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Galaxy S20 Camera Fix Update Arrives in the US

Kellen March 22, 2020

From the minute the first units starting arriving in the hands of Galaxy S20 owners, almost everyone collectively noticed that the camera needed some work. Not necessarily in the processing department, as cameras on the S20 line were impressive there, but in...

Android 11 Developer Preview Gets an Update, Just a Bug Fix

Kellen March 4, 2020

A new Android 11 Developer Preview build just popped up, but before you go wondering about what's new and if this is the Developer Preview 2, I'm here to calm the situation. This is simply a bug fix for Preview 1. That's it. The new build is available as as...

Samsung’s Phone Update Schedule Deserves More Credit

Kellen March 3, 2020

Feel free to sit down for what I'm about to tell you. It will most definitely come as somewhat of a surprise, but Samsung deserves credit in a department that few ever thought it would deserve credit in. Updates. You guys, Samsung's phone update schedule is...

March 2020 Android Security Update Now Available for Pixel Devices (Updated)

Kellen March 2, 2020

The March Android security update for Google Pixel phones just arrived and is available from the Pixel 2 on up through the Pixel 4. Most months, we tell you that you shouldn't expect much from these, but there were signs pointing to the latest Pixel Feature...

SHIELD TV (2019) Gets Update to V8.1.1

Kellen February 26, 2020

The 2019 NVIDIA SHIELD TV units are receiving an update to software version 8.1.1 today. We were initially confused about the update, because it looked identical to the 8.0.2 update from last month that brought support for the new SHIELD Remote to older SHIELD...

Verizon’s Galaxy S9 Gets Android 10 Update

Kellen February 25, 2020

During a couple of day stretch last week, Verizon updated most of their Samsung Galaxy phones from the past couple of years. Most of those updates were February security patches, which they also claimed was showing up for the Galaxy S9 line-up. As it turns out...

Verizon Updates All the Samsung Phones, Note 9 Gets Android 10 (Updated)

Kellen February 19, 2020

Verizon unwrapped a pile of updates this week for most of its Samsung Galaxy phones. We have new updates ready for the Galaxy S10 line, Galaxy Note 10 line, Galaxy Note 9, and Galaxy Note 8. For most devices, the February Android security patch is all that's...

Android 11’s First Developer Preview Might be Close (Updated)

Kellen February 13, 2020

How close are we to seeing the first Android 11 Developer Preview? We might be really close. Google just updated their developer preview portal to say that it is here. You can't update to it yet or flash files or see what changes are coming, but the page sure...