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Samsung Copies Pixel’s Magic Trick? Leaked Galaxy S24 Features Raise Eyebrows
As the launch date gets closer, several new pieces of information regarding the Galaxy S24 series are surfacing online. New, high-quality photos and information on many important AI capabilities of the Galaxy S24 series, including a Pixel 8 clone of Google’s Magic Eraser tool, have appeared in the most recent round of rumors. A tipster, @MysteryLupin, on his X platform shared what looks to be a screenshot of promotional materials highlighting a number of the Galaxy S24 series’ salient features.
Features put forth by tipster:
- Live Translate: Instantaneously speak foreign languages from within the Samsung Phone app with Live Translate.
- Nightography Zoom: Enhance your nighttime experience with Nightography on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Even in dim light, use a zoom lens to get up close.
- Generative Edit: Modify or delete items using generative editing. Use generative editing to fill in the gaps. To use Generative Editing, you need to have internet access and be logged into a Samsung account.
- High Resolution: With an industry-leading 200MP camera, you can capture every detail of life’s most memorable events in rich, accurate color.
- Screen Display: With the Galaxy S24 Ultra, you can broadcast and play games at the highest level. The brighter, lovelier screen provides you more space to do what you love, whether it’s watching, playing, or even writing.
The user benefits through this feature:
- Instantaneously speak foreign languages from within the Samsung Phone app with Live Translate.
- Luminize your night with Nightography Zoom. Easy photos in really low light.
- Editor in Generative Transfer Transfer or eliminate items. Use generative editing to fill in the gaps. To use Generative Editing, you need to have internet access and log into a Samsung account. Share memorable experiences with a 50MP camera in authentic, natural color.
- Experience the beauty of life’s most precious moments with the larger and brighter displays of the Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24. The larger and brighter displays of the Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24 allow you to view everything in breathtaking detail.
- When viewing your photos outside, avoid squinting or searching for shade. And relax with your screen at the ideal brightness before going to bed since Eye Comfort Shield has you covered.
Is Generative Edit something similar to Google’s Magic Eraser?
This sounds a lot like Google’s Magic Eraser on the Pixel 8 series, though there may be some changes. When the Pixel 8 series was released, the requirement of an internet connection and a backup of Google Photos for the Magic Eraser feature became a source of controversy. However, it’s intriguing that Samsung requires an internet connection for this capability, even though the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has much superior on-device AI capabilities than Google’s Tensor processors. Leaked papers mention that all three Galaxy S24 smartphones would offer the function.
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
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Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.
Firmware
Samsung rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy S23 FE devices in the US
Samsung has rolled out the March 2024 security patch to almost all devices but still needs to complete the update distribution to all eligible devices. So, gradually expanding the update to remaining devices, the company has started rolling out the update for the Galaxy S23 FE in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy S23 FE devices are getting a new update in the carrier-unlocked version with the firmware version number S711U1UES2BXBF. The update has already been rolled out to almost all carriers, including AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, C-Spire, Cellular South, Comcast, Cricket, DISH, MetroPCS, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Cellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile.
According to the official changelog, the March 2024 security patch is one of the standard maintenance updates that provides some internal improvements for the device, and there will be no visible changes available. In other words, users may experience some improvement in the functioning of devices, but it doesn’t particularly bring any specific changes for the device.
Going to the details, the March 2024 security patch includes more than 40 fixes, 37 of which are provided by Google and address the issues found in the Android OS, while 9 more features are introduced by Samsung that enhance the performance of Galaxy devices exclusively.
Suppose you are using the Galaxy S23 FE in the US. In that case, you can update the devices to the latest version by following the simple steps: first, go to the system settings, tap on the software update, and tap on the download and install button; if it shows a new update available, tap on the download button.