Samsung partners with Natural Cycles to bring temperature-based cycle tracking to Galaxy Watch5 series

Samsung has announced its partnership with Natural Cycles - a company known for its FDA-approved birth control app - to bring skin temperature-based cycle tracking to the Samsung Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro. With Samsung's temperature sensor tech and Natural Cycles' fertility technology to give users more detailed insight into their menstrual cycle, Galaxy Watch5 series users will be able to access advanced cycle tracking through the Cycle Tracking feature on the Samsung Health app. The Cycle Tracking feature has already been approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety...

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YouTube Creator Music is now available for all US users in YPP

Shorts revenue sharing launched this month, and now the video platform is rolling out its “Creator Music” catalog. Announced back in September, creators would be able to purchase licenses to use music in their videos outright or share ad revenue with the artist. This is now live to US YouTubers part of the YPP (YouTube Partner Program). The licensing situation varies from track to track. Depending on which song you find, you will be able to either buy the license outright and download the track to use in your video, or you can pay for music by sharing revenue with the artist and...

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Samsung publishes high reparability score for upcoming Galaxy A54

The Samsung Galaxy A54 has been leaking for months, but for some reason the company still hasn't made it official. Hopefully that happens soon. For now, we have another bit of info about the device, and this one comes straight from Samsung. Specifically, its official website in France. The company has uploaded a calculation of the Galaxy A54's reparability score, done according to the specific French standards. This has resulted in the document you can see below. The A54 in the end gets an 8.4 out of 10 mark, which is, interestingly, higher than what the Galaxy S23 and S23 Ultra...

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Weekly deals: the best smartphone deals from the UK, Germany, the US, Canada and the Netherlands

This week Samsung starts shipping its Galaxy S23 smartphone flagships and the new Galaxy Book3 series of laptops, both series feature heavily in this week’s deals. Meanwhile, the prices of the Pixel 7 duo has fallen to well below what the S23 cost so the Pixel experience is alluringly cheaper. Use the links below to jump straight to your region: Germany The UK USA Canada The Netherlands UK Amazon has bundled Samsung’s new S23 phones with a free pair of Galaxy Buds2 and a free Clear Slim Case. Also, the phones come with three years warranty. Like...

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CR: iPhone 14 Pro Max BoM is $464, nearly 4% more than 13 Pro Max

The latest report from Counterpoint Research estimates the blended bill of materials (BoM) on the baseline 128GB iPhone 14 Pro Max at $464 average. The figure is a mere 3.7% more than the BoM of the iPhone 13 Pro Max with the new Apple-designed chipset, AOD display, and 48MP main camera marked as the main drivers of cost. The mmWave model meant for the US market is estimated to cost $474 while the sub-6Ghz version sold in other markets is estimated to cost $454. For reference, the US MSRP of the 128GB iPhone 14 Pro Max is $1,099. iPhone 14 Pro Max BoM share comapred to 13 Pro...

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MediaTek Helio G36 announced - G37 with 100MHz lower CPU clock

The latest entry-level chipset from MediaTek is here with the Helio G36. For most intents and purposes it’s a rebranded Helio G37 with a 100Mhz clock reduction on its Cortex-A53 cores which now operate at 2.2GHz instead of 2.3GHz. The rest of the provided specs show no difference between the old chip and the newly released one. The MediaTek Helio G36 is expected to debut on a budget gaming phone set to launch in India soon. Last year’s Helio G37 debuted on the Moto G22 but there’s no indication which maker will debut the newer Helio G36. Source

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Samsung is currently seeding the OneUI 5.1 update to the Z and S series

That took shorter than expected! Samsung is rolling out the OneUI 5.1 update to the Galaxy S22 series, the Galaxy Z Fold4, and the Galaxy Z Flip4 right now. Earlier today we reported that the update is coming next week but some units (including our own here at HQ) are being updated right now. Here's a full changelog of the update. Here's a snippet of our earlier report: One UI 5.1 brings new widgets, Expert RAW mode, improvements to the gallery, connectivity, DeX mode and more. You can check out our Galaxy S23 Ultra review to read more about the new One UI 5.1 features. Based on...

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One UI 5.1 update coming to older Samsung flagships next week, carrier says

Canadian MVNO carrier Fido revealed a preliminary One UI 5.1 update schedule for older Samsung flagships on its network. The Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy Z Fold4, Galaxy Z Flip4 are scheduled to receive the big Android 13-based update on February 22. The carriers specific update also includes a February SMR (Security Maintenance Release) patch. Galaxy S22 series phones are getting updated to One UI 5.1 on February 22 Galaxy Z Fold4, Z Flip4 are getting the One UI 5.1 update next week One UI 5.1 brings new widgets, Expert RAW mode, improvements to the gallery, connectivity, DeX mode...

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