Samsung is now testing One UI 9 for the Galaxy Z Fold7, A56, S23, and S24 series

Samsung recently released the third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series smartphones, which are currently the only smartphones eligible for the One UI 9 beta program. However, the Korean brand is already working on One UI 9 for the Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy A16 5G, Galaxy A17 5G, Galaxy A34, Galaxy A57, and the unannounced Galaxy S26 FE, and it has now begun testing One UI 9 for even more Galaxy smartphones. [#InlinePriceWidget,13826,1#] Samsung has started testing One UI 9 for the Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy A56, Galaxy S23, and the Galaxy S24 series. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 The...

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Samsung is now testing One UI 9 for the Galaxy Z Fold7, A56, S23, and S24 series

Samsung recently released the third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 series smartphones, which are currently the only smartphones eligible for the One UI 9 beta program. However, the Korean brand is already working on One UI 9 for the Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy A16 5G, Galaxy A17 5G, Galaxy A34, Galaxy A57, and the unannounced Galaxy S26 FE, and it has now begun testing One UI 9 for even more Galaxy smartphones. [#InlinePriceWidget,13826,1#] Samsung has started testing One UI 9 for the Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy A56, Galaxy S23, and the Galaxy S24 series. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 The...

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Motorola bumps up the storage on the Edge 70 Fusion

Motorola launched the Edge 70 Fusion in March, and so far it's been available in India with up to 256GB of storage. Now, however, the company has announced a new variant which pairs 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage. [#InlinePriceWidget,14432,1#] The price for the new model is INR 36,999, which translates into about $391 at the current exchange rate. You can pick one up from Motorola’s online store in Pantone Silhouette, Pantone Blue Surf, or Pantone Orient Blue. The other specs have of course remained the same. So you get a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and...

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Motorola bumps up the storage on the Edge 70 Fusion

Motorola launched the Edge 70 Fusion in March, and so far it's been available in India with up to 256GB of storage. Now, however, the company has announced a new variant which pairs 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage. [#InlinePriceWidget,14432,1#] The price for the new model is INR 36,999, which translates into about $391 at the current exchange rate. You can pick one up from Motorola’s online store in Pantone Silhouette, Pantone Blue Surf, or Pantone Orient Blue. The other specs have of course remained the same. So you get a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and...

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Motorola Razr 70/Razr 2026 review

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Nothing's cryptic new teaser could hint at a new phone

Mere hours ago, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis revealed that the company won't be launching a new CMF phone this year. Now, the official Nothing X account has shared a cryptic teaser that could hint at a new Nothing phone coming soon. Here it is embedded below. (b)— Nothing (@nothing) June 19, 2026 Unsurprisingly, this has made people on the internet speculate about the possible launch of a Nothing Phone (4b), complementing the already available Nothing Phone (4a) and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro. It makes some sense - the Nothing Phone (3) hasn't done very well, so the company might be...

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Nothing's cryptic new teaser could hint at a new phone

Mere hours ago, Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis revealed that the company won't be launching a new CMF phone this year. Now, the official Nothing X account has shared a cryptic teaser that could hint at a new Nothing phone coming soon. Here it is embedded below. (b)— Nothing (@nothing) June 19, 2026 Unsurprisingly, this has made people on the internet speculate about the possible launch of a Nothing Phone (4b), complementing the already available Nothing Phone (4a) and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro. It makes some sense - the Nothing Phone (3) hasn't done very well, so the company might be...

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vivo confirms X Fold6 battery capacity and durability ratings

vivo is continuing its teaser campaign for the X Fold6 ahead of its launch next week. The latest teasers confirm the foldable's battery capacity, ingress protection ratings, and connectivity features. In a post on Weibo, vivo’s product manager Han Boxiao revealed that the vivo X Fold6 will house a large 7,000mAh battery. As per the executive, the battery uses an industry-first fifth-generation silicon anode technology and third-generation semi-solid state battery tech. vivo claims the X Fold6 can deliver up to 9.8 hours of battery life under heavy usage, which is supposedly a 30%...

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Honor X80 Pro Max specs revealed via China Telecom listing

The Honor X80 Pro Max is scheduled to debut in China on June 22 with an 11,000mAh battery and a display rated for 10,000 nits of peak brightness. Ahead of the launch, the handset has appeared on the China Telecom website, revealing more of its specifications. According to the China Telecom listing, the Honor X80 Pro Max will be powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 chipset and run Android 16-based MagicOS 10.0 out of the box. The listing also reveals that the handset will feature a 6.8-inch display, a specification Honor had not previously disclosed when announcing the panel's...

