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Samsung may not have given up on the idea of putting its next-gen Exynos chip in the Galaxy S27 Ultra . Multiple reports have hinted at this possibility in recent weeks, and one more backs the claim. The company has reportedly ordered S27 Ultra mainboards configured for the Exynos 2700, while simultaneously working on a Snapdragon version. That points to a two-chip strategy rather than Samsung completely abandoning Snapdragon for the Ultra. Galaxy S27 Ultra could get Exynos in some markets For the past several years, Samsung’s Ultra flagships have run on Qualcomm chips globally. Even when the company launched base models with Exynos processors, the Ultra remained Snapdragon-exclusive. The Galaxy S22 Ultra (2022) was the last model in the line to use Exynos in certain regions. If Samsung has its way, the Galaxy S27 Ultra could be the next. And like the last one, it could be split between Exynos and Snapdragon, depending on the market. If anything, this shows Samsung’s confidence in its in-house processors. The company has already publicly confirmed that the development of the Exynos 2700 is progressing without setbacks. Leaks suggest the processor will be built using Samsung Foundry’s second-generation 2nm SF2P process, one of the industry’s most advanced processes. It has a 10-core CPU, an Xclipse 970 GPU, a large NPU, and support for LPDDR6 memory. More importantly, Samsung’s internal testing is reportedly showing impressive results. Recent reports claim the Exynos 2700 has

Samsung is stepping into the AI glasses space at a time when demand is picking up quickly. Counterpoint Research says that Global shipments jumped 263% year over year (YoY) in the first half of 2026. This gives the Korean firm an opportunity to compete with Meta, which leads the market. Display-less AI glasses are driving most of the growth AI glasses are entering mainstream consumer adoption as demand for the category continues to grow. Most of this growth is coming from display-less AI glasses, which pack smart features without putting a screen in front of the user’s eyes. According to Counterpoint Research, display-less AI glasses accounted for 96% of total AI glasses shipments in the first half of 2026. Shipments in this segment also jumped 258% YoY and 22% compared with the second half of 2025. Meta has benefited the most from this trend. The company held about 94% of global AI glasses shipments in the first half of 2026. The firm’s shipments grew 260% YoY after it added new Ray-Ban Meta models, cheaper options, and more markets. Samsung now wants a piece of the growing AI glass market. The company unveiled its first display-less AI glasses at Galaxy Unpacked in London in July 2026. It developed the glasses with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, both of which will arrive later this year. Under the hood, the glasses run on Android XR with Gemini delivering hands-free assistance. They understand context to help users with day-to-day activities, including work and travel. Th

The Lenovo L22-4e 21.5-inch office monitor is down to $69.99 on Amazon, a $30 cut from its $99.99 list price. More importantly, the price is over $10 below its average over the past three months. It’s a great deal if you are on the lookout for a cheap monitor for, say, using with DeX. How good is $69.99 here? While the Lenovo L22-4e has a price tag of $99.99, its average selling price over the past 90 days has hovered around $80. At $69.99, it’s one of the lowest the monitor has dropped to in recent months; it has dropped to lower prices, but not for long. For a budget IPS panel from a name brand, that is still a fair number. And it’s not like the monitor is bad. This is a 21.5-inch 1920×1080 IPS display in raven black, running at a 100Hz refresh rate with a 4 ms MPRT response time and 99% sRGB coverage. The stand tilts only, with no height adjustment or pivot, which is standard for this bracket. If you need a monitor that rises and swivels, budget for a VESA arm or look further up the range. The sRGB figure is the part worth noting for a Galaxy owner. Photos and video you shoot on a Galaxy phone will look closer to correct here than on a cheap TN panel, which matters if you edit anything before posting it. The 100Hz refresh rate is not a gaming spec so much as a small comfort upgrade over 60Hz when you scroll and drag windows around. It also works as a simple Samsung DeX screen. Plug a supported Galaxy phone or tablet into the monitor with the right cable or adapter, and you

Android Auto users have been able to play games in their cars for quite some time. However, the experience has remained part of a beta program with only a limited number of games available. Google is now making the games category available to everyone, which could open the door to more titles. Google takes Android Auto games out of beta Google says games for Android Auto and Android Automotive OS are now out of beta and generally available. Until now, the company has worked with early access partners to bring games to car dashboards. Now developers can publish their games through the open testing and production tracks on Google Play. Right now, the Android Auto games category has a decent selection, including Beach Buggy Racing and Angry Birds 2. We could soon see a much larger selection as more developers take advantage of the platform. However, the gaming experience on Android Auto is limited to when the car is parked. This makes sense, as playing games while driving could distract the driver. For example, you can play games while waiting at a charging station, picking someone up, or sitting in the car before heading somewhere. If you try to launch a game while driving, Android Auto will show a message that the game isn’t available while driving. In fact, the game’s audio also won’t continue in the background once you start driving. The games are also designed to work with different car displays. Developers must ensure their games adapt to different screen sizes and resolut

