Lockscreen

At the time of the Galaxy S10 launch in February 2019, Samsung announced a partnership with Instagram to bring Instagram Mode to the phone’s stock camera app. It gives you access to Instagram editing tools and effects and lets you post photos and videos directly to Instagram Stories. The two firms appear to be expanding this partnership with the Galaxy S24 series next year. The upcoming flagships may let you access Instagram Camera from the lockscreen. Galaxy S24 lockscreen may let you keep an Instagram Camera shortcut…

Samsung recently rolled out a new Android 13-based One UI 5.0 beta update to its Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S21 phones. Among a host of other changes, the latest build added the ability to quickly customize the lockscreen by long-pressing on it. We now have the visuals of the new interface and it appears Samsung took inspiration from Apple’s newly-released iOS 16 in designing the feature.You can already customize your lockscreen on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The company lets you do that through its Good Lock app or from the…

Lockscreen platform Glance has purchased Indian gaming firm Gambit Sports as part of its plans to bring NFT gaming services on your smartphone. An unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi Group and funded by Google, Glance designs lockscreens with inbuilt games. Glance has finalised the acquisition deal of Bengaluru-based Gambit Sports for an undisclosed amount just a month after it secured a deal with Reliance Jio. The platform aims to add an NFT element to its live lockscreen games.Founded in 2015, Gambit Sports owns and…