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Honor X80 Pro Max specs revealed via China Telecom listing

The Honor X80 Pro Max is scheduled to debut in China on June 22 with an 11,000mAh battery and a display rated for 10,000 nits of peak brightness. Ahead of the launch, the handset has appeared on the China Telecom website, revealing more of its specifications. According to the China Telecom listing, the Honor X80 Pro Max will be powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 chipset and run Android 16-based MagicOS 10.0 out of the box. The listing also reveals that the handset will feature a 6.8-inch display, a specification Honor had not previously disclosed when announcing the panel's...

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Oppo starts teasing the global Reno16 series in partnership with BABYMONSTER

Today, Oppo has started teasing the upcoming global Reno16 phones through its official account on X. The company has partnered with K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER for the occasion. The phones are showcased in the video you can see below. Set the trend with BABYMONSTER and the stylish #OPPOReno16Series☄️#OPPOReno16SeriesxBABYMONSTER pic.twitter.com/JmQgderbei— OPPO (@oppo) June 18, 2026 With the teaser image you can see below, Oppo has confirmed the presence of a 50MP "Ultra Wide Selfie Camera" as well as the AI Remix Collage feature, and it's also revealed that the phones will be...

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Motorola Razr 70 Ultra/Razr Ultra 2026 in for review

We finally got our hands on the Motorola Razr 70 Ultra (aka Razr Ultra 2026 in North America), and it's looking quite familiar. Here it is next to its predecessor - physically, aside from the different back panel on these specific two models, there's not much of a difference. You've got mostly the same displays - 7.0-inch 165Hz on the inside, 4.0-inch cover screen; the same SoC - a now-aging Snapdragon 8 Elite; even the camera system is unchanged. The screen on the new Razr Ultra has a few more nits at the high end, and the battery has grown to 5,000mAh (up from...

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Snazzy Labs answers the question: is the Trump Mobile T1 Phone spying on you?

Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs is one of the first people to receive the Trump Mobile T1 Phone – and one of the funniest to review it. The video below is quite long, but it goes into great detail in examining the hardware and software of the phone. That said, the video actually starts with a 2-minute explanation of how email spam works because the Trump Mobile team had great difficulties in sending emails that don’t immediately get flagged by Gmail. And if you’re wondering whether you should get one, then we’ll just point out that the next 4 minutes of the video deal with all the difficulties...

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Snazzy Labs answers the question: is the Trump Mobile T1 Phone spying on you?

Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs is one of the first people to receive the Trump Mobile T1 Phone – and one of the funniest to review it. The video below is quite long, but it goes into great detail in examining the hardware and software of the phone. That said, the video actually starts with a 2-minute explanation of how email spam works because the Trump Mobile team had great difficulties in sending emails that don’t immediately get flagged by Gmail. And if you’re wondering whether you should get one, then we’ll just point out that the next 4 minutes of the video deal with all the difficulties...

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OnePlus defies RAM crisis, offers the 15R with more memory

There's been a lot of talk recently about RAM prices going through the roof because of AI data centers gobbling up the entire supply, yet OnePlus doesn't seem to have gotten the memo. The company has just started offering the 15R with more memory than before, in India only for now. [#InlinePriceWidget,14358,1#] The phone launched last year with 12GB of RAM, and you can still get it with that amount of memory with either 256GB or 512GB of storage. But now there's a third option too, which pairs 16GB of RAM with 512GB of storage for INR 61,999 (approximately $657 at the current exchange...

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Spotify adds emoji reactions to collaborative playlists

Spotify has found a way to make contributing to collaborative playlists more engaging and fun – emoji reactions. With it, contributors to a playlist can react to each other’s additions with ❤️, 😂, 👍, 🎧, 🔥 and🥹. The person who added the song will get a notification over Spotify Messages, which will let them know how others in the group feel about the song. This is just for the insiders, though, only the owner of the collaborative playlist and the contributors can see the reactions. Collaborative playlists in Spotify now support emoji reactions And if this doesn’t sound like a...