Samsung appears to be gearing up for a major HBM production boost. The company could double its HBM4 and HBM4E output next year as demand for advanced memory soars. The sharp increase in glass carrier demand points to this production ramp. Samsung could increase glass carrier volume According to a report from Sedaily, Samsung plans to increase the volume of outsourced cleaning for glass carriers. The monthly volume could reach 50,000 units next year, up from around 20,000 units this year. That’s a 2.5x jump in just one year. Last year, the company required only around 10,000 glass carriers per month, which means the volume has already doubled this year. So, why does Samsung need so many glass carriers? These carriers temporarily support DRAM wafers during HBM production. They are attached to the bottom of a wafer to keep it stable. The process is quite challenging as HBM stacks more memory layers together. HBM4 and HBM4E mainly target 12 or more DRAM layers, making wafer thickness and warping control increasingly important. However, higher demand for glass carriers does not mean Samsung will produce 2.5 times more HBM. The carriers can be cleaned and reused, while their usage also depends on the production process and yield. Based on this assumption, industry analysts believe the company could increase its HBM4 and HBM4E production by at least 2x in 2027. Samsung has already made solid progress with its next-gen HBM lineup. The company began mass production and shipments of H

Samsung has somehow managed to botch the One UI 9 rollout despite more than four months of beta testing. The Galaxy S26 series was supposed to start receiving the stable update globally on September 21, but the company now appears to have pushed the rollout back by another week. After such a long testing period, this last-minute delay is understandably pissing off users. Samsung fails to deliver the Galaxy S26’s One UI 9 update on time On September 16, Samsung released the stable version of One UI 9 for the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra in South Korea. The company then announced a global rollout starting September 21, with the date clearly mentioned on official press releases in several markets. However, the update didn’t arrive in other markets on that date. Now, Samsung has quietly updated its press release , moving the rollout date to September 28. Samsung has effectively pushed back the update by a week. To be honest, there is nothing inherently wrong with delaying an update if the company needs more time to fix bugs. Nobody wants a rushed software update that creates more problems than it solves. But after months of testing, this kind of last-minute change is frustrating, especially when Samsung itself published a specific rollout date. The whole point of a beta program is to identify and fix problems before the stable release. One UI 9 has been through multiple beta builds, and Samsung has had plenty of time to polish the software. It even released a supposed stable u

Good Lock lets you customize every inch of your Galaxy phone. It offers so much customization, but it (at times) has its own set of problems. That appears to be the case again with one of Home Up’s more flexible features . Home Up’s DIY Home has a strange folder bug Galaxy users are reporting a bug when opening hidden folders created with Home Up’s DIY Home (via Android Authority ). The folder itself opens normally, but its icons take a moment to appear. Regular folders don’t seem to have the same issue. DIY Home is one of the more interesting parts of Home Up, letting you freely arrange your home screen. You can move, resize, rotate, and even overlap app icons, widgets, and folders to create layouts that aren’t possible with standard One UI. The problem reportedly started after some users updated their phones from One UI 8.5 to One UI 9.0 . When a hidden folder is opened, there’s now a brief pause before its contents become visible. That might not sound like a big deal, but it’s particularly noticeable because regular folders open without the same delay. If you’ve built a heavily customized home screen around DIY Home, the difference can be pretty obvious. Samsung’s Good Lock support team has acknowledged the issue and says its development team is currently investigating it. The company hasn’t explained what’s causing the delay, but support says a fix will arrive through a future software update. For now, there doesn’t appear to be a proper fix available. The issue also seem

Samsung appears to have changed the internal codenames for its upcoming Galaxy S27 series. The company previously used “New Miracle” or “Next Miracle” for the upcoming lineup, but it now appears to be using a completely different naming scheme. (Fun fact: the Galaxy S26 series was internally codenamed Miracle.) Galaxy S27 series gets new Trinity codenames The Galaxy S27 series was previously identified internally as NM1, NM2, NM3, and NM4, with “NM” standing for “New Miracle” or “Next Miracle.” According to recent trade data, Samsung now appears to have replaced those codenames with Trinity1, Trinity2, Trinity3, and Trinity4 for the next flagship phones. Which Galaxy S27 model are you most excited about? Galaxy S27 Ultra Galaxy S27 Pro Galaxy S27+ Galaxy S27 Vote Results show after you vote. The new internal codenames correspond to these four Galaxy S27 models: Galaxy S27 — Trinity1 Galaxy S27+ — Trinity2 Galaxy S27 Pro — Trinity3 Galaxy S27 Ultra — Trinity4 All four Galaxy S27 models have already appeared on the GSMA database , which is a strong indication that Samsung is preparing the devices. A recent report also shed light on the possible storage configurations for the Galaxy S27 series. Spoiler alert: the Galaxy S27 Ultra and Galaxy S27 Pro could share these configurations. Samsung is also testing the Galaxy S27 series on its internal servers . The upcoming phones have reportedly appeared running One UI 9.5, which should be based on Android QPR2. Traditionally, Samsung’s

