While the Snapdragon 439 and Snapdragon 450 are humble low-end chips, they should provide better performance and efficiency than the Exynos 7870 and 7884 respectively. According to a recent leak , the Galaxy M01 and Galaxy M11 will be priced at Rs 8,999 (~$120)...

The built-in screen recorder is one of the best features One UI 2.0 features , but the company had decided to keep it exclusive to upper mid-range and flagship smartphones. However, it seems Samsung has changed its mind recently. The Galaxy A51's One UI 2.1 update was released with  a non-working version of the screen recording feature , and now, the Galaxy A50s is getting the feature as well through a new software update. On the Galaxy A50s, the screen recorder does work, and we have heard that it also works on the Galaxy A51 in some of the markets where Samsung's best-selling 2020 phone has received the One UI 2.1 update, suggesting that the feature will be making its way to more of the company's mid-range phones — such as the Galaxy A50 — in the future. The Galaxy A50s update brings a couple of other additions, such as the ability to use the flash when capturing photos at 48MP resolution with the rear camera and, according to some users, improved fingerprint recog...

Today we are going to show you all on how to download IGTV video or Instagram video online. We should warn you that while you may want to save an IGTV video offline to view later, you should not download it with the intent to redistribute it as your own. How to download IGTV Videos? In order to download IGTV videos, you first need a link to the video you want to download. You can get this link from the Instagram app. Open IGTV, and select which channel you want to watch. Pick the video you want to download, and play it. On the video, there's a three-dot button. Tap it, and from the menu, select Copy Link. The link will be copied to your clipboard and it's up to you to make it accessible on your desktop. Visit a web app called  IGTV Downloader  and paste the link you just copied in the search bar, and tap Search. Click the Download Now button, and the video will download as an MP4 file which can be played on practically any device. You can also download Instagram Video...

For production code in ordinary apps, using reflection is often considered to be poor form. Looking up classes and functions at runtime can lead to some difficult-to-debug problems and can result in long-term maintenance headaches. And, in fairly ordinary app code, reflection usually is unnecessary. Where reflection starts to become more important is in libraries, tools, and frameworks. Sometimes, you just do not know in advance what the classes and functions are that you need to work with. Reflection is used in a bunch of places in the Android SDK, such as instantiating activities (based on manifest entries) and fragments (based on names retained after configuration changes). So, someday, somebody was going to want to invoke a @Composable function from Jetpack Compose via reflection. A week or so ago, I was that somebody. 👋 The challenge is that what you write in terms of a composable function and what the compiler compiles are two different things, courtesy of that Kotlin c...

As families continue to face the new realities of juggling work, school, and play at home, online tools can make the adjustment a bit smoother. We're all spending more of our time on our devices, and Google has many products and programs to help families create healthy digital habits and help them stay safe online. From internet safety resources to parental controls, our products help families find and manage quality content and apps, tools for distance learning and virtual field trips. And behind the scenes, our teams work every day to protect our users and make our products safer for everyone. Helping families and educators with distance learning resources  Families and educators are relying on digital platforms to provide access to online learning and educational tools during COVID-19. Our G Suite for Education tools can be used from any device and help more than 120 million teachers and students around the world work and learn together. To support distance le...

