Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra Will Lead The Next Smartphone Revolution
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2025/01/21/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra-success-market-share-subnoscription-galaxy-ai/

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Google Responds to Developer Concerns About Long-term Commitment to Android XR
https://www.roadtovr.com/google-responds-developer-long-term-commitment-android-xr/

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Exclusive: Google Pixel 11a Codename Sneaks Out!
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/01/exclusive-google-pixel-11a-codename-sneaks-out.html

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Samsung and Google Brings the New Dolby Atmos Rival to Android, but There’s a Catch
https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/01/eclipsa-audio-coming-android/

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samsung leaks

colors for the base and plus: silver mint icyblue and navy (terrible)

Ultra gets Titanium Black, gray, silverblue and whitesilver (all ugly)

NO NEW FEATURES

"key selling features" advertise "cross app action" "briefer notifications" and worse of all, AND I QUOTE "Portrait selfie: portraits that pop"

same size, same specs, and same price

Ultra with 512gb costs 1,420.00 (nice)...

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Huawei Destroyes Competition In China’s Foldable Market Amid Declining Interest
https://techcrawlr.com/huawei-destroyes-competition-in-chinas-foldable-market-amid-declining-interest/

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What are some amazing apps which are not available on playstore?

Everything county legal or illegal apps. I want the best of technology....

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India’s smartphone shipments grew 5% in 2024, Apple entered top five for the first time in Q4
https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/india-smartphone-market-q4-2024

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Android 16 is adding a new shortcut to launch Google Wallet, and we have screenshots
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-google-wallet-shortcut-3518814/

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Samsung Unpacked January 2025 megathread

Livestream link

ASL livestream link

The keynote will begin when this post is 47 minutes old. Mishaal Rahman and I have been invited to the event in-person in San Jose, California.

Feel free to share links to relevant coverage in the comments, and I'll add them to the megathread.

#Press releases

Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Sets the Standard of AI Phone as a True AI Companion
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Samsung just announced the Galaxy S25: Here's everything you need to know!

At its semi annual Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung has officially unveiled the three new devices in its S25 series lineup. The S25 series consists of the Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. Here’s everything you need to know.

*Disclaimer: Samsung invited me to attend the Galaxy S25 series launch event in San Jose. They covered my travel expenses but did not have any editorial input nor the ability to preview my content. Furthermore, this post was written with assistance from [/u/FragmentedC...

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Android 16 may introduce a new compact notification shelf on the lock screen
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-notification-shelf-3518381/

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Here's a look at Samsung's upcoming Project Moohan XR headset, powered by Android XR

https://imgur.com/a/v13VXX8

/u/FragmentedChicken and I snapped some photos of the headset while at Galaxy Unpacked.

For context on Android XR....

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All the Android updates coming to the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and more
https://blog.google/products/android/google-ai-samsung-galaxy-s25/

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Samsung showed off the Galaxy S25 Edge at Unpacked

https://imgur.com/a/wRQ8ZNF

While they didn't share any details on it, they teased it at the end of the keynote and also had it in the demo area.

/u/FragmentedChicken snapped the photos I shared in the album above. They're not the best quality since it was really crowded but you can get a pretty decent look at it.

This is likely the long rumored Slim model by the way....

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IDC: Huawei obliterates competition in China's foldables market
https://gsmarena.com/idc_huawei_obliterates_competition_in_chinas_foldables_market-news-66202.php

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Gemini is getting smarter with apps, YouTube videos, and your camera

Samsung is one of the best-selling Android smartphone brands, so it's no surprise that Google works closely with them. During the launch of the Galaxy S25 series today, Google unveiled several upgrades to Gemini, some of which are exclusive to Samsung devices and Pixel phones. These include enhancements to Gemini Live and the introduction of Project Astra capabilities in the Gemini app.

## Gemini Live will let you chat conversationally about images, files, and videos

Gemini Live
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APKMirror is no longer allowing downloads of TikTok, Lemon8, citing US Bill H.R.7521, setting a dangerous precedent for sideloading

Currently, you are unable to view the APKMirror web page. Instead, you get the following message shown in the screenshot below.

> Tiktok downloads are currently blocked in the United States due to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

https://i.imgur.com/fxF8lAN.png

The link in this statement leads to the following page, containing the bill that was passed:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521

This sets a dangerous precedent goi...

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We’re accelerating the Android XR platform with a new agreement with HTC.
https://blog.google/feed/android-xr-htc-agreement/

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What are your thoughts?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=46_57OXcz4g

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Google has just announced the ability to chain actions in Gemini and it could change the way we use AI for good
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/google-has-just-announced-the-ability-to-chain-actions-in-gemini-and-it-could-change-the-way-we-use-ai-for-good

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