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Spotify adds emoji reactions to collaborative playlists

Spotify has found a way to make contributing to collaborative playlists more engaging and fun – emoji reactions. With it, contributors to a playlist can react to each other’s additions with ❤️, 😂, 👍, 🎧, 🔥 and🥹. The person who added the song will get a notification over Spotify Messages, which will let them know how others in the group feel about the song. This is just for the insiders, though, only the owner of the collaborative playlist and the contributors can see the reactions. Collaborative playlists in Spotify now support emoji reactions And if this doesn’t sound like a...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 series receives third One UI 9 beta update

Samsung released two Android 17-based One UI 9 beta updates for the Galaxy S26 series last month, and now, the Korean brand has released the third One UI 9 beta for the S26 lineup. [#InlinePriceWidget,14320,1#] The third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra requires a download of around 1.7GB and is rolling out in select countries, including India, South Korea, Poland, and the UK. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra The update rolling out in South Korea has firmware version S948NKSU3ZZF7, while the update for non-Korean markets has firmware version...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 series receives third One UI 9 beta update

Samsung released two Android 17-based One UI 9 beta updates for the Galaxy S26 series last month, and now, the Korean brand has released the third One UI 9 beta for the S26 lineup. [#InlinePriceWidget,14320,1#] The third One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra requires a download of around 1.7GB and is rolling out in select countries, including India, South Korea, Poland, and the UK. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra The update rolling out in South Korea has firmware version S948NKSU3ZZF7, while the update for non-Korean markets has firmware version...

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Fox buys Roku

Today Fox Corporation has announced that it's entered a definitive agreement with Roku to purchase it for $160 per share, of which $96 will be cash and the rest will be Fox shares. This transaction values Roku at $22 billion, but it's actually unclear how much Fox is paying. For what it's worth, it says it has obtained $12 billion of fully committed bridge financing from Morgan Stanley for the transaction, so that's probably the ballpark. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of next year, after securing all of the necessary regulatory approvals. This acquisition pairs the...

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Fox buys Roku

Today Fox Corporation has announced that it's entered a definitive agreement with Roku to purchase it for $160 per share, of which $96 will be cash and the rest will be Fox shares. This transaction values Roku at $22 billion, but it's actually unclear how much Fox is paying. For what it's worth, it says it has obtained $12 billion of fully committed bridge financing from Morgan Stanley for the transaction, so that's probably the ballpark. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of next year, after securing all of the necessary regulatory approvals. This acquisition pairs the...

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UK government announces social media ban for those under 16

Today, the UK government has announced that it's going to ban the use of social media for children under 16. The ban will include Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, but won't include messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. The UK government will also (somehow) restrict "harmful functions" like live streaming and "stranger communication with children". These restrictions will apply to a wider range of online services, not just social media - gaming sites are included, for example. These restrictions will apply to those under 17. AI "romantic companion" chatbots...

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UK government announces social media ban for those under 16

Today, the UK government has announced that it's going to ban the use of social media for children under 16. The ban will include Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, but won't include messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. The UK government will also (somehow) restrict "harmful functions" like live streaming and "stranger communication with children". These restrictions will apply to a wider range of online services, not just social media - gaming sites are included, for example. These restrictions will apply to those under 17. AI "romantic companion" chatbots...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 24

As the hype surrounding the Xiaomi 17T pair died down a little, the Samsung Galaxy A57 returned to the top of our trending chart. The 17T Pro took the silver medal, while the Galaxy S26 Ultra completed the podium. [#InlinePriceWidget, 14379, 1#] Xiaomi 17T is now fourth, sitting ahead of the Galaxy A17 and the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Redmi Note 15 took the seventh spot, followed by the Motorola Moto G Max and the vanilla iPhone 17. The final spot once again goes to the Poco X8 Pro. Samsung Galaxy A57 5G RANK: 1WAS:...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 24

As the hype surrounding the Xiaomi 17T pair died down a little, the Samsung Galaxy A57 returned to the top of our trending chart. The 17T Pro took the silver medal, while the Galaxy S26 Ultra completed the podium. [#InlinePriceWidget, 14379, 1#] Xiaomi 17T is now fourth, sitting ahead of the Galaxy A17 and the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Redmi Note 15 took the seventh spot, followed by the Motorola Moto G Max and the vanilla iPhone 17. The final spot once again goes to the Poco X8 Pro. Samsung Galaxy A57 5G RANK: 1WAS:...

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iOS 27 announced, Galaxy S27 leaks, Week 24 in review

It was a jam-packed week as Apple introduced a slew of new updates at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The big new addition coming to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 is the all-new Siri AI, which brings an overhauled set of capabilities. Here's what's new in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 They're available for developers today and a public beta will come next month. It is a separate app and is based on Google's Gemini models, featuring on-device processing, while also relying on Apple's Private...