The Dev channel has been updated to 85.0.4158.1/.4 for Windows &Mac, 84.0.4158.4 for Linux platforms . A partial list of changes is available in the log . Interested in switching release channels? Find out how . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues. Google Chrome Srinivas Sista #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Nokia C5 Endi is Candybar, Touchscreen Android Smartphone from Nokia which runs on Android OS, v10.0. Nokia C5 Endi is available in Midnight Blue color and 200 g (7.05 oz) of weight. Nokia C5 Endi has 6.52 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display. Nokia C5 Endi is powered by Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 (12 nm) Chipset and PowerVR GE8320 GPU along with 64GB 3GB RAM.Nokia C5 Endi has 3G, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS connectivity options on board. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Nokia C2 Tennen is Candybar, Touchscreen Android Smartphone from Nokia which runs on Android OS, v10.0. Nokia C2 Tennen is available in Steel color and 180 g (6.35 oz) of weight. Nokia C2 Tennen has 5.45 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display. Nokia C2 Tennen is powered by Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Mediatek MT6761 Helio A22 (16 nm) Chipset and PowerVR GE8320 GPU along with 16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 2GB RAM.Nokia C2 Tennen has 3G, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS connectivity options on board. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Nokia C2 Tava is Candybar, Touchscreen Android Smartphone from Nokia which runs on Android OS, v10.0. Nokia C2 Tava is available in Tempered Blue color and 180 g (6.35 oz) of weight. Nokia C2 Tava has 5.45 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display. Nokia C2 Tava is powered by Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Mediatek MT6761 Helio A22 (16 nm) Chipset and PowerVR GE8320 GPU along with 16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 2GB RAM.Nokia C2 Tava has 3G, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS connectivity options on board. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

We're back with another update in our Stadia Savepoint series—here's what happened in May. This month, our community started playing Embr , Jotun: Valhalla Edition , Sundered: Eldritch Edition , DOOM 64, and many other games that arrived for purchase on the Stadia store. We also announced new games coming this year, including The Elder Scrolls Online on June 16th, PGA TOUR 2K21 on August 21st, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla in Holiday 2020.  On June 3rd, we'll update our current Stadia Pro offer from two free months to one free month for new users. So if you haven't already signed up, head over to Stadia.com before June 3rd to claim your two free months of Stadia Pro. Stadia Pro updates Get six new games for free with Stadia Pro in June: Get Packed, Little Nightmares, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, SUPERHOT, Panzer Dragoon Remake, and The Elder Scrolls Online (June 16). 12 existing games still available to add to your Stadia Pro collectio...

Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for Malaysia exactly one week ago. The company teased it will be launching [the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite]  with a special promotion that you won't want to miss. That special promotion has been revealed as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite went on sale in Malaysia earlier today. It includes a freebie worth $100. Buying the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite in Malaysia will set you back RM 1,699 ($390), but you'll get a Targus Keyboard Cover for free. The Keyboard Cover costs RM 409 ($94) when purchased separately. It has five rows of keys, a total of 64 keys, it connects to the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite via Bluetooth, and it ships with a USB-C charging cable. Dimensions are 170.6×252.3×20.5mm, and the product weighs 450 grams. In Malaysia, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is available only in Wi-Fi flavor with 64GB of storage. It ships with an S Pen and has a 10.4-inch TFT display with a resolution of 2000 x 1200. The rear-facing camera has an 8MP resolution, while the selfie se...

Samsung has officially launched the Intel-powered Galaxy Book S , Galaxy Book Ion , and  Galaxy Book Flex in Germany. Each product has a new store page on the Samsung Germany portal, with the Galaxy Book Ion and Book Flex having been scheduled to hit the market from June 5. The company has yet to reveal an exact release date for the Galaxy Book S with Intel Inside, but it has revealed its prices. The Galaxy Book S powered by Intel's Lakefield-based processor will be released with 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 256GB of eUFS storage for 1,129 euros. It will be available in two color options: Mercury Gray and Earthy Gold. Galaxy Book Ion, Book Flex prices and release date revealed The Galaxy Book Ion and Book Flex will each be released in Germany in three configurations. The Galaxy Book Ion with an Intel i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage is priced at 1,399 euros or 1,499 euros, depending on whether it has a 13-inch or 15-inch display. The 15-inch Intel i7 model with 16GB of R...

