Samsung Galaxy Watch6 series: What’s new and what’s back

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch6 series brings back the physical rotating bezel on the Classic model, while the regular model has a touch-sensitive rim. Both watches have larger screens, bigger batteries and the same sensors as the Galaxy Watch5 series. They run on WearOS 4 with Samsung’s One UI 5 Watch, which offers better sleep tracking, heart rate zones, and SOS features. 

The Galaxy Watch6 Classic has a stainless steel body and a bezel that you can turn to navigate the menus and settings. The bezel was missing on the Galaxy Watch5, but fans loved it on the Galaxy Watch4 Classic. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Watch6 has an aluminum body and a touch-sensitive rim that mimics the bezel’s function. Both watches have two sizes: 40mm and 44mm for the Watch 6 and 43mm and 47mm for the Classic.

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Meta’s Threads app gets new features but loses users

Meta has updated its Threads app with some new features and improvements based on user feedback. The app, which launched in early July, is a social network that competes with Twitter, aka X.

One of the main updates is a Following feed that shows posts from the accounts you follow in chronological order. This was a highly requested feature, as Threads only had a For You Feed that mixed posts from followed and random accounts. Other updates include a translation feature, a follow button, new ways to filter notifications, and a faster way to approve new followers.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S9 Series: OLED Screens, IP68 rating, and more

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Samsung has just unveiled its latest flagship Android tablets: the Galaxy Tab S9, S9 Plus, and S9 Ultra. These new devices are the successors of the Tab S8 series that launched in 2022, and they offer similar designs and features. However, they also have some improvements and upgrades that make them more appealing and competitive in the tablet market.

One of the main enhancements is the use of OLED screens across the entire Tab S9 lineup, which provide better contrast, colours, and brightness than LCD screens. The OLED screens also support a 120Hz refresh rate, which enables smoother scrolling, gaming, and drawing with the included S Pen. 

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What’s new on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5

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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is the latest flagship foldable phone from the Korean tech giant. It retains many of the Z Fold4's features, but also brings some significant improvements to the form factor. One of the primary upgrades is the new hinge. It features a teardrop shape that allows the phone to close flat without a gap. This makes the phone thinner and lighter than its predecessor, as well as more durable.

The hinge also has a double-rail mechanism that can absorb shocks better. The Z Fold5’s screens are also protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2. It has a 7.6-inch main screen that now achieves a higher peak brightness of 1750 nits (matching the Galaxy S23 series).

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