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Last updated: December 5th, 2023 at 08:02 UTC+01:00 In a bit of exciting news, some Samsung users have reportedly discovered a perk that gets them a year of Disney Plus for free. The perk may give you six months or a year of Disney Plus for free, based on your device. If you have purchased a new Samsung phone this year or in the last few years, then this is a good time to check for your free Disney Plus subscription, courtesy of Samsung. Samsung Boost is something that is known to offer such perks that Samsung users…

Camera Assistant is an add-on app Samsung launched in 2022 that enables you to customize some advanced aspects of the camera app. Samsung has added several features to the app since its initial launch, and you should give it a go if you have a compatible Galaxy phone. And if you have a Galaxy phone with a zoom camera, there's one particular Camera Assistant feature that you should try out, especially if you often take pictures at night. That feature is called Auto lens switching, and it does exactly what its name…

Last updated: December 4th, 2023 at 21:01 UTC+01:00 The camera app on Samsung Galaxy smartphones offers a lot of functionality out of the box, but for those who want more, Samsung launched the Camera Assistant app in October last year. Camera Assistant lets you tweak the behavior of some of the stock camera app's features. For example, Galaxy phones that have dedicated zoom cameras tend to use digital zoom from the primary camera in tough lighting conditions as telephoto lenses tend to have smaller apertures, but…

The Galaxy S22 received the stable Android 14 update last week, but back then, the update was only available in Europe. A few days later, the update went live in the US. Now, the stable Android 14-based One UI 6.0 update is live for the Galaxy S22 series in more countries, including India. Galaxy S22 gets stable Android 14 (One UI 6.0) update in India for beta testers The stable Android 14 update for the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, and Galaxy S22 Ultra is now live in India. The update comes with firmware version…

Samsung seems to have struck a chord with consumers this year, as sales of the Galaxy S23 series have improved considerably compared to the Galaxy S22 series that was launched last year. Market research report claims that Galaxy S23 sales have been 23% (massive coincidence, matching the 23 figure in the Galaxy S23 name) higher than the Galaxy S22. Galaxy S23 sales have been 23% higher than Galaxy S22 nine months after launch According to data from Hana Securities (via @Tech_Reve), the collective sales of the Galaxy S23,…

The beta program for the Android 14-based One UI 6 update for Galaxy phones ran a little longer than Samsung's One UI beta programs generally do. The Galaxy S23 series received nearly ten Android 14 beta updates before Samsung released the stable update, but that additional time in testing allowed Samsung to quickly bring the latest operating system update to many other eligible devices in quick succession. Over the last seven days, Samsung released Android 14 and One UI 6 for almost a dozen devices (or around twenty…

Many Galaxy phones have received the One UI 6 (Android 14) update in the last few days. With more users now getting the chance to use the new software, some issues that still plague One UI 6 even after the long beta phase it went through are coming to light. One such issue involves a purple screen. Don't worry, this isn't a hardware problem like those pesky green lines that have ruined some Galaxy phone displays. It's a software issue – on some devices, switching between the recent apps screen and the home screen makes…

Android 14 was officially released by Google in early October, and Samsung has been working on adapting the new version of the OS to Galaxy devices since August. Owners of Samsung's flagship and mid-range phones were able to test Android 14 through the One UI 6.0 beta program in a few countries, and the company has now finished development and begun rolling out the final version of Android 14 and One UI 6.0. In the coming weeks and months, the availability of the big Android and One UI updates will gradually expand to…

Samsung will be updating many Galaxy phones and tablets with Android 14 and One UI 6 in 2023, and it won't have any time for rest come 2024 as the Galaxy S24 series will launch in mid-January with a newer version of One UI 6 — One UI 6.1 — on-board that Samsung will bring to existing Galaxy devices. A lot of Galaxy phones are eligible for Android 14 and One UI 6.0, but what about One UI 6.1? Which Samsung phones and tablets will get One UI 6.1, and which devices will miss out on it and stay on One UI 6.0 forever? If your…

Samsung seems to be making a habit of releasing the stable version of Android 14 and One UI 6 on Mondays. The Galaxy S23 series started getting the official update on October 30, which was a Monday, and three weeks later, Samsung once again picked the first day of the week to release the stable One UI 6 update for the Galaxy S22 lineup. Technically, the Galaxy S22's stable One UI 6 update came out last week, but only for those who were running the One UI 6 beta. The public rollout for devices running Android 13 started…