Samsung Galaxy S21 FE's first update now available in the US

Your Galaxy Watch 4 just got a little bit smarter. Here's how to make the most of it. It’s finally here. After months of waiting, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 owners can finally access Google Assistant directly from their wrists. The voice assistant doesn’t simply appear automatically, though, so you’ll need to jump through a few hoops to activate it. But don’t fret; the process is involved but definitely worth the effort. Read on to learn how to use Google Assistant on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4.

Slip it into a pocket or bag and you're good to go. When I first bought the smaller 40mm Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, I knew I was in for a tough time with power management. The 247mAh battery barely promises a day of use, which means daily charging — or potentially more often during more demanding days. I thought the watch’s support for wireless charging would alleviate that, but it turns out it’s only compatible with one or two official Samsung pads. Forced back to square zero, I started looking at alternative chargers. I really wanted one with a short cable to stow away in my travel bag. That’s how I stumbled on this Galaxy Watch charger from Elebase ($12.99), and I had to give it a try.

Theoretically, this would be a sneak preview of the software that could launch on the Galaxy Watch 5. Samsung will launch a One UI Watch beta program on June 2, 2022. The program will be open in South Korea only at first but will likely expand to other countries. As...

Update: Samsung's semiconductor division says 'no specific decision' has been made. A Korean outlet has claimed that Samsung is readying a Galaxy-exclusive SoC for 2025. The outlet adds that there won’t be in-house processors for Galaxy phones in 2023 and 2024. A Samsung semiconductor representative told us that “no...

A new outer screen looks familiar... 🍻 Good morning! A holiday here tomorrow that also combines with Father’s Day in Germany. Mostly, people drink a lot of beer, which is only unusual because it’s a workday. Anyway, Jonathan Feist will be with you…. Razr peek. A week...

If you are in the process of cleaning up your Apple device to make space on iCloud, it makes sense to also look at your apps. Each app, along with its data files and backups, all sit in your iCloud account, taking up space. This enables you to install an app on one device and have it automatically installed on all your other devices. But it doesn’t take long for crap to clog up the pipes. Here’s how to do a spring clean.

Microsoft may have a real winner on its hands. Microsoft has filed a patent for a 360-degree foldable display. The design uses flexible glass with a backplate to avoid creasing. The design should be stronger than other flexible glass designs, such as the Galaxy Fold. Microsoft may be preparing to...

Huawei continues to exert significant influence on Android. Google will make EROFS the default read-only file system in Android 13. The file system was originally developed by Huawei. Only devices that launch with Android 13 and Google’s services will make the switch. Google is making an interesting — and...

📈 Good morning! Keep reading for a good chart on TV interest after finales. Faster chips keep getting hotter. As transistor density increases in CPUs and GPUs and clock speeds get higher, they’re getting hotter too. It’s a simplification but it’s not wrong. Power consumption and...

UFS 4.0 promises to speed up your smartphone and improve battery life too. While a smartphone’s performance is often judged based on its processing prowess, storage speed can have an equally large impact on overall usability as well. To that end, Samsung Semiconductor’s announcement of its Universal Flash Storage 4.0 (UFS 4.0) chips has far-reaching benefits for the consumer electronics industry, even if it has only received mild attention so far.

Find out if the Xiaomi Mi Band 7 can save you time at checkout. Xiaomi continues to impress, packing big specs into a comfortably small device (with a small price tag). But does the Mi Band 7 have all the features users expect from their fitness tracker? The new device offers a larger screen, a fresh UI, and plenty of new features, but what about NFC? Read on to find out.

Keep up to speed with the latest surrounding Fitbit's next flagship smartwatch. The original Fitbit Sense landed in 2020 as the company’s most advanced smartwatch, laden with new sensors and packing the loftiest price yet. While it might not look or function too differently from the Fitbit Versa 3, the original Sense brought new features not yet seen on any of its trackers thus far. With that in mind, can we expect the same with the Fitbit Sense 2?

The feature is rolling out for real this time around. Google TV users can finally create different profiles on the same device. Apps and logins won’t change based on profiles. The feature is rolling out to all users and should reach everyone over the next few weeks. When Google...

Here is a weekly selection of Android wallpapers created by our readers and members of the Android Authority team!. Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens.

It turns out that most polled readers only answer calls from contacts or numbers not marked as spam. Our smartphones are versatile tools, giving us the ability to take photos, record videos, consume media, play games, and browse the web. But the core functionality has always revolved around, you know… phone calls.

This one-day Amazon sale on Amazfit smartwatches brings some models down to their all-time low prices. The Amazfit brand offers some slick fitness trackers and smartwatches at affordable prices, making it the brand of choice for those on a budget. Today only, you can stretch that budget a little further, with 30% off pretty much every wearable the brand has to offer.

Motorola has confirmed its 200MP smartphone will launch in July. The device is reportedly called the Motorola Frontier. Moto has also teased a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus flagship. Motorola has confirmed that it will launch its first 200MP camera smartphone in July. The company made the announcement on the...

There are several arguments for and against such a move. A Korean outlet recently reported that Samsung could skip new Exynos processors (presumably for flagships) in 2023 and 2024 ahead of an ambitious in-house chipset being released in 2025. This crazy story would mean that the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S24 families might be exclusively powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon silicon.

PS4 and PS5 owners, rejoice. PlayStation kicked off its annual Days of Play spring sales event on Wednesday, May 25th, discounting hundreds of games as well as controllers, accessories, and more. If you were waiting for the right time to give your game library a boost, then you are going to want to check out these deals before they expire.

A delayed foldable is eventually good, but a rushed foldable is forever bad. The Pixel Fold has reportedly been delayed again. It sounds like the foldable might only launch in 2023. This is the second reported delay for Google’s foldable. Samsung, Huawei, Honor, Oppo, and Vivo have all launched...