Firmware

The month of April has only just begun and it’s great to see that Samsung has already started rolling out the latest security patch to compatible devices. We’ve seen the Galaxy S23 series get the new update already. Now, it’s the Galaxy Z Fold 4’s turn. Samsung’s flagship foldable smartphone is receiving the April 2023 security patch in the United States. The update doesn’t bring much else other than the bug fixes and security improvements that we’ve come to expect from these monthly releases. April 2023 security patch…

Last updated: March 24th, 2023 at 12:11 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s new Galaxy A54 5G mid-range hero is getting its first firmware update, and it’s not a minor one like a routine security patch. Instead, Samsung claims that the very-first update for the Galaxy A54 5G somehow improves the already impressive camera. The update is rolling out for the international Galaxy A54, carrying model number SM-A546B. The new firmware can be identified by version A546BXXU1AWC4. It doesn’t include a new security patch, so it ships with the…

Last updated: March 15th, 2023 at 10:22 UTC+01:00 The Galaxy A54 5G and Galaxy A34 5G, announced today, are two of the most long-lasting mid-range smartphones on the market, and we’re referring to long-term software support rather than battery life, the latter of which is to be determined. Samsung promises to support the Galaxy A54 and Galaxy A34 with four major OS upgrades over their lifetime and five years of security patches. Samsung began offering four OS updates for the Galaxy A3x and A5x lineups last year, and…

Now you can be insulted on a whole new platform Sony has released the latest firmware update for its princely gaming platform PlayStation 5 (PS5) — The 23.01 update is now available to download to the console, weighing it at a little over the 1GB mark. Perhaps the most notable addition here is the long, long-time coming integration of the Discord service, which will let PS5 users sync their current Discord accounts to the PS5 console, offering up new ways of communication with friends, enemies, and new enemies. The PS5…

Apple has rolled out another firmware update for the Studio Display, but the company is being coy about what the update is actually for.Today, Apple released a new firmware update for the Studio Display, its consumer-focused external display. It's actually the second version of the 16.4 firmware beta that was released back in February. It's available as part of the second developer beta of macOS Ventura 13.3 that was rolled out to developers a couple of days ago.While we know that a second beta of the iOS 16.4 firmware…

Last updated: February 23rd, 2023 at 10:03 UTC+01:00 Your Android smartphone is made of several components. Broadly, it has a hardware side and a software side to it. Mobile operating systems are known to have better security compared to their desktop counterparts due to an increased focus on security and control over what apps can do. However, the firmware brings together all the hardware and makes your Android phone work properly. But that also allows attackers to take advantage of the phone’s hardware and make it…

Last updated: February 21st, 2023 at 13:34 UTC+01:00 Samsung announced the Galaxy S23 series on February 1. The pre-order period is now over, and the company even rolled out the first firmware update for its new flagship series yesterday. The firmware debuted in Europe, but now it is expanding into more regions. Samsung’s first update for the Galaxy S23 series is now available in Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, on top of Europe. Same as yesterday, the update carries firmware version S91xBXXU1AWBD and includes the…

Out of the box, the Flipper Zero has a lot of capability.There's a built-in infrared transceiver that can both capture and transmit IR codes to control things like TVs.There's a sub-GHz wireless antenna that can again capture and transmit wireless codes to operate wireless devices and access control systems, such as garage door remotes, boom barriers, IoT sensors and even remote keyless systems. Also: 3 security gadgets I never leave home withoutIt can read, store, and emulate EM-4100 and HID Prox RFID cards.The Flipper…

Last updated: January 16th, 2023 at 11:47 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s firmware releases don’t seem to slow down regardless of what other major events are keeping the company busy. CES came and went, and the tech giant is preparing to release the Galaxy S23 series next month, but despite the busy schedule, new updates keep rolling in at a steady pace. Samsung has now released a new firmware update for the Galaxy A52 5G. The latest update rolling out for the Galaxy A52 5G introduces the January 2023 security patch. The package…

Ahead of iOS 16.2 release this week, Apple made a new AirTag firmware version available to all users. While Apple usually does not offer release notes for this kind of update, here’s what you can do to see the current firmware version of your item tracker and how you can try to update it. The new firmware version is 2.0.36, build number 2A36. Before that, the latest version was 2.0.24. Although Apple does not disclaim what changed with this build – or the previous one – the company released an update to tune…