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[Update: Not present] Adoptable storage may come to Samsung devices with Android Pie
Adoptable storage may be coming to Samsung devices with Android Pie, if a screenshot in our Galaxy Note 9 forums tells us anything.
When Android Marshmallow was launched back in 2015, it introduced a feature that dramatically improved the user experience for many, myself included: adoptable storage. When you first introduce a new microSD card on an Android Marshmallow (or higher) device with adoptable storage enabled, the system will ask if you want to use it as portable storage or format it as adoptable storage. If you choose the latter, Android will format and encrypt the card so that it can be used only on that device. The adopted storage will then serve as an extension of the phone's internal storage, allowing you to install apps and storage app data inside that SD card. It sounds like a simple enough feature, but one company that has refused to support it on most of their Android phones is Samsung.
Android Pie beta for the Samsung Galaxy S9 adds new Tap to Show Always-on Display gesture
The leaked Samsung Experience 10 (Android Pie) beta has been updated for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and it adds a new tap to show ambient display gesture.
Android Pie has been out for a few months now and Samsung is coming along with their update, which is called Samsung Experience 10. Every update that is leaked comes with more and more new features. In the latest update for the Samsung Galaxy S9 (CRJB), Samsung has added a new feature to the Always-on Display making it act like the Pixel "ambient display." When you double tap the screen while locked, it will show the Always-on Display for 30 seconds.
Samsung Galaxy S9+ gets dockless DeX support in Android Pie beta
The Samsung Galaxy S9+ is getting support for the dockless DeX mode in Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
Samsung DeX is Samsung's desktop experience based on Android that appears when you connect your Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S9, or Galaxy Note 9 to a monitor. It allows for multiple windows and apps to be open at once with a special UI designed for a larger desktop screen. Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie is almost here for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 and comes with a whole slew of new features. Dockless DeX from the Galaxy Note 9 is one of those new features being brought to the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9+. This means that all you need is a simple HDMI to USB Type-C cable to use Samsung DeX.
Custom themes already possible on Samsung Experience 10 ahead of Android Pie beta
Developers have already gotten custom themes working on the leaked Samsung Experience 10 builds ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S9's Android Pie beta.
In Android Pie, Google blocked custom substratum themes from being installed without root. Users were outraged but Google claimed that it was for security reasons that they blocked the install. Apps like Substratum still have ways to install themes on Android Pie, but it requires root. On Samsung Experience 10, though, the Substratum team was able to get their theme engine working without root by using the Samsung theme engine. Users running the leaked Samsung Experience 10 beta on their Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung Galaxy S9+, or Samsung Galaxy Note 9 can now use Substratum to theme their phone.
Samsung Keyboard gets updated on the leaked Android Pie beta with a floating keyboard mode
The Samsung Keyboard app has received an update on the latest Android Pie-based Samsung Experience 10 for the Galaxy Note 9, and it has a floating keyboard.
Samsung is preparing for their upcoming Android Pie beta program for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. We've seen a lot of leaked builds in the past few weeks which you can install on the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+, and Galaxy Note 9. In the latest build for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung has added a floating keyboard feature to the built-in Samsung Keyboard. This is similar to the one Google added to Gboard recently.
Samsung Experience 10 theme for Galaxy phones gets new icons and better night theme
Thanks to Samsung's theming system, a lot of the Samsung Experience 10 changes can be brought back to Galaxy S9 and older devices with a simple install.
At the tail end of last month, we highlighted a Samsung Experience 10 theme that could be installed on the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S8 devices. We already know the update is going to be based on Android Pie as we got our hands on the update for the Galaxy S9. Not only did that reveal there were going to be four different models of the Galaxy S10, but it also gave us an inside look at what changes were coming with the upcoming software update. Thanks to Samsung's theming system, a lot of these changes can be brought back to some older devices with a simple install.
Samsung Galaxy S9 gets the Galaxy Note 9's Scene Optimizer in Android Pie
Samsung has brought the scene optimizer mode from the Galaxy Note 9 to the Galaxy S9+. Flaw Detection has also been returned.
Samsung Experience 10 with Android Pie is coming along. We have covered the alpha builds for both the Galaxy S9/Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Note 9. As Samsung releases more updates to Samsung Experience 10, their skinned version of Android Pie, the more features they are adding. In the latest update for the Galaxy S9+, Samsung has brought the scene optimizer mode from the Galaxy Note 9 to the Galaxy S9+. Thanks to The Geek 19 from the SamCentral Discord for sending us this screenshot.
How to install an early Android Pie build with Samsung Experience 10 on the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Here's an early beta of Samsung Experience 10 (based on Android Pie) for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and how to install it on the Snapdragon Galaxy Note 9.
An early, pre-release build of Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie is now available for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy Note 9. We have already shown off all the new features we could find in our quick look and our earlier video for the Galaxy S9. If you want to install this early Android Pie release on your own Galaxy Note 9, we now have the instructions and the files that you’ll need to install early Samsung Experience 10 for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, provided you have the model with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. We only have the build for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy Note 9 model, unfortunately, so if you have an Exynos Galaxy Note 9, you'll have to wait to get your hands on Android Pie.
[Hands-on] This is what Samsung Experience 10 (Android Pie) looks like on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Here's what Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie looks like on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. We previously showed this off on the Samsung Galaxy S9.
