Samsung Galaxy S10's stock camera app gets Instagram mode

Instagram’s Head of Product Adam Mosseri onstage at the Galaxy Unpacked event

It's been a common gripe that Instagram users on Android don't get a good experience on the app as Apple users do. Samsung and Instagram are hoping to change that for their users. The stock camera app on the Galaxy S10 will get a new Instagram mode. It's as accessible as the other modes you can see in the stock app. It'll let you shoot and upload directly to your Instagram stories. You can add stickers, use Instagram's editing tools, add text, hashtag, and more. Samsung claims it's the “best Instagram experience on a smartphone.”

Aside from that, Samsung is also sharing its camera tech via an open SDK for the camera app, allowing developers to use these new features in their own apps. Samsung announced partnerships with Snapchat, Snow, and Lime, promising its users can take as good photos in these apps as they would in the native camera app.

Source: The Verge

Samsung Galaxy S10 commercial leaks before product is announced

There's very little we don't know about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S10 smartphones which are slated to be launched or unveiled soon despite various details and renders having been leaked. The latest fracas comes by way of a TV commercial of all things. Someone in Norway thought it would be hilarious to broadcast the entire 30 second advert for the new Samsung products including their new earbuds and Galaxy Gear smartwatches.

The Galaxy S10 will come with a triple-camera array. The ability to charge other devices wirelessly, have an ultrasonic fingerprint reader. Oh, and very tiny puncher-hole front facing cameras to mitigate any need for a notch.

Source: Thurrott.com

Here's a look at the Samsung Galaxy Buds in black

Samsung has been known to pair its flagship phones with premium headphones. But instead of working with a third-party brand, Samsung will be including its own Galaxy Buds with the Galaxy S10. These wireless earbuds are considered the next iteration of the Gear IconX. Unfortunately, these seem to be packing less power than the Gear IconX. It'll just have 58mAh for the buds and 252mAh for the case (the Gear IconX has the 82mAh and 340mAh, respectively). 

However, the Galaxy Buds support wireless charging via the Galaxy S10. This pair of earbuds can also play music even without a phone. It has double the offline storage of the IconX at 8GB, which can store around 2,000 songs. It also supports Bluetooth 5.0 instead of 4.2. And it has a sweat-resistance rating of IPX2. The Galaxy Buds are expected to launch alongside the Galaxy S10 Series. In some countries, it'll even be bundled with the phone. If you want to buy it on its own, these are expected to be available for purchase separately around the same time the Galaxy S10 comes out.

Source: GSMArena

Samsung Galaxy S10 will support Wi-Fi 6

This is what the new Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus are said to look like (AllAboutSamsung)

With the Galaxy S10 launch just a few weeks away, the leaks just keep coming. This time, we find out from regulatory filings from the company that three models of the new line will support the new Wi-Fi 6 standard. It’s not something that’s widely available just yet (you’d need a Wi-Fi 6 router to take advantage of it), but in a way, it is future-proofing the phones. As The Verge explains, the Wi-Fi 6 standard isn’t meant to offer drastic speed gains for individual devices. The standard is meant to boost performance in homes or on Wi-Fi networks where a lot of devices are connected.

Samsung is rumoured to be launching not just the usual Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus, but also a lower-cost Galaxy S10 that’s being called the S10E or S10 Lite. We’re going to find out more when Samsung launches the phones on February 20^th.