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Foldable Android phones will be everywhere in 2021 with Google, OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi...
Many of us who have used a foldable smartphone have come to a realisation that, eventually at least, foldable Android smartphones may well be the future. The ability to have a much larger...
Samsung confirm that they will launch the Galaxy S21 on January 14
Love them or hate them there is no escaping that in Australia, Samsung is THE phone of Android. When scanning barcodes how often are you asked "is it an iPhone or a Samsung?"...
Leaked renders give us a first look at the Samsung Galaxy S21
We're not too far away from the expected release of the next range of Samsung devices and -- surprise, surprise -- the leaks are plentiful. Android Police has obtained exclusive access to the...
Google’s Nest cameras, thermostats and doorbells can now be controlled by Samsung SmartThings
How many of us have lamented the fact that so many devices don't play well with each other? Can't we all just get along. Now it seems that two of these...
What’s in my bag? Phil’s 2020 carry cache
Each year as technology evolves, as a bit of a geek what I carry changes slowly and steadily. There’s almost always at least one review device, a couple of phones, a tablet, laptop and...
Google Assistant will soon be able to work alongside Alexa and Bixby on some...
Samsung smart TVs already have Bixby built in but many can also use Amazon's Alexa as well for their digital assistant. Unfortunately Google Assistant is not available for Samsung TVs, which is a...
Google Messages could soon support multi-device synchronisation for Samsung devices
One of the wants many Android users have for messaging is an iMessage like integration across devices. While it has been possible with Samsung for a while, you had to use their apps and...
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra specs leaked, set for January release
Samsung brought some decent phones to the market this year without actually hitting the ball out of the park with any of them (so far -- the FE is promising). According to rumours...
Here are the Samsung Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Ultra, coming in January?
The Samsung Galaxy S20 phones had a bit of a design change this year with their new camera modules. Next year looks set to be much of the same if renders that surfaced...
Optus 5G breaks Australian speed record; 100Mhz of new spectrum to be added in...
Optus has announced it has broken the Australian record for 5G speeds, delivering a download speed of 2.5-2.8 Gbps on a Samsung Galaxy S20 5G at their test site.
The company says they will enhance...
Samsung killing Bixby AR plug-in this month
Samsung personal assistant, Bixby, which launched back 4 years ago with the Samsung Galaxy S8, also launched with a plug in to take advantage of AR technology to assist with finding products for shopping,...
The Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition is officially coming to Australia
We've been seeing details about it off and on for some time, now the Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) is official. Not only did Samsung announce the device's release last night, but...
Samsung tease the Galaxy Unpacked event for every fan — again
If COVID-19 has done nothing else, it's made a lot of information a lot more accessible to everyone. With that "accessibility for everyone" pathway in mind, Samsung has continued to tease the Galaxy...
Samsung deliver September security patch to the A21s
Samsung keeps steadily stepping up its game in terms of security updates. In times gone by, it would likely only be their flagship devices that got updates. Then the mid-range started seeing...
Galaxy Unpacked for Every Fan on 23 September set to launch Galaxy S20 FE
Despite Samsung just releasing a whole host of new devices they have just teased their next Unpacked event, Unpacked for Every Fan. We're fairly sure that this will be the launch event for the...