The COVID-19 pandemic had impacted not only the global smartphone market in Q1 2020, but the wearable segment as well. According to IDC , even if COVID-19 drove smartwatch sales down in the first quarter of the year, they were offset by a period of increased shipments of earwear/hearable products, with Samsung achieving a 71.7% year-on-year growth in the wearable segment. In the smartwatch market alone, Samsung shipped 1.8 million devices in Q1 2020, down from 2.0 million units last year. The company maintained a 10.8% share of the market and was the third-largest smartwatch vendor. The global smartwatch market experienced a 7.1% year-on-year decline in shipments. Samsung had the highest year-on-year growth in wearables Despite lower smartwatch shipments, the earwear/hearable segment grew 29.7% year-on-year in Q1 2020. The research firm attributes this growth to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the higher demand for earwear/hearable products from customers who were stuck at ho...

The Galaxy Buds have been around for a while but are still considered a good buy if you're looking for truly wireless earbuds. They'll last up to 6 hours on a single charge and when you use the included case to wireless charge them you can get another 7 hours out of them which is plenty for a full day of usage. The sound technology is optimized by AKG so you know the quality and sound design is good. It's also able to resist water so you don't need to worry wearing them when it rains or when you're working out. Be sure to check our full review if you want to know everything there is to know about the Samsung Galaxy Buds. You can now get your hand on a pair of Galaxy Buds at 18% off! Hit the Buy Now button below to order yours before they're out of stock! The post Daily Deal: 18% off Samsung Galaxy Buds appeared first on SamMobile . #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

Samsung is bringing the Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne edition to customers in two additional markets, namely Spain and Singapore . The special edition foldable phone is finally available in Spain starting today, and it will be available in Singapore from June 13. The Thom Browne edition includes the smartphone itself, a pair of Galaxy Buds+ , and a Galaxy Watch Active 2 . Customers can buy the Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition in Spain for 2,600 euros outright or for 72.22 euros a month, whereas customers in Singapore will be able to buy the special edition package for $3,388 from June 13. Samsung will make  only 200 units available in Singapore in this first batch, and it's unclear when or if stocks will be replenished once depleted. Aura Red Galaxy S20+ and Cloud White Galaxy S20 Ultra coming too Aside from the limited launch of the Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne edition, Samsung Singapore also revealed it will bring the Aura Red Galaxy S20+ and the Cloud White Galaxy S20 Ultra ...

Small, compact phones are no longer in fashion. It feels like it was ages ago that Samsung was laughed at for entertaining the idea of a large-screen phone by launching the first Galaxy Note. These days, 6-inch displays on smartphones are pretty common and are considered the new normal. That's partly because you can now have big displays in fairly compact dimensions thanks to the all-screen designs manufacturers are pushing, and a compact smartphone is more or less a thing of the past. That holds true whether you're looking at a budget phone or a flagship device, but there are many out there who aren't keen on the idea of having to live with a big smartphone that they can't easily use with one hand. Flagship devices in particular ask customers to make a difficult choice: Do they want a phone that's small and compact, or do they want all the bells and whistles that you expect from a premium product? While that choice is becoming harder and harder to make, those who...

Every Samsung Exclusive Store in India is now Suraksha-certified to ensure consumer safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suraksha (meaning 'protection' in Hindi) is a public private initiative that aims to create a safe and secure environment for shoppers, employees, and store owners. Samsung has joined the initiative and certified every Exclusive Store across India with the goal of making employees and customers feel confident about their wellbeing and safety. To obtain the Suraksha Store certification, every Samsung Exclusive Store manager across India registered for the Suraksha training program. Following the training period, they took an assessment test to obtain the certificates. In practice, this means every Samsung Exclusive Store is sanitized before opening to customers, and every Experience Store consultant has been trained to follow safety and hygiene advisories and use hand sanitizers at all touch points, particularly at store entrances and exists. Swiping machi...

