Founded in 1938, Samsung is the largest chaebol in South Korea. The myriad of companies under its brand are some of the biggest in their respective industries, but Samsung Electronics is the most notable. It makes some of the most popular phones in use today, and its flagship portfolio includes the Galaxy S-series and foldable Z-series devices. It also makes televisions, tablets, computers, headphones, and many of the displays, chips, and batteries found in devices from Apple, Sony, and others.
Samsung and Nvidia just announced a new “AI megafactory” powered by more than 50,000 Nvidia chips, where AI “analyzes, predicts and optimizes” every step of semiconductor manufacturing, from initial designs to final quality control.
The companies haven’t said where the factory will be built, but its tech will eventually be expanded to Samsung facilities worldwide, including Texas.
Disney is one of the last major streamers to support the open-source, royalty-free (and Samsung-backed) competitor to Dolby Vision. Its inclusion now gives people with Samsung TVs access to the dynamic HDR content that other TV owners have been getting from Dolby Vision.
Reporting its best quarterly financials in over three years, Samsung has its chip business to thank. It’s making bank on memory chips for the AI industry, and will focus next year on mass producing top spec HBM4 chips to keep that success going.
Did you know Samsung has never had a company-wide head of design before? I bet you’re not surprised.
Mauro Porcini, who recently led Pepsi’s big redesign, has the unenviable job of making the company’s phones feel like its fridges (ads and all), after becoming Samsung’s first ever chief design officer.
Correction: It is Jony Ive, not Jonny.
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Brad Lynch, a project manager at EOZ VR, figured out that, while streaming Half-Life Alyx from SteamVR to a Samsung Galaxy XR headset, you can pull up Google Gemini, draw a circle on the screen, and have it spit out English translations of signs for you.
At $1,799 and with an impressive subscription bundle, Samsung is aggressively taking shots at the Vision Pro.
That’s according to app listings that have popped up on Google Play ahead of tomorrow’s launch. Other notable launch apps for the first Android XR headset include Tripp XR, Walkabout Mini Golf, and a new headset-optimized video editor from Adobe.
Bloomberg reports Samsung is finally ready to show off its first trifold phone — well, nearly. It will apparently appear at the APEC summit at the end of the month to demonstrate South Korea’s technological prowess in front of a few world leaders. But will we see it first at next week’s XR headset event?
That’s what both Korean site Newspim and fansite SamMobile report. Rumors had claimed Samsung would swap the Plus for the Edge in next year’s S26 trio, but low sales for the first slim phone may have changed those plans, bringing the Plus back into the lineup.
The AI boom benefiting makers of advanced chips has driven up prices for Samsung’s conventional DRAM and NAND chips needed for data center servers. Demand for its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips still lags, but Samsung just previewed its best financial quarter in over three years, regardless.
A Texas jury determined that Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones, laptops, and other devices contain tech that infringes on Collision Communication’s patents related to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi, according to Reuters. Samsung claimed that the patents were invalid.
Android Headlines and OnLeaks shared renders of the S26 Ultra created from leaks and... this sure is a Galaxy Ultra. The only real change is a camera island for the main three lenses. It should launch in January alongside the S26 Pro and S26 Edge — no base model this time.
According to a translated Etnews report, Samsung will launch the Android XR Project Moohan headset on October 21st, later than the previously speculated September 29th date. Samsung’s anticipated trifold phone could follow at a separate event that’s expected by “the end of next month or November at the earliest.”
The upcoming device, which is rumored to directly replace the Galaxy S25, could come with a 6.3-inch display (up from 6.2 inches), according to a report from Android Headlines. Based on leaked renders, it also looks like a new pill-shaped bump could house the phone’s three cameras.
Samsung earned plaudits for its super-slim Z Fold 7, but it’s not done yet. Korea’s ET News reports it plans two Folds next year, with one squatter and wider, with a square screen inside. No doubt it’s pure coincidence that the foldable iPhone is rumored to be a similar shape.
We’ve seen a few leaked animations of the Galaxy trifold phone in action, but this is the first that shows the full fold and unfold procedure. There’s no real surprises here, but it does confirm that there is a specific order for closing the panels.
Hey, that’s our line! That saves us from counting while we follow Samsung’s IFA keynote, but Google probably still holds our record.
Eve’s Tim Böth is on stage discussing how its smart home devices work with Samsung SmartThings via Matter. “Eve’s smart plugs capture energy efficiency data for SmartThings Energy, the motion sensors provide data to help SmartThings understand your daily routines,” he said. “Our products show how AI can fade into the background.”
So said Samsung EVP Cheolgi Kim, in a not-so-subtle jab at Apple as he wrapped up a 20-minute presentation around how Samsung’s AI Home platform is a layer over all of Samsung’s products. From its watches and phones to its health and sleep tracking features, as well as its Samsung Food and SmartThings smart home platform, AI Home is “designed to make everyday living more convenient, efficient, healthy and safe,” says Kim. I’m still not clear on exactly how any of this will work, though.