A few weeks ago, we brought you the first screenshots and video of Samsung Experience 10 based on Android 9 Pie for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Now, we have the Android Pie beta build for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy Note 9 thanks to our friends at Firmware.Science. The Samsung Experience 10 update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is almost exactly the same as the update for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Even the Night Theme partly works just like on the latest builds for the Galaxy S9 series. Let's run down all the changes that the Android Pie update will bring to the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. As a bonus, we'll post a separate article on how to install Samsung Experience 10 for the Galaxy Note 9, so keep an eye out on the XDA Portal for those instructions.
Check out Night Theme in Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie for the Samsung Galaxy S9
The latest leaked build of Samsung Experience 10 (Android Pie) for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9 now has a working Night Theme. Check it out!
A few weeks ago, we published an article detailing an early beta build of Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+. The upcoming software release has a lot of design changes with black backgrounds, white cards, and rounded corners throughout the user interface. The abundance of white cards on black backgrounds, in particular, has been a bit polarizing. We mentioned repeatedly that we were showcasing an early beta of unreleased software, and today we have obtained an updated build of Android Pie for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9 that shows that Samsung is still making tweaks to the design. The most important change in the latest beta is the (mostly) functional Night Theme.
Download: Samsung Experience 10 Launcher for any Samsung Galaxy Smartphones on Android 8.0+
Samsung Experience 10 launcher from the leaked Android Pie build for the Samsung Galaxy S9+ is now available for any Galaxy phones running Android 8.0+.
We discovered an early build of Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie just last week, and it comes with a new, controversial redesign. Although you can install the build now if you own either a Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9 or Samsung Galaxy S9+, most of you will want to hold off on installing beta software builds. Fortunately, thanks to the availability of the software, we're able to pull some of the new apps like Samsung Internet 9.0. Another app that we've pulled is the updated Samsung Experience 10.0 Launcher. This launcher is very similar to the one that's part of Samsung Experience 9.5 as found on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, but it has some changes.
Early Android Pie beta now available for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9
An early Android Pie beta has leaked for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9 after leaking for the Samsung Galaxy S9+. Here's how to install it manually.
Yesterday, we published the first hands-on of Samsung Experience 10 for the Samsung Galaxy S9+. After publishing details on how to install the early Android Pie beta on the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+, we now have this same build but for the smaller Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9. If you're interested in seeing what's new in the update, check out our previous article. If you want to install the early Android Pie beta on your Samsung Galaxy S9 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, then check out our tutorial below. Right now, we only have the build for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ but not for either of the Exynos models or the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 will get the Samsung Galaxy Note 9's Flaw Detection feature in the Android Pie update
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has a feature in the camera app called Flaw Detection. The Samsung Galaxy S9 will get this feature in its Android Pie update.
Yesterday, we got our hands on the latest version of Samsung Experience, Samsung Experience 10, running on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+. We had a lot to unpack in the latest update, and so far we have seen a completely redesigned user interface, an AMOLED dark mode, and some new gestures. We also found evidence of the Samsung Galaxy S10's development and an updated Samsung Internet APK. While playing around with the new camera app, we discovered that Samsung has added one of the new camera features from the Galaxy Note 9 to the Galaxy S9. The Samsung Galaxy S9, at least on the Android Pie release, now has Flaw Detection.
How to install an Early Android Pie Build with Samsung Experience 10 on the Samsung Galaxy S9+
Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie has leaked for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+. We've managed to grab it and will show you how to install it.
Earlier today, we posted the first hands-on with Samsung Experience 10.0 based on Android 9 Pie for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+. We showed off all the new features that we could find in our quick look. Many people might be wondering how they can install this update for themselves, and we now have instructions and the files that you'll need to install Android Pie on your Samsung Galaxy S9+ with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Right now, we only have the build for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+ but not the Snapdragon Galaxy S9 or either of the Exynos models. We expect there to be a regular Samsung Galaxy S9 build up in the next few days. No word on when an Android Pie build for the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be available, however.
Download: Samsung Internet 9.0 brings major redesign to the web browser
Samsung Internet 9.0 will launch with Samsung Experience 10.0 based on Android Pie. We managed to pull the APK so you can download and install it now!
It might not be the juggernaut that is Google Chrome, but Samsung Internet has gained a dedicated following thanks to the extra features that it offers on top of Google's browser. Just recently we reported on the new Samsung Internet 8.2 beta that brought features like parallel downloading for faster file downloads and Do Not Track mode. In the first Samsung Experience 10.0 build based on Android Pie for the Samsung Galaxy S9+ that we found, we were able to get an even newer version of Samsung Internet. Samsung Internet 9.0 brings a major redesign to the browser with the new rounded corner UI found in Samsung Experience 10.
[Update: Video] Exclusive: This is Android Pie with Samsung Experience 10 on the Samsung Galaxy S9+
Samsung is now testing Android Pie with Samsung Experience 10.0 on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Samsung Galaxy S9+. We go hands-on to show you what's new.
Samsung has been notoriously slow to update their long portfolio of smartphones. It usually takes close to 6 months or longer for them to update any of their flagship devices to the latest version of Android. Thanks to our friends at Firmware.Science, we were able to get an early hands-on of the upcoming Samsung Experience 10 update based on Android 9 Pie for the Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy S9+. This is a very early development build of Android Pie, so there are some bugs, incomplete UI elements, and broken features.