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Samsung’s Original Galaxy Fold Reaches End of Software Support Cycle
Samsung Galaxy Fold is a revolutionary device that has opened the doors for a new lineup with the latest technology of foldable display. However, being the first device, it was not as successful as Samsung expected at that time. The main reason behind this is that the company is not successful in providing a fully finished device. Due to that, users have faced a lot of problems.
With time, Samsung has improved the hardware for the latest generation of foldable devices, and it has also tried to fix some issues with the software, but after providing the services for four years now, the company has planned to stop the update for the devices.
For your information, Samsung has followed the policy for updating the devices. As the Galaxy Fold was introduced back in 2019, it falls under the policy where the Korean giant promises to provide at least three major Android updates and security updates for four years. However, in 2022, it changed the policy and expanded the update rollout for devices for up to five years for selected devices.
On the basis of an older policy, Samsung has decided to stop the update for the Galaxy Fold. Informatively, we have grabbed the August 2023 patch as the last update. When Samsung released the latest November 2023 bulletin, it removed the name of the Galaxy Fold from the list of security updates. However, it is expected that the company will introduce one more update before ending the software.
Meanwhile, the other foldable smartphones that were released after the Galaxy Fold are eligible to get the update for some more time; they will all get the update according to the policies, like the phones released before 2022, which will be eligible to get a maximum of four updates, while the other latest devices will get updates for up to five years.
Samsung is cooking up a new market strategy as it sets up to hold an Unpacked event, a new product launch event to expand the smart wearable family, around July 10.
Samsung fans are already eagerly waiting for the July Unpack event, as Samsung is expected to introduce next-generation foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. Samsung Electronics says its Mobile Experience (MX) Division will hold an Unpacked event in Paris, France, around July 10.
The referees suggest that the key reason behind holding this event is just to maximize marketing effects ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, which are scheduled for July 26, 2024. The main focus of the giant appears to be unveiling the sixth-generation foldable phones, which are expected to bring more new generative AI features.
Apart from the next-generation foldable phones, the Korean brand is also looking forward to wearable devices at this Unpack event, as it is expected to introduce the Galaxy Watch 7 and the Galaxy Ring, which can be worn like a ring.
The forthcoming Galaxy Watch 7 will be powered by the new AP Exynos W1000, based on the second-generation 3-nm process. This is a state-of-the-art process developed by Samsung Electronics’ foundry division to catch up with TSMC. Reportedly, the chips based on the 3-nm process are 20% more power-efficient as compared to current 5-nm chips.
Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy Watch 7 will be the first to detect sleep apnea and is expected to introduce blood sugar monitoring using AI and various health data. It can be used for at least up to nine days after charging.
Samsung brings a mesmerizing feature named ‘Super HDR’ to enhance the shooting and viewing of photos and videos experience for its newly launched Galaxy S24 series. Now it seems that the giant could add a button to turn off Super HDR on Instagram.
Super HDR is a feature that captures images and videos in a new format, based on Google’s Ultra HDR format. It delivers photos that are pretty bright in particular areas and have more detailed shadows when viewed on compatible displays.
However, despite many facilities, some people don’t prefer how Super-HDR works while viewing images and videos onInstagram. Now, as per their request, Samsung is looking for a way to permit users to turn off Super HDR.
The reports reveal that Samsung is looking forward to offering a toggle button to disable or enable Super HDR inside Instagram. This is because some people prefer and want to avoid how Super HDR images and video display (width, higher brightness, color volume, and wider dynamic range) while scrolling Instagram.
It is being speculated by one of the South Korean firm’s official forum moderators that the company is setting up with Instagram to bring a toggle to disable or enable Super HDR, similar to a toggle that is already housed in the OS version of Instagram.
Super HDR is based on Google’s Ultra HDR and captures photos and videos with vibrant colors and more balanced lightning. You can easily catch the difference in both the camera preview and the final results. After uploading the content on Instagram, the super HDR effects will be maintained for a more vivid viewing experience. Then users scroll through images and videos in Super HDR on Instagram, and the display brightens up to match the tone map of the Super HDR file, but some of them don’t prefer the sudden brightness of the screen as they complain regarding this on social media. Now it appears that Samsung is working on it.
Samsung debuted the ‘Circle to Search by Google’ feature on the Galaxy S24 series as part of the Galaxy AI package. It has been a couple of months since the debut of the ‘Circle to Search’ feature, which is still a hot topic in the tech industry. Now this feature is expected to arrive on Galaxy Book and Galaxy Chromebook laptops and PCs.
Samsung exclusively launched the Circle to Search feature on the Galaxy S24 series, then expanded it to more Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S22, and other phones, along with the One UI 6.1 update. Now Google is setting up to bring it to the Chrome web browser on desktop operating systems; somewhere, this points out the probability that it could come to the Galaxy Book, Galaxy Chromebook laptops, and PCs.
At the moment, Google Chrome for desktop features Google Lens to search for text and images on the screen engine. Google seems to be working on the Circle to Search-like UI for the web browser. This is being speculated by a post on X shared by a tipster (via SamMobile) who mentioned that the new Lens UI in Chrome now has a new animation that appears like a familiar feature, ‘Circle to Search’, given that it is expected that this feature will be in Chrome’s version of “Circle to Search.”
While clicking the Google Lens extension, a Circle to Search-like UI will appear, and then you can click and drag using the mouse pointer to draw around the text or image you want to search on the screen. After circling the content you want to search for on the screen, the selected part will be highlighted in a rounded rectangular shape.