text: Samsung continues to defy expectations by releasing new Android updates for its vast catalog of devices. Over the past several months, the company has really pushed back against its reputation of lagging behind with Android updates, bringing Android 11 with One UI 3.1 to more of its devices just this week. And the company is...
  Samsung rolls out stable One UI 3.0 update with Android 11 to the Galaxy S10 Lite
  Skanda Hazarika December 22, 2020
  Samsung’s Android 11 update train is going at full steam. The Korean OEM has already updated their current mainstream flagship phones with the latest Android version in most regions and has now shifted its focus to the remaining devices. Just a day ago, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G received a stable Android 11 OTA...
  Google Camera 8.0 mod brings the Pixel 5’s camera app to OnePlus, Xiaomi, ASUS, and other phones
  Pranob Mehrotra November 19, 2020
  The Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G were launched with a new version of the Google Camera app (v8.0) that featured a revamped UI and some exciting new features. While the app was initially reserved for Google's latest phones, the company recently released Google Camera 8.1 which brought the new UI, Cinematic pan mode,...
  One UI 2.5 brings Live Caption to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and others
  Pranob Mehrotra September 16, 2020
  Google demoed a new Android 10 accessibility feature called Live Caption at its I/O Developer Conference last year. The feature made use of a new API in Android 10 to capture audio played on the device and transcribe it into captions automatically. Live Caption first rolled out to users as a Pixel 4-exclusive, but it...
  Unofficial LineageOS 17.1 is now available for the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
  Pranob Mehrotra September 11, 2020
  Samsung entered the affordable flagship segment earlier this year with the launch of the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite. Since the launch, Samsung has regularly pushed software updates for both the devices, with the Galaxy S10 Lite receiving the company's latest One UI 2.5 update earlier this month. But while Samsung is...
  Samsung updates the Galaxy S10 Lite with One UI 2.5 and September 2020 patches
  Brandon Russell September 4, 2020
  Samsung has been slowly rolling out its One UI 2.5 update to its vast library of devices, starting with its older flagship smartphones, and now the company is bringing the software to yet another such device. Galaxy S10 Lite owners can now download the One UI 2.5 update, which introduces a host of new features. The...
  These Samsung Galaxy devices will get 3 generations of Android updates
  Aamir Siddiqui August 18, 2020
  Android updates have long been a problem point for the OS. There is an incredible variety of Android devices out there, and ensuring that these get updated to the latest Android version is a big challenge that Google has attempted to tackle through multiple measures (notably, Project Treble) in the past. And while the entire...
  Moto G Power, Moto G Stylus, and Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite go on sale in the U.S.
  Mishaal Rahman April 20, 2020
  While much of the U.S. is still under lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, smartphone brands are still moving forward with releasing products, no matter how ill-timed. We've seen both new product launches as well as already-announced products starting to go on sale. Just yesterday, Motorola announced that the Moto G Power and Moto...
  Samsung updates the Galaxy S10 Lite with One UI 2.1 and April 2020 patches
  Pranob Mehrotra April 10, 2020
  Shortly after the launch of the Galaxy S20 series earlier this year, we learned that the company was also planning on rolling out One UI 2.1 to older flagship devices. Towards the end of last month, the update finally hit the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 series, bringing some of Galaxy S20's software features...
  Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 update with the Galaxy S20 features will roll out in the U.S. tomorrow
  Max Weinbach April 2, 2020
  Samsung was notorious for slow updates in the past. They would take forever to get updates released and even longer to roll them out to devices. While this is still the case for some phones like the Galaxy Fold, it isn't the case for their flagship S and Note series of phones. Those devices have...
  Hole-punch battery indicator app “Energy Ring” released for the Galaxy A51/71, S10 Lite, and Z Flip
  Skanda Hazarika April 2, 2020
  The punch hole camera cutout was a unique take on Samsung's design philosophy, and the company is embracing it quite well. This layout, formally known as Infinity-O display, was initially introduced by the Galaxy A8s, but the Galaxy S10 lineup was responsible for making it a household name. Despite having a rather polarizing review, modders...
  Google Play Services for AR now supports the LG V60, Moto G8 series, Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite/Note 10 Lite, and many more
  Aamir Siddiqui March 23, 2020
  Google’s ARCore (now Google Play Services for AR) is an SDK that allows developers to add augmented reality features to apps. While it doesn’t require any specialized hardware, Google still has to work with OEMs to create custom calibration profiles for each device. Since each device has a different camera and sensor setup, getting the...
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