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iOS 27 announced, Galaxy S27 leaks, Week 24 in review

It was a jam-packed week as Apple introduced a slew of new updates at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The big new addition coming to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 is the all-new Siri AI, which brings an overhauled set of capabilities. Here's what's new in iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 They're available for developers today and a public beta will come next month. It is a separate app and is based on Google's Gemini models, featuring on-device processing, while also relying on Apple's Private...

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Deals: Galaxy S26+ gets a deeper discount on its 512GB model, Galaxy S26 Ultra also on sale

This week saw the annual WWDC from Apple. The week before, it was Google I/O – both are software-focused events, so there wasn’t any new hardware. So, we turn to older models instead. The Samsung Galaxy S26+ is not going to win any popularity contests, but it’s a solid middle-of-the-road smartphone that offers a good balance of features, support and price. Right now, the 512GB model is down to $900 – that’s the same price as the 256GB version, but note that only the Black units have such a deep cut. The Cobalt Violet is the second best at $1,020, which is a rather large gap. If you don’t...

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Deals: Galaxy S26+ gets a deeper discount on its 512GB model, Galaxy S26 Ultra also on sale

This week saw the annual WWDC from Apple. The week before, it was Google I/O – both are software-focused events, so there wasn’t any new hardware. So, we turn to older models instead. The Samsung Galaxy S26+ is not going to win any popularity contests, but it’s a solid middle-of-the-road smartphone that offers a good balance of features, support and price. Right now, the 512GB model is down to $900 – that’s the same price as the 256GB version, but note that only the Black units have such a deep cut. The Cobalt Violet is the second best at $1,020, which is a rather large gap. If you don’t...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 series gets a feature that many other Android phones had for years

Samsung's Galaxy-branded smartphones and tablets have been lacking a feature that many other Android devices, especially from Chinese brands, had for years. We are talking about the real-time network speed indicator displayed in the status bar, now available for Galaxy users via the QuickStar module in Samsung's Good Lock customization app. Samsung users could get a real-time network speed indicator on their Galaxy phone, but it required a third-party app or enabling a firmware flag if the device was rooted. But that's not needed now if your device is running the Android 17-based One UI 9,...

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Samsung Galaxy S26 series gets a feature that many other Android phones had for years

Samsung's Galaxy-branded smartphones and tablets have been lacking a feature that many other Android devices, especially from Chinese brands, had for years. We are talking about the real-time network speed indicator displayed in the status bar, now available for Galaxy users via the QuickStar module in Samsung's Good Lock customization app. Samsung users could get a real-time network speed indicator on their Galaxy phone, but it required a third-party app or enabling a firmware flag if the device was rooted. But that's not needed now if your device is running the Android 17-based One UI 9,...

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Motorola Edge (2026) now available in the US and Canada

Following its announcement last week, the Motorola Edge (2026) is now on open sale in the US and Canada. In the US, the 6.3-inch OLED flaunting Dimensity 7450-powered device can be had for $600 unlocked from Motorola.com as well as partnering retailers like BestBuy. That’s for the single 128GB storage trim in the Pantone Martini Olive color. Motorola US is bundling a free pair of Moto Buds Loop and a Moto Watch with early orders Early buyers are eligible for a free pair of Moto Buds Loop and Moto Watch, which have a combined value of $400. This campaign will be limited while...

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Telegram’s Wear OS app is also here with support for full chats, voice messages, and more

After unveiling a fully native app for the Apple Watch earlier this week, Telegram has now announced a dedicated app for Wear OS smartwatches as well. The move marks the return of Telegram to the Wear OS platform after the company removed its previous app from the Play Store in 2021. The Telegram app for Wear OS gives users access to their full conversations directly from their smartwatch, allowing them to browse and scroll through chats without needing to pick up their phone. Telegram is now on Wear OS.Owners of Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, Xiaomi Watch and other smartwatches — enjoy! ☕️...

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Telegram’s Wear OS app is also here with support for full chats, voice messages, and more

After unveiling a fully native app for the Apple Watch earlier this week, Telegram has now announced a dedicated app for Wear OS smartwatches as well. The move marks the return of Telegram to the Wear OS platform after the company removed its previous app from the Play Store in 2021. The Telegram app for Wear OS gives users access to their full conversations directly from their smartwatch, allowing them to browse and scroll through chats without needing to pick up their phone. Telegram is now on Wear OS.Owners of Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, Xiaomi Watch and other smartwatches — enjoy! ☕️...

