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PSA: Samsung foldables start getting Smart Widget – Galaxy Z Fold 3, Flip 3
Samsung released the Android 12-based One UI 4.1 software for the Galaxy S21 series phones earlier this year. Among a lot of useful features of the new Samsung software, the Smart Widget is unquestionably brilliant, however, it remains limited to just a few non-foldables even post-One UI 4.1 installation.
A few days back, we exclusively reported that the Korean tech giant is preparing to bring the Smart Widget feature to foldable devices too, which will be included in the June 2022 software update. Accordingly, Samsung has started releasing the One UI 4.1’s Smart Widget to Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 with incremental firmware.
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Samsung Smart Widget feature rollout is initially happening for the South Korean variants of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 foldables. As this will also be a staged release, we are guessing the Smart Widget feature should be available for all eligible foldable by the end of this month.
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For your information, Samsung consumers can identify the Smart Widget feature firmware update through the build versions: F926NKSU1CVEE and F711NKSU2CVEE for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3, respectively. It’s likely that the international firmware might also have CVEE as the last 4 digits.
Debuted alongside the Galaxy S22 series, the One UI 4.1’s Smart Widget is a wonderful feature that lets consumers use three different widgets right on the homescreen without occupying a space of three. The Smart Widget smartly packs all three widgets and allows you to use them by just sliding left or right… continue reading
By the end of 2023, Samsung Display is likely to supply nearly 70 million units of OLED for the iPhone 15 series to Apple. The company’s OLED volume by model is estimated to be in the low 20 million units for the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, 9 to 10 million for Pro, and ~ 30 million for Pro Max.
Among the four iPhone 15 models, the 15 Pro Max OLED estimate, which Apple plans to produce the most, is four times higher for Samsung than for LG Display. Industry watchers say that Samsung Display’s iPhone 15 Pro Max OLED volume is in the mid-20 million units, three times that of LG Display.
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The prevailing view is that LG Display will have 15% more OLED volume than Samsung Display (9 million to early 10 million units). Those who see it differently predict that Samsung Display will secure around 20 million units of 15% OLED, which will be more than LG Display.
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Apple’s Surprising Victory: Takes the Crown in Indian Smartphone Exports, Samsung Drops to Second
For the first time, Apple surpassed Samsung in smartphone export from India. The company shipped 49% of the country’s total 12 million shipments in the second quarter. Samsung, on the other hand, secured 45% of India’s total smartphone shipments in the same period.
Apple clocked a rapid growth in export volumes in the last year by making iPhones through contract manufacturers in India. The Cupertino-based company’s share of exports soared from just 9% of the roughly 8 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2022, to almost half the total smartphone exports in Q2 2023.
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Samsung’s share of export volumes fell from 50% in Q1 2023 to 45% in Q2 2023. This marks a sharp decline from Q2 2022 when the company had a dominating 84% of the export market from India. Meanwhile, exports by other Android brands (Xiaomi, Motorola, Vivo) declined from 10% in Q1 2023, to 6% in Q2 2023.
Google Messages is getting a new look for its voice recorder UI. The microphone icon in the text field will change to a waveform icon, which is different from the voice typing button in Gboard.
Instead of holding down the mic to record, you will now see a panel with a start/stop button and options to cancel, delete, or attach the recording. You will also see a waveform and a timer while recording, and you can play back the recording before sending it.
The voice messages preview will also show a waveform between the play/pause button and the timer, making it more noticeable than the current straight line.
These changes are not widely available yet, but some users have reported seeing them on their phones. These new changes are part of a bigger redesign that Google is working on for Messages, which includes a revamped home screen that is still in beta testing. Google might announce new features soon.