A new smartphone may look clean when you first turn it on, but there’s already a lot going on under the hood. Samsung phones, for example, come with dozens of apps installed before you even download anything yourself. A new analysis from Surfshark found that Samsung phones have 88 pre-installed user-facing apps. That’s more than Google, Xiaomi, and Apple, although 57% of Samsung’s preloaded apps are reportedly safe to remove without affecting the phone’s functionality. Samsung Galaxy phones load the most pre-installed apps, but there’s a small caveat The 88 apps identified by Surfshark include software from Samsung, Google, mobile carriers, and third-party companies. The figure comes from Bayton’s database of voluntarily synced Samsung smartphones. Which also means it doesn’t represent every Samsung device or region. Of the 88 apps, 35 are available on Google Play and disclose their data practices. Surfshark found they collect an average of 13 types of data per app, with location information being fairly common. Source: Surfshark Facebook and Instagram collect the most, each disclosing 37 of Google Play’s 38 data types. Other pre-installed apps include Netflix, OneDrive, and Link to Windows, which disclose collecting 12, 15, and six types, respectively. It’s worth pointing out that these numbers come from app-store privacy disclosures. They don’t necessarily mean every user’s data is being collected in every possible category. What an app collects can depend on how it’s used

Today was supposed to be the day almost every Galaxy S26 user was waiting for. Samsung had confirmed that the global One UI 9 stable rollout for the Galaxy S26 series would begin today. However, September 21 has come and gone, and the wider rollout is nowhere to be seen. Samsung misses One UI 9 stable release for global Galaxy S26 devices For those who missed the earlier announcement, Samsung’s Thailand Newsroom published a post. It said Galaxy S26 users in Thailand would receive the One UI 9 stable update on September 21 . Since Thailand was specifically mentioned, it seemed reasonable to expect other major markets to receive the update around the same time. That didn’t happen. Samsung hasn’t released the global One UI 9 stable update for the Galaxy S26 series today, and even users in Thailand appear to be waiting. The company did release a couple of beta and September security updates, but neither is the stable One UI 9 release users were expecting. Interestingly, there was some good news today, and it came from a rather unexpected place. Samsung rolled out the One UI 9 beta to the Galaxy A15. It’s an interesting move, especially when Galaxy S26 owners are still waiting for the stable release Samsung had announced. Why is the One UI 9 stable global rollout taking so long? The Galaxy S26 delay is even harder to understand. Samsung has already released the stable One UI 9 software for its latest flagships in South Korea . If the stable build is already available in Samsung’s

The Galaxy S26+ with 256GB is down to $899.99 at Best Buy, $200 off its $1,099.99 regular price. It’s in stock in Black, and you won’t be tied to any carrier, trade-in or activation to get the deal. How good is $899.99? The $200 discount puts the S26+ at the same $899.99 price Samsung is currently offering without a trade-in. Samsung says its offer ends in less than a week, so Best Buy is matching the current going rate rather than offering a retailer-specific price cut. It isn’t the lowest the S26+ has been, though. In August, Best Buy had it at $849.99 , $50 less than today. If you missed that price, $899.99 is the current deal to consider. What you get The S26+ is the middle child of Samsung’s 2026 flagship lineup, but it’s closer to the Ultra in size than the regular S26. Here’s what you’re getting for $899.99: 6.7-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage 50MP main, 12MP ultrawide and 10MP telephoto cameras 4,900mAh battery with 45W wired charging Galaxy AI features built into One UI Wireless charging and IP68 water and dust resistance The bigger display and battery are the main reasons to spend the extra $100 over the regular S26. You also get the same Snapdragon flagship platform and core Galaxy experience without stepping up to the S26 Ultra. You won’t be tied to a specific carrier with this model, either, so you can use it with whichever carrier you prefer. Samsung has also confirmed One UI 9 is coming to the Galaxy S26 series , so the p

Samsung continues its efforts to bring blood sugar tracking to Galaxy Watches. A fresh patent has come to light that sheds light on one method the company is researching to assess glucose levels through a wearable. This comes as the Korean firm recently confirmed that it is working to improve the reliability of noninvasive blood sugar tracking. Here’s how Samsung could turn Galaxy Watch into a blood sugar tracker On September 9, Samsung’s European patent application became public, describing an approach to wearable glucose monitoring. Listed as EP4803002A1, the filing explains how a wearable could use biometric data alongside a glucose reading from an external device. Once the external device provides the glucose result, the wearable combines it with the biometric information it collected. The system then uses these data points to create calibration data. It could use that calibration later when the wearable collects new biometric signals. However, this is only one approach Samsung has patented for wearable devices. It does not confirm that the company will use this exact method in a future Galaxy Watch. The Korean firm could develop the technology further or use a completely new method before bringing noninvasive blood sugar tracking to its smartwatches. In recent years, Samsung has expanded the health capabilities of its wearables, with features such as ECG, blood pressure monitoring, and body composition measurements. However, Blood sugar tracking remains one of the key he