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Huawei unveils HarmonyOS 7 with a lot of glass-like effects, better performance

Today at its developer conference in China, Huawei has taken the wraps off HarmonyOS 7. It comes with an Apple-inspired Liquid Glass-like UI, and a lot of talk about AI because it's 2026 and that's apparently inescapable. HarmonyOS 7 is coming to Huawei's smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables, and IoT devices. It can turn any scene into a 3D effect, presenting it on your screen - this is most obvious on the lock screen. System UI elements, like sliders and buttons, are more glassy, and of course "agentic AI" is built right into its assistant. This now supports more in-app...

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Trump Mobile T1 Phone teardown confirms it's an HTC in disguise

The Trump Mobile T1 Phone was announced last year and went through quite a few design iterations in the meantime, but now seems to have been finalized. The phone has started shipping to some media outlets (around nine months after it was first promised to), and the actual device does look a lot like the HTC U24 Pro from 2024, just with a different color and back panel. [#InlinePriceWidget,13138,1#] A teardown has now pretty much confirmed this. The teardown experts at iFixit have done their magic and exposed the fact that the two devices are nearly identical, just as we thought they...

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Trump Mobile T1 Phone teardown confirms it's an HTC in disguise

The Trump Mobile T1 Phone was announced last year and went through quite a few design iterations in the meantime, but now seems to have been finalized. The phone has started shipping to some media outlets (around nine months after it was first promised to), and the actual device does look a lot like the HTC U24 Pro from 2024, just with a different color and back panel. [#InlinePriceWidget,13138,1#] A teardown has now pretty much confirmed this. The teardown experts at iFixit have done their magic and exposed the fact that the two devices are nearly identical, just as we thought they...

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Samsung Galaxy S25 series receives June security update with features excluded from the One UI 8.5 stable build

Samsung released the stable One UI 8.5 update for the Galaxy S25 series earlier last month, but it excluded Galaxy AI features introduced with the Galaxy S26 lineup. Good news is, these features have been rolled out for the Galaxy S25 series with the June 2026 Android security update. The Galaxy AI features we are talking about are Prioritize Notifications, Summarize Notifications (Notification Highlights), and File Summaries. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The Prioritize Notifications feature shows important notifications first to ensure you don't miss them. Galaxy AI marks...

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Samsung Galaxy S25 series receives June security update with features excluded from the One UI 8.5 stable build

Samsung released the stable One UI 8.5 update for the Galaxy S25 series earlier last month, but it excluded Galaxy AI features introduced with the Galaxy S26 lineup. Good news is, these features have been rolled out for the Galaxy S25 series with the June 2026 Android security update. The Galaxy AI features we are talking about are Prioritize Notifications, Summarize Notifications (Notification Highlights), and File Summaries. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The Prioritize Notifications feature shows important notifications first to ensure you don't miss them. Galaxy AI marks...

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Insta360's answer to DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P is here and it's called the Luna Ultra

Insta360 has officially entered the handheld gimbal camera segment with the launch of its new flagship, the Luna Ultra. Co-engineered with Leica, the vlogging-focused camera features a dual-camera setup, which is similar to DJI’s upcoming Osmo Pocket 4P. It sports a primary 1-inch sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and a 20mm equivalent focal length. There’s also a telephoto camera that offers an f/2.0 aperture and a 60mm equivalent focal length with up to 3x optical zoom, 6x lossless zoom, and 12x digital zoom. One of the Luna Ultra's standout features is its detachable 2-inch...

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Insta360's answer to DJI's Osmo Pocket 4P is here and it's called the Luna Ultra

Insta360 has officially entered the handheld gimbal camera segment with the launch of its new flagship, the Luna Ultra. Co-engineered with Leica, the vlogging-focused camera features a dual-camera setup, which is similar to DJI’s upcoming Osmo Pocket 4P. It sports a primary 1-inch sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and a 20mm equivalent focal length. There’s also a telephoto camera that offers an f/2.0 aperture and a 60mm equivalent focal length with up to 3x optical zoom, 6x lossless zoom, and 12x digital zoom. One of the Luna Ultra's standout features is its detachable 2-inch...

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European Commission forces Meta to accept third-party chatbots in WhatsApp for free

Back in November of last year, Meta banned third-party chatbots in WhatsApp, but of course the company has its own one built right in. The EU authorities have taken issue with this, and the European Commission (EC) specifically has now ordered Meta to restore access to "rival general-purpose AI assistants" in WhatsApp for free, and maintain it until the end of the EC's antitrust investigation into the original move by Meta to ban them. The Commission's press release says this will "prevent serious and irreparable harm to competition in this growing market by Meta's conduct, which at first...

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European Commission forces Meta to accept third-party chatbots in WhatsApp for free

Back in November of last year, Meta banned third-party chatbots in WhatsApp, but of course the company has its own one built right in. The EU authorities have taken issue with this, and the European Commission (EC) specifically has now ordered Meta to restore access to "rival general-purpose AI assistants" in WhatsApp for free, and maintain it until the end of the EC's antitrust investigation into the original move by Meta to ban them. The Commission's press release says this will "prevent serious and irreparable harm to competition in this growing market by Meta's conduct, which at first...

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TrendForce: global smartphone market declined 1.7% in Q1, things will get worse later this year

284 million smartphones were produced globally in the first three months of 2026, a decline of 1.7% compared to the same period last year, reports TrendForce. The impact of increasing memory prices was minimal, but only because manufacturers had stockpiles of cheap memory available – those are gradually being exhausted. For the full year 2026, the analysts’ prediction is dire – 1.051 billion units produced or 16.2% less than last year. And this is the good option as TrendForce notes: “the annual decline could become even more pronounced if memory price increases remain elevated and brands...

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New images of Apple iPhone Ultra's dummy unit give us our best look at it yet

We have a fair idea of what Apple's first folding iPhone - rumored to be called iPhone Fold or iPhone Ultra - will look like, courtesy of previously leaked CAD schematics, case renders, and images of dummy units. But new pictures of the iPhone Ultra's dummy unit, which have surfaced online, give us our best look yet at the first folding iPhone. These images - shared by Sonny Dickson - show the iPhone Ultra's dummy unit in folded and unfolded states, from the front and rear, in white. Dickson says it could be the only color option Apple will offer, which we have heard before. And if Apple...

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New images of Apple iPhone Ultra's dummy unit give us our best look at it yet

We have a fair idea of what Apple's first folding iPhone - rumored to be called iPhone Fold or iPhone Ultra - will look like, courtesy of previously leaked CAD schematics, case renders, and images of dummy units. But new pictures of the iPhone Ultra's dummy unit, which have surfaced online, give us our best look yet at the first folding iPhone. These images - shared by Sonny Dickson - show the iPhone Ultra's dummy unit in folded and unfolded states, from the front and rear, in white. Dickson says it could be the only color option Apple will offer, which we have heard before. And if Apple...

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Samsung Galaxy A27 pricing leaks and it's not pretty

Samsung's Galaxy A27 has been leaking a lot lately, with renders followed by even more renders, as well as its full specs being outed. There was however a missing piece of the pie: the price. That's now been revealed too. The Galaxy A27 will allegedly go for €349 in the Eurozone with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and €439 with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. For reference, note that its predecessor, the Galaxy A26, launched at €299 and €369, respectively, so we're looking at a €50 price hike for the base model and a €70 hike for the top of the line offering. That's quite a...

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Samsung will give you a new way to access Bixby in One UI 9

According to a new report, one of the new features in the upcoming One UI 9 based on Android 17 will be a new way to summon Bixby. Yes, Bixby is still alive and Samsung shows no intention of getting rid of it even though we have to assume its usage numbers are lower and lower with every year that goes by. Anyway, if you are a die-hard Bixby fan, in One UI 9 you will be able to talk to it by simply picking up your phone and bringing it to your face. Bixby will automatically activate based on this gesture and you can immediately start talking to it without having to say "Bixby" or "Hi,...

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Samsung will give you a new way to access Bixby in One UI 9

According to a new report, one of the new features in the upcoming One UI 9 based on Android 17 will be a new way to summon Bixby. Yes, Bixby is still alive and Samsung shows no intention of getting rid of it even though we have to assume its usage numbers are lower and lower with every year that goes by. Anyway, if you are a die-hard Bixby fan, in One UI 9 you will be able to talk to it by simply picking up your phone and bringing it to your face. Bixby will automatically activate based on this gesture and you can immediately start talking to it without having to say "Bixby" or "Hi,...

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