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Everything you might have missed about the Samsung Galaxy Note 10
After spending some time with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+, we found some new features and other minor details you might have missed.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ were just announced last week, and as always, there is a lot of information that Samsung was unable to convey at Unpacked. From new software features to minor hardware changes, there are a lot of tidbits that Samsung didn’t make a big deal of. After having used the phone for about an hour at Samsung Unpacked, I was able to find many things that Samsung didn’t have time to bring up.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 is Samsung's latest Smartwatch for Health and Fitness
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 is Samsung's latest smartwatch for health and fitness. Here are the specifications, features, cost, and availability.
Samsung's smartwatches are some of the best meant-for-Android wearables out there. They have great software, great battery life, and amazing designs. Samsung hopped aboard the sports watch trend with the Samsung Gear Sport and later with the Galaxy Watch Active. Now, Samsung is following up with the Galaxy Watch Active 2, and it has more health features, smaller bezels, a touch bezel, and an LTE variant.
Android Q DP4 for the OnePlus 7 Pro adds Focus Tracking in camera, Digital Wellbeing, Zen Mode duration, and more
OnePlus rolled out Android Q DP4 for the OnePlus 7 Pro the other day. We've been digging around, and here's what we found has changed in the new beta.
Like Google, OnePlus is actively working on getting the Android Q update ready for its smartphones. Right now, an official Android Q beta is available for the OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 6, and OnePlus 6T. Every time there's a new beta update for these phones, you can expect a lot to change. While the changes aren't as drastic as they were from Android Q DP2 to DP3, there are definitely a couple of noteworthy changes in the latest Android Q DP4 update. The update rolled out last night for the OnePlus 7 Pro, but we don't know if the update is available for the other 3 devices yet.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is the most powerful Android tablet today
Samsung has announced the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC and S Pen with Air Gesture support. Read on to know more!
Android tablets have long trudged upon a path of slow decline. They usually aren't great at competing against current smartphones, are often really expensive, and even launch with outdated hardware -- making it very hard to recommend an Android tablet to most users. Samsung is trying to change this with the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 -- launching with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, dual rear cameras, a redesigned S Pen with Air Mouse, a 2K AMOLED display and a huge 7040 mAh battery.
[Update: Sprint & Verizon] AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S10+ is the first U.S. model to get the new dedicated camera night mode
The Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S10 series in the United States is finally getting the update with the dedicated camera night mode, starting with AT&T.
When the Samsung Galaxy S10 series first launched, we were surprised its camera app didn't have a dedicated night mode and only a Bright Night scene optimizer. Samsung later added a dedicated night mode to the camera, but the results weren't that great at first. Through subsequent updates, Samsung massively improved the new night mode. The update bringing the dedicated and improved night mode has rolled out to most Exynos devices in the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 9 series, and it is now finally rolling out to the Snapdragon U.S. S10+ models, starting with AT&T.
Some of the best Synergy themes for your One UI phone
There are lots of themes for Substratum that support Synergy, so I thought I might as well list out some of the best themes that are available.
Just last month, the Projekt team launched Synergy. Synergy allows you to install Substratum themes on every Samsung phone with One UI. The best part is it works without root. There are lots of themes for Substratum that support Synergy, so I thought I might as well list out some of the best themes that are available. This is by no means a complete list because there are a lot more themes, but these are some of the cooler ones I've seen.
Hands-on: Tizen 4 on the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active gets a revamped UI and better Bixby in the latest update
The Galaxy Watch Active just got a new update. Tizen 4 brings some cool new features and UX improvments along with a new version of One UI.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is one of the best smartwatches for all Android phones. It's got great compatibility, design, battery life, and is very light. Depending on your point of view, one of the best things about it is it's not running Google's Wear OS. The Galaxy Watch Active is running Tizen 4, and after the latest update, it has One UI 1.2 as well. Let's take a look at some of the changes.
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G vs Galaxy S10+: Does the 5G phone have a better camera?
