Andrew Romero

The Now Bar has been around since One UI 7, when it launched with the Galaxy S25 series. Without support for third-party apps, Samsung’s Now Bar has felt like an underbaked lock screen function. According to Samsung, that’s set to change soon.

The Galaxy Watch 8 series is finally official. Amongst some serious design changes, Samsung has added a slew of features with Wear OS 6, including the addition of the Now Bar.

The Galaxy Z series has long since been a little out of reach for consumers, placing the devices in the higher price range. What Samsung has done is finally bring one of its foldable devices within arm’s reach by creating an FE model. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is officially a reality.

Sharing photos has always been easy, but a little inconvenient in Android. The Photo Picker allows for recent photos to be shared, but it never offered a concise way to share specific images in a hurry. An update to the Photo Picker may change that with a search bar for quicker selection.

Samsung is setting the stage for the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, and Flip FE launch – literally – and leaks are still pouring in. The latest leaks indicate that Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 foldable phones will launch with Android 16, becoming the first Samsung devices to run the new OS.

As Samsung fans prepare for the launch of the Galaxy Watch 8 series, overall trends indicate that the company is failing to keep up with competing OEMs as they release new smartwatches.

While Samsung has been teasing its AI-powered Ballie since 2020, it was thought that the company would actually launch the robot this summer. New reports from industry sources indicate that Samsung’s Ballie may be struggling with an identity crisis, and another delay is to follow.

A jury is ordering Google to pay $314.6 million in damages for acquiring and misusing data from Android users in California without their permission.

Nothing has broken away from the LED-laden rear panel that users love, and has introduced the Nothing Phone (3) with something called a “Glyph Matrix.” The new display technically offers more than Nothing’s previous phones, including interaction with proprietary games.

As Android 16 is set to reinforce the Security and Privacy page, Samsung is looking to add its own changes in One UI 8. This comes as new APK teardowns indicate a coming “Alert Center” feature.

Wear OS 6 is now available for the Galaxy Watch series in the form of Samsung’s One UI 8 beta update. The new software will offer a few changes, including serious health suite features.

New rumors indicate that Samsung may drop the S Pen digitizer in the Galaxy S26 Ultra in favor of a new method. Doing so would mean the company could start delivering devices with Qi2 magnetic backs.

Some think that Galaxy Watches need to be more stylish, and that Samsung needs to do more. Others take things into their own hands. This one user turned his Galaxy Watch into a Panerai timepiece, and it only cost $1,200.

Samsung seems to be more excited about the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 in what feels like a larger capacity than last year’s launches, and the free reservation slots are back with a guaranteed $50 credit and extra savings. Here’s how to sign up to reserve the Galaxy Z Fold 7 or Flip 7.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is certainly going to be an exceptional device, as long as it improves on performance and offers as thin a build as Samsung says it will. To hype the phone up, Samsung keeps using the word “Ultra” when referring to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, even though it appears nowhere in the phone’s actual branding.

Rumors have been circling and debating how thick the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will be for months. With the latest leaks in mind, there’s still a big chance that what was touted as the thinnest foldable of 2025 still won’t beat the Honor Magic V5.

While it was initially expected that Samsung would wait to release the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE, new leaks indicate that Samsung is now almost certainly planning on releasing it alongside its two other premium foldable.

A new update to the Galaxy Wearable app is streamlining Galaxy Buds settings for users. The change means the ANC and touch controls will no longer be in the standalone app.

As soon as Galaxy AI became prominent on Galaxy devices, Samsung noted that a paid AI subscription would eventually come to consumers. New rumors indicate that Samsung hopes to finalize the plan structure for existing AI products by the end of the year.

Google has reportedly cut Google TV’s budget by a significant margin. This comes as the company is preparing to bring Google Gemini to the platform later this year, as well as make a bigger push for improvements to YouTube.