Samsung has finally made the Intel-powered Galaxy Book S variant official. Following an accidental confirmation last week, the company is now ready to introduce to the world the Galaxy Book S with 'Intel Inside.' On the most part, it has the same hardware as the original variant powered by a Snapdragon 8cx chipset, except it uses an Intel Core processor with Intel Hybrid Technology. Samsung's recent official announcement doesn't say much else about the Intel CPU inside the new Galaxy Book S variant. However, the product is already listed on Samsung Canada. It has yet to make an appearance in the USA or European countries, but the Where to Buy  page on the Canadian portal reveals an Intel Core i5-L16G7 processor with 4MB cache, a frequency of up to 3.0GHz, and integrated Intel UHD graphics. The Galaxy Book S is the first Intel Lakefield-based notebook The Galaxy Book S is now the first official notebook to use an Intel CPU from the Lakefield generation. The CP...

The unlocked variants of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ started receiving the May 2020 Android security update all across the United States. The carrier-agnostic over-the-air packages already made their way to devices on all major networks in the country, as well as many regional ones. The bulk of the rollout happened yesterday and no other changes were pushed out to users during the process. You may say that's unfortunate, but let's not forget the Galaxy S9 series is actually scheduled to receive a somewhat stripped down version of Samsung's best mobile OS/Android implementation to date – One UI 2.1. So, while this smartphone duo is certainly not sitting near the top of Samsung's after-sales priority list in mid-2020, it continues to enjoy respectable software support. Samsung's 2018 flagships in their final year of monthly security patches The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are currently in their third year of monthly security patches, with Samsung being expecte...

Future Galaxy smartphones could make fiddling with Wi-Fi credentials and manual logins a thing of the past after Samsung jumped at the opportunity to join the WFA OpenRoaming initiative. Much like its name implies, this is a brainchild of the Wireless Broadband Alliance , one of today's most powerful telecom consortiums dedicated to wireless interoperability and harnessing the full power of Wi-Fi. As its most ambitious effort to date, the OpenRoaming project envisions a future wherein smartphones, notebooks, wearables, and other consumer electronics are capable of dynamically jumping across public hotspots in real time, eliminating a significant degree of user annoyance traditionally associated with Wi-Fi logins. Samsung is hardly alone in believing Wi-Fi still has a lot to offer even today, at the advent of the 5G era. More specifically, the likes of Google, Intel, and even cellular experts at Boingo have already officially joined the project. The road to 5G goes through Wi-Fi...

Infinix Hot 9 Pro is Candybar, Touchscreen Android Smartphone from Infinix which runs on Android OS, v10.0. Infinix Hot 9 Pro is available in Violet, Ocean Wave colors and 185 g (6.53 oz) of weight. Infinix Hot 9 Pro has 6.6 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display. Infinix Hot 9 Pro is powered by Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 (12 nm) Chipset and PowerVR GE8320 GPU along with 64GB 4GB RAM.Additional features of Infinix Hot 9 Pro are 480 nits typ. brightness. Infinix Hot 9 Pro has 3G, WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS connectivity options on board. #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews

We are a few months away from the Galaxy Note 20's official release, but a lot is already known about the two upcoming smartphones, including their screen sizes, colors , camera specifications , and charging speeds . A few days ago, the battery capacity of the Galaxy Note 20+  was revealed. Now, we have found information regarding the battery capacity of the phone's smaller sibling, the Galaxy Note 20. According to the information we dug up from China's 3C certification database, the Galaxy Note 20 will use a 4,300mAh cell. The battery carries model number EB-BN980ABY, which has a rated capacity of 4,170mAh, and that is different from the 4,000mAh capacity that was revealed last month . Even the Galaxy Note 10+ had a rated battery capacity of 4,170mAh, but Samsung marketed its typical capacity as 4,300mAh, which means the company will do the same with the Galaxy Note 20. Going by the new information, there's just a 200mAh difference between the battery capacitie...

Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Beta 84 (84.0.4147.27) for Android: it's now  available on Google Play . You can see a partial list of the changes in the  Git log . For details on new features, check out the  Chromium blog , and for details on web platform updates, check  here . If you find a new issue, please let us know by  filing a bug . Krishna Govind Google Chrome #Google #Android #Smartphones #OS #News @ndrdnws #ndrdnws #AndroidNews