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has 6 cameras while the Galaxy S10+ has 5 cameras. Does the 5G S10 have a better camera than the S10+?
The Samsung Galaxy S10+ and Samsung Galaxy S10 5G have very similar cameras. In terms of specifications, their only difference is that the 5G S10 has a Time of Flight (TOF) sensor on the rear that's used for live focus. Besides that, is there any difference between the camera quality on the S10 5G and S10+?
Honor 20 Pro vs Galaxy S10 vs OnePlus 7 Pro: Low-light throw down
Some recent phones that boast good cameras include the Honor 20 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S10, and OnePlus 7 Pro. How do their low-light photos stack up?
Smartphone photography has come a long way. The industry has made huge advancements in HDR and Portrait Mode, and we're now seeing battles between smartphone brands over zoom and low-light photography. There was a time when taking a photo at night with a phone was a pointless exercise. Now, camera sensors have improved and computational photography can do magical things. On the market right now, smartphones like the Honor 20 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S10, and OnePlus 7 Pro all boast dedicated camera night modes.
Night Vision lets you literally see in the dark with your Huawei P30 Pro or Honor View 20
A new app called Night Vision uses the rear TOF camera on the Huawei P30 Pro and Honor View 20 to let you literally see in the dark.
When Time-of-Flight sensors were being added to the rears of smartphones, I thought they would only be for purely gimmicky features. When Honor showed off some of the gaming and camera modes on the Honor View 20, I still wasn't convinced that rear TOF sensors could be useful. Sure, with a rear TOF sensor you can get 3D depth maps of people and use them for controlling games, but that never seemed cool enough for me to think that every phone needs this sensor, at least until I tried Night Vision on my Huawei P30 Pro.
The Sprint 5G Samsung Galaxy S10 can be bootloader unlocked
For the first time in 4 years, a U.S. Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy is bootloader unlockable. The Sprint 5G Samsung Galaxy S10 can be unlocked!
The Samsung Galaxy S6 was the last Samsung Galaxy device to launch in the US with an Exynos chip. What's also notable is that the U.S. carrier Galaxy S6 models could be bootloader unlocked. That sparked the developer community to make lots of ROMs for the devices. It was a great time to own a Samsung phone in the U.S. Unfortunately, this only lasted for a year. When the Galaxy S7 launched, Samsung shifted back to using Qualcomm processors and wouldn't allow bootloader unlocking. Since the S6, there hasn't been a flagship Samsung phone in the U.S. that could be bootloader unlocked... until now. We've been informed the 5G Samsung Galaxy S10 from Sprint can be bootloader unlocked.
Honor 20 Gaming Performance: Testing the Top Android Games on Google Play
The Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro are powerful smartphones thanks to the Kirin 980. We tested 15 of the most intense Android games from Google Play.
The Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro are the newest flagship phones from Honor. They have the latest specs, latest technology, and the latest software. All of this should mean it has some of the best performance of any phone, right?. We put this to the test to see if it's possible to get flagship performance at around half the cost of flagships from other major OEMs.
OnePlus' Android Q DP3 enhances Ambient Display and adds Game Space & Customization settings
OnePlus released Android Q DP3 for the OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T, OnePlus 7, and OnePlus 7 Pro. The latest Q beta adds a few new features now seen in OxygenOS.
Android Q is Google's next major upgrade for its mobile OS. It's notable for bringing major revamps to privacy, security, and navigation. Thanks to OnePlus' partnership with Google, the Android Q beta is already available for the OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 6, and OnePlus 6T. Yesterday, OnePlus released its third developer preview for the four devices. The latest update has OxygenOS layered on top of it, and there are a few notable new features that we spotted.
Comparing the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G to the rest of the S10 family
Max from XDA TV unboxes the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and compares it to the other Galaxy S10 devices. How much of a size difference is there?
5G is the hottest trend in smartphones right now with promises of better speeds and coverage. But since there is almost no coverage of 5G yet, all we get to do is see the phones. I received the of the Galaxy S10 5G this week and did an unboxing on XDA TV. In the video, I compare it to the standard Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ to get a feel for the hardware differences.
Samsung SmartThings app leaks 2 new AKG headphones and new wireless earbuds
The Samsung SmartThings app reveals that Samsung is working on 3 new audio accessories: 2 AKG headphones and 1 pair of wireless earbuds.
Samsung has a habit of adding assets of unreleased products or features to their apps really early. Last year, we discovered the wireless S-Pen features early and before the launch of the Galaxy S9 we found out about Intelligent Scan. This time, we have found two unreleased pairs of AKG headphones and one pair of fully wireless earbuds in the latest SmartThings update.
Nubia Red Magic 3 Review - More gaming, less phone
With a 90Hz screen and Snapdragon 855, the Nubia Red Magic 3 is a great gaming smartphone, but is it also a good phone? Find out in our Red Magic 3 review.
The Red Magic 3 is the newest gaming smartphone from the Nubia brand. Nubia has been around for a while now, but their Red Magic series has recently caught our attention. The Red Magic series are gaming phones for gamers on a budget, and the Nubia Red Magic 3 is no exception.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold saga has felt like a bad Kickstarter
The Galaxy Fold saga has felt like a bad Kickstarter. It's been months without an email from Samsung, and customers are starting to get angry.
Samsung wowed the tech world when it unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold, on February 20th, 2019. This announcement took place during the crowded Samsung Unpacked event which also featured the Galaxy S10 family. The Galaxy Fold stole a lot of thunder from the Galaxy S10, but that's not too surprising since the Galaxy S10 is more of Samsung catching up with the pack while the Galaxy Fold is promised to be the future of mobile technology: a phone that can transform into a tablet. Unfortunately, the ensuing drama in the months since the Galaxy Fold teaser has squashed a lot of the hype. Although a new report suggests the Galaxy Fold may finally be ready for launch, we, the customers who are actually lining up to shell out thousands of dollars, have heard nothing from Samsung.
Samsung tests a new 15W wireless charger for the Galaxy Note 10
Samsung is testing a new 15W wireless charger for the Galaxy Note 10. This will likely launch at Unpacked 2019 alongside the Note 10.
Just yesterday, Samsung that the Galaxy Unpacked launch event for the Galaxy Note 10 will take place on August 7th. During Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung typically launches more than just their flagship smartphones. Sometimes there are also new accessories, tablets, or smartwatches. Earlier today, a new 15W wireless charger stopped by the FCC, and it could launch alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.
DarQ lets you toggle Android Q's force dark mode on a per-app basis [Root]
Android Q has an "override force dark" option which lets you force the dark mode in all apps. DarQ is an app that lets you selectively enable dark theme.
When Google rolled out Android Q beta 3 for the Pixel devices, they included a neat developer option to force the dark mode in any app (though the option was broken in Android Q beta 4). This option is intended as a crude way for developers to test the UX of their app if a dark theme was forced on it, so they can make adjustments to prepare for the stable Android Q release. For users, this new option was an easy way to get a system-wide dark mode in all apps, though it doesn't work very well in every app. It's also an all-or-nothing toggle, which is why XDA Recognized Developer Quinny899 made the new DarQ app. This root app lets you selectively force dark mode to only be enabled in the apps of your choice.
Synergy lets you use Substratum custom themes once again on Samsung's One UI
Samsung's Android Pie-based One UI blocks custom Substratum themes from being installed, but the new Synergy app lets you get around that restriction.
When Samsung released its Android Pie-based software called One UI, we were big fans of its focus on one-handed ease of use and system-wide dark theme. Furthermore, unlike Android Pie builds for other devices, Samsung didn't disable installing custom overlays in One UI. Sadly, around the time of the Galaxy S10 launch, Samsung merged the changes blocking custom overlays used by the Substratum theme engine. Fortunately, the Projekt team found a workaround. They have created a new app called Synergy to install themes on Samsung Galaxy phones running One UI, and it doesn't need root.