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Today — 24 January 2025Main stream

Following Pixel, Samsung adding battery cycle counts to some Galaxy S25 devices [Gallery]

24 January 2025 at 10:45

Battery health is becoming a more crucial part of smartphones as support timelines grow, and one helpful point of reference is the ability to see how many cycles your battery has gone through. Google Pixel phones added a battery cycle count last year, and now Samsung is adding the same functionality to Galaxy S25.

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Yesterday — 23 January 2025Main stream

Samsung’s One UI 7 update both improves and absolutely ruins lock screen notifications

23 January 2025 at 10:20

Notifications are a key part of any device, and they can really make or break an experience. With its One UI 7 update that debuted on the Galaxy S25 Ultra this week, Samsung has decided to adjust lock screen notifications in a way that makes them effectively useless.

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Here’s the Galaxy S25 Edge – two cameras, launching ‘around’ April [Gallery]

22 January 2025 at 13:30

Samsung capped its Unpacked event today with a teaser for its upcoming thin smartphone, the Galaxy S25 Edge. At the San Jose event, we were able to get a quick look at the Galaxy S25 Edge, including a few details about the device.

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Galaxy S25 trade-in deals are way better than last year – how to get an extra $50

22 January 2025 at 11:45

Samsung has been leaning heavily into trade-in deals for years now, and the offers for its latest Galaxy S25 series are significantly better than the last generation. Here are the highlights, and how to get an additional $50 off.

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Samsung’s copy of iPhone Live Activities will support Google Maps and more [Gallery]

22 January 2025 at 11:15

With its One UI 7 update, Samsung is adding support for “Live Notifications” and the “Now Bar,” the company’s take on the “Live Activities” functionality Apple has been building out on iPhone for a while. With the Galaxy S25 now official, Samsung is confirming additional support for apps including Google Maps.

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Galaxy S25 is ready for Qi2, but there’s a problem with MagSafe accessories

22 January 2025 at 10:10

Qi2 is finally happening. Two years after it was announced, Samsung is adopting the latest Qi2 standard in the Galaxy S25 series, but it’s not in the way you probably hoped, and you’re going to run into an immediate problem with existing accessories.

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Hands-on: Everything that’s actually new on the Galaxy S25 series [Gallery]

22 January 2025 at 10:02

Samsung just announced the Galaxy S25 series and, ahead of that, we’ve had a chance to try out the new devices. At a glance, they look pretty familiar but, on closer inspection… they still look pretty familiar. Here’s everything we found new with the hardware.

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Samsung confirms what we already knew – One UI 7 is launching with Galaxy S25, expanding later

21 January 2025 at 02:30

Samsung confirmed months ago that its Android 15 update, One UI 7, would be launching with “upcoming” Galaxy S devices in 2025. Now, just a day ahead of its big Galaxy S25 launch event, Samsung is saying that yet again.

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Oppo teases IPX9 water resistance for OnePlus Open 2’s hardware, shows display [Gallery]

20 January 2025 at 09:12

One place where foldables have often lacked is when it comes to water and dust resistance. While no one has figured out a really good solution for dust, Oppo is teasing that the Find N5 and OnePlus Open 2 will have stellar